Parking & Stopping Rules — Oregon
Oregon CDL practice test: 463 free practice questions (Based on the official driver handbook). The official format is not yet verified; check the official site before your test. Parking & Stopping Rules: 12 questions.
Where you may park, distances from hydrants and crossings, hill parking and disabled permits.
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| Topic / Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Topic | Parking & Stopping Rules |
| License test | Oregon CDL permit (CLP) knowledge tests |
| Topic questions | 12 (3% of 463 total) |
| Review status | This topic page is still being reviewed against the official handbook. Until review is finished it is hidden from search engines. |
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Questions (12)
1. When parked on the side of the road:
- Use only the rear flashing lights.
- Use only one set of turn signals.
- Use your four-way flashers. ✓
Answer: C. Use your four-way flashers.
When parked on the side of the road, use your four-way flashers. The handbook says that when you pull off the road and stop, you should turn on the four-way emergency flashers, especially at night. It warns that taillights alone are not reliable, since drivers have crashed into parked vehicles after thinking they were moving normally. It also says four-way flashers help approaching drivers notice your vehicle sooner. That makes the four-way flashers the right warning signal for a roadside stop.
2. The trailer hand valve:
- Should always be used for parking.
- Should only be used for parking on a downhill.
- Should never be used for parking. ✓
- Should only be used when transporting cargo.
Answer: C. Should never be used for parking.
The trailer hand valve should never be used for parking. The handbook explains that the trailer hand valve works the trailer brakes and is meant only for testing them. It warns against using it while driving because the trailer can skid, and it says never to use it for parking, since all the air might leak out and release the brakes on trailers that don't have spring brakes. Instead, you set the parking brakes, and if the trailer has no spring brakes, you use wheel chocks so it can't roll.
3. When completing a conventional parallel parking maneuver, you should:
- Back up past the parking space, then pull forward into it.
- Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it. ✓
- Pull forward directly into the parking space.
Answer: B. Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it.
4. When completing an offset back/right parking maneuver, you should:
- Pull straight forward, then drive straight back.
- Drive straight back, then pull forward to the left.
- Pull straight forward, then back to the right. ✓
Answer: C. Pull straight forward, then back to the right.
5. During a basic vehicle control skills test, you may be asked to:
- Parallel park. ✓
- Inspect your tires.
- Monitor your gauges.
- Pull forward into a parking space.
Answer: A. Parallel park.
6. During a basic vehicle control skills test, you may be asked to:
- Swerve to avoid a hazard.
- Parallel park. ✓
- Drive straight into a parking space.
Answer: B. Parallel park.
You may be asked to parallel park during the basic vehicle control skills test. You may be asked to parallel park during the basic vehicle control skills test. The handbook's basic control skills section includes diagrams labeled Parallel Park (Driver Side) and Parallel Park (Conventional), which places parallel parking among the maneuvers in that test. The test is about slow-speed control and judging the vehicle's position, and the listed exercises are forward stopping, straight-line backing, and offset tracking and backing. Nothing in the passages says the examiner will ask you to swerve around a hazard or drive straight into a parking space.
7. A truck should be parked:
- So that it must be backed up to leave the space.
- So that it can be pulled forward to leave the space. ✓
- On the grass.
Answer: B. So that it can be pulled forward to leave the space.
A truck should be parked so that it can be pulled forward to leave the space. The handbook says backing is always dangerous because you cannot see everything behind the vehicle, so you should avoid it when possible. Its parking guidance follows from that: when you park, try to set up the vehicle so you can pull forward when you leave. That matches the choice about leaving the space by pulling forward. It does not mean you must never back, only that parking to avoid a backing exit is preferred.
8. A trolley valve:
- Should be used while driving.
- Should only be used to test trailer brakes. ✓
- Should be used when parking uphill.
Answer: B. Should only be used to test trailer brakes.
9. When traveling with Division 1.1 explosives, you may park no closer than ____ from the nearest building.
- 10 feet
- 50 feet
- 300 feet ✓
Answer: C. 300 feet
You may park no closer than 300 feet from the nearest building when traveling with Division 1.1 explosives. The handbook's hazardous materials section says that with Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 explosives you must not park within 300 feet of a bridge, tunnel, building, place where people gather, or open fire. It allows only short stops for things the vehicle needs, such as fueling, and says to park briefly if you must stop to do your job. A building is on that list, so the required separation is 300 feet.
10. During a basic vehicle control skills test, you may be asked to:
- Alley dock.
- Parallel park to your right.
- Parallel park to your left.
- All of the above. ✓
Answer: D. All of the above.
You may be asked to do all of these: alley dock, parallel park to your right, and parallel park to your left. The handbook lists these as possible basic control skills. It says you may be asked to parallel park in a space on your right, and it says you may be asked to sight-side back into an alley. Its parallel-park figures also cover a driver-side park and a conventional park, so parking to your left is included too. Since every choice is one of the listed maneuvers, the answer that includes them all is correct.
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Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Verified from official source
Updated: · Based on the official driver handbook