Parking & Stopping Rules — South Carolina

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TopicParking & Stopping Rules
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Questions (5)

1. When asked to complete a conventional parallel parking maneuver, you should:
  1. Pass the parking space while backing, then pull forward into it.
  2. Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it. ✓
  3. Pull forward into the parking space without passing it first.
  4. Back into the parking space without passing it first.

Answer: B. Pull forward past the parking space, then back into it.

Official handbook: Official handbook
2. Before beginning to drive downhill, you should:
  1. Take your vehicle out of gear.
  2. Shift into a lower gear. ✓
  3. Move into the left lane.

Answer: B. Shift into a lower gear.

Before starting downhill, shift into a lower gear. The handbook says to slow down and shift into a low gear before you begin a downgrade, choosing a gear low enough that you can control your speed without hard braking. It warns that relying on the brakes can overheat them and cause a loss of braking power. It also explains that engine braking is strongest in the lower gears, so you should be in the right low gear before speed builds; trying to downshift later may not work and can cost you engine braking. That is why the correct action is to shift down before the hill.
Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 2 – Driving Safely, p. 36
3. If your brakes fail while you are traveling downhill and there is no available escape ramp, you should:
  1. Keep pumping the brakes.
  2. Turn the vehicle off.
  3. Drive into an open field. ✓

Answer: C. Drive into an open field.

You should drive into an open field. The handbook says an escape ramp is the best option, but when no ramp is available you should choose the escape route that is least dangerous, such as a field or a side road that levels off or goes uphill. It also says to make that move as soon as you know the brakes do not work, because waiting lets the vehicle speed up and makes stopping harder. Steering into an open field matches that guidance.
Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 2 – Driving Safely, p. 62
4. When completing an offset back/left parking maneuver, a driver should:
  1. Pull straight forward, then back to the left. ✓
  2. Drive straight back, then pull forward to the left.
  3. Pull straight forward, then drive straight back.

Answer: A. Pull straight forward, then back to the left.

Official handbook: Official handbook
5. When parked on the side of the road, you should:
  1. Use only the rear flashing lights.
  2. Use one set of turn signals.
  3. Use your high beam headlights.
  4. Use your four-way flashers. ✓

Answer: D. Use your four-way flashers.

When parked on the side of the road, you should use your four-way flashers. The handbook instructs you to switch on the four-way emergency flashers after pulling off the road and stopping. It says this matters especially at night, because taillights alone are not a dependable warning. Drivers have hit parked vehicles from behind because they assumed the vehicle was moving normally. Another passage adds that four-way flashers help approaching drivers notice your vehicle sooner. Together, these passages point to the four-way flashers as the right warning light for a vehicle parked at the roadside.
Official handbook: Texas Commercial Driver License Handbook (DL-7C), Section 2 – Driving Safely, p. 39
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Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Not yet verified

Updated: · Based on the official driver handbook