Parking uphill next to a curb
A free practice question for the Massachusetts permit test, with the answer explained.
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You're parking facing uphill next to a curb. Which way should you turn your front wheels?
The rule
When you park facing uphill next to a curb, turn your front wheels out, away from the curb and toward the travel lane.
Uphill with a curb: turn your wheels away from the curb, toward the travel lane. Downhill with a curb: toward the curb. No curb: toward the road's edge.
From the Massachusetts Driver's Manual, page 110. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the RMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
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