Parking downhill
A free practice question for the South Carolina permit test, with the answer explained.
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You're parking facing downhill next to a curb. Which way should you turn your front wheels?
The rule
Parking downhill, with or without a curb, turn your wheels to the right, toward the curb or the edge of the road.
Facing downhill, with or without a curb, turn your front wheels to the right, toward the curb or road edge. Uphill next to a curb, turn them away.
From the SCDMV Driver's License Manual, page 7-13. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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