500 feet from fire trucks at an alarm
A free practice question for the Virginia permit test, with the answer explained.
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Fire trucks have stopped on a street to answer an alarm. How close may you park?
The rule
Where fire trucks or fire equipment have stopped to answer an alarm, don't park within 500 feet.
Where fire trucks or equipment are stopped at an alarm, keep any parked car 500 feet or more away.
From the Virginia Driver's Manual, section 3, page 16. 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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