Parking downhill next to a curb
A free practice question for the Virginia permit test, with the answer explained.
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You're parking facing downhill next to a curb on your right. Which way should you turn your front wheels?
The rule
Parked facing downhill next to a curb, turn your front wheels to the right, toward the curb, so the car can't roll into the street.
Downhill with a curb: turn your wheels toward the curb (right), so the car can't roll into the street. Uphill with a curb: left. No curb: right.
From the Virginia Driver's Manual, section 3, page 22. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
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