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Hawaii Car / Permit: Parking & Stopping practice test
Legal and illegal parking, colored curbs, distances from hydrants and crossings, and how to park safely on hills.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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12 sample Parking & Stopping questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the official handbook reference. Read through them, then take the quiz above.
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1. How far apart should bumpers be once you have finished parallel parking?
Correct answer: At least two feet
Unless the street is marked otherwise, your front and rear bumpers should end up no closer than two feet from the vehicles either side of you.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual - Chapter X, Parallel Parking
2. What does a tow-away zone sign forbid during the hours it names?
Correct answer: Parking and even a momentary stop, unless traffic blocks you
During the posted hours you may not park or even stop there for a moment, unless other traffic has blocked you in. Police will have the vehicle removed.
3. How much street width must remain clear for moving traffic once you have parked?
Correct answer: At least 10 feet
You may not leave a vehicle anywhere that leaves less than 10 feet of the street free for traffic to move through.
4. You are parking on a hill in Hawaii. Which way should the front wheels be turned?
Correct answer: Toward the curb, on the right, in either direction
The manual says to turn the wheels toward the curb, to the right, whether you are facing up or down the slope, so that the car rolls away from traffic if it gets loose.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual - Chapter X, Parking on a Hill
5. You need to let a passenger out. Where does the manual say the stop should be made?
Correct answer: In a marked space, a loading zone or somewhere out of the traffic lane
Stops to pick up or set down people or goods, or to talk to somebody, belong in a designated parking space, a loading zone or somewhere else clear of the traffic lane.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual - Chapter X, Stopping in Traffic
6. Why must the striped access aisle beside an accessible parking space stay empty?
Correct answer: It gives room to deploy a lift, ramp or other mobility equipment
That aisle is the room needed to put down a wheelchair lift or ramp and to use other mobility equipment, so nothing may be parked in it.
7. Traffic is backed up beyond the junction ahead. When may you drive into the intersection?
Correct answer: Only when your entire vehicle will fit clear on the far side
Never move into a junction or into a crosswalk unless the far side has room for your whole vehicle, so that you do not end up blocking it.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual - Chapter X, Stopping in Traffic
8. How close to the curb must your wheels be when you have finished parallel parking?
Correct answer: Within 12 inches
Hawaii puts the limit at 12 inches: parking further out than that from the curb is prohibited unless the vehicle sits completely inside a marked stall.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual - Chapter X, Parking Restrictions
9. How long may a vehicle be left standing in one spot on a public street?
Correct answer: No more than 24 hours at a stretch
Leaving a vehicle standing in one spot for a continuous stretch longer than 24 hours on any public road is prohibited, and a vehicle abandoned on the highway past that point is treated as abandoned.
10. What is the first step in the parallel parking sequence the manual describes?
Correct answer: Signal and pull up beside the front car, about 18 inches out, rear bumpers level
Signal, then draw up beside the car in front with roughly 18 inches between you and with the two rear bumpers level, before you start to reverse.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual - Chapter X, Parallel Parking
11. Besides turning the wheels, what else does the manual tell you to do when parking on a slope?
Correct answer: Set the hand brake and shift into PARK, or into reverse or low
Set the hand brake and put the car in the PARK position. Where there is no PARK, select reverse or a low gear instead.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual - Chapter X, Parking on a Hill
12. Angle parking is not marked out on the street you are on. How must you leave the vehicle?
Correct answer: Parallel to the curb, facing the way traffic runs
Where angle parking has not been clearly designated, the vehicle must sit parallel to the curb and face the same way traffic travels.
Source: Hawaii Driver's Manual - Chapter X, Parking Restrictions
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