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Mississippi 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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1. From which side does the manual say you should unload a parallel-parked vehicle?
Correct answer: The curb side
Unload from the curb side, and take special care any time you have to open a door toward the street.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Parallel Parking
2. How close to the nearest rail of a railroad crossing may you park?
Correct answer: Fifteen feet
Parking must stay at least fifteen feet away from the closest rail.
3. You must leave your car beside a rural highway. How visible should it be?
Correct answer: Visible from two hundred feet in both directions
Pull entirely off the pavement and position the car so drivers can spot it from at least two hundred feet in either direction.
4. Which of these is a place the manual lists as off limits for parking?
Correct answer: A bridge or a highway underpass
Bridges, elevated structures and highway underpasses all appear on the prohibited list, along with sidewalks and crosswalks.
5. What does the manual say about relying on your mirrors while backing out of a parking space?
Correct answer: Always look back over your shoulder as well
Mirrors alone are not enough. Turn and look back over your shoulder before and while you reverse.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Exiting a Parallel Parking Space
6. You are parking uphill next to a curb. Which way do the front wheels go?
Correct answer: Sharply to the left
Turn them sharply to the left so the car settles back against the curb if it starts to roll.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Parking on a Hill
7. How close to a fire hydrant may you leave a parked vehicle in Mississippi?
Correct answer: No closer than ten feet
You have to keep at least ten feet of clearance from a hydrant so crews can reach it in an emergency.
8. How close to the curb should your tires be after parallel parking?
Correct answer: Within twelve inches
Finish with the tires within twelve inches of the curb so the car does not stick out into the travel lane.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Parallel Parking
9. What is the parking restriction near the driveway entrance of a fire station?
Correct answer: Twenty feet, or seventy-five feet if posted
Stay twenty feet clear of the entrance, and seventy-five feet clear where that greater distance is posted.
10. You are parking facing downhill. Which way do the front wheels go?
Correct answer: Sharply to the right
Point them sharply to the right whether or not a curb is present, so the car rolls away from traffic if it moves.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Parking on a Hill
11. Why may you not stop and leave your car on the roadway side of another parked vehicle?
Correct answer: It is prohibited, since it forces traffic around you
Double parking like that is on the prohibited list, because it pushes traffic into the travel lane around you.
12. Which three steps does the manual give for securing a parked vehicle?
Correct answer: Park or low gear, parking brake set firmly, ignition off
Put an automatic in park or a manual in low, set the parking brake firmly, and shut off the ignition.
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