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West Virginia 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. Why should you never stop in the triangular area between a through lane and an exit ramp?
Correct answer: A driver who missed the exit may cut across it and strike you
The handbook calls this the exit gore and warns that a driver who has missed the exit may cut across it and hit your stopped vehicle.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VII, Stopping on an Interstate
2. How close to a fire hydrant may a vehicle be parked in West Virginia?
Correct answer: No closer than fifteen feet
Stopping, standing or parking is barred inside fifteen feet of a fire hydrant.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Prohibited Parking
3. When you pull into an angle parking space, how far out from the parked vehicles should you stay first?
Correct answer: At least five feet
The handbook has the driver stay parallel to the curb and at least five feet clear of the parked vehicles before steering sharply into the space.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Angle Parking
4. What should you do every time you park and walk away from your vehicle?
Correct answer: Shut off the engine, set the parking brake, lock up and take the keys
Switch off the engine, set the parking or emergency brake, lock the vehicle and take the keys with you.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Parking Maneuvers
5. You are parking uphill on a road with no curb at all. Which way do the wheels point?
Correct answer: To the right
With no curb to catch the vehicle, the handbook has the wheels turned to the right so any roll carries it off the roadway.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Parking on Hills
6. Which way should a parked vehicle face on a West Virginia street?
Correct answer: The same way traffic moves on that side
The handbook requires vehicles to be left facing the same way traffic moves on that side of the street.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Parking Maneuvers
7. What are the shoulders of a West Virginia interstate meant for?
Correct answer: Vehicles that have broken down
Shoulders are set aside for disabled vehicles; the handbook rules out using them to swap drivers, read a map or handle other non-emergency business, and parking there can bring a tow.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VII, Stopping on an Interstate
8. Your vehicle is parked facing downhill against a curb. Which way do the front wheels go?
Correct answer: Turned toward the curb
Facing downhill, the wheels are turned in toward the curb so that if the vehicle creeps, the curb blocks it instead of the traffic lane.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Parking on Hills
9. What is the minimum distance you must leave between your parked vehicle and a crosswalk at an intersection?
Correct answer: Twenty feet
The prohibited-parking list sets a twenty-foot buffer from a crosswalk at an intersection.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Prohibited Parking
10. Why is opening the door on the traffic side of a parked vehicle risky?
Correct answer: A passing rider or driver may not see you in time
The handbook warns that a bicycle, motorcycle or larger vehicle may be coming past and its driver may not see you in time to avoid the door or you.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Parking Maneuvers
11. Where does West Virginia forbid stopping, standing or parking?
Correct answer: On a bridge or inside a highway tunnel
The list rules out bridges and other elevated structures as well as highway tunnels, along with sidewalks, crosswalks and driveway entrances.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Prohibited Parking
12. How does West Virginia treat leaving a vehicle beside one already parked at the curb?
Correct answer: It is illegal
Stopping on the traffic side of a parked vehicle is double parking; the handbook calls it both discourteous and against the law.
Source: West Virginia Driver's Licensing Handbook — Chapter VI, Prohibited Parking
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