Kansas: Parking rules — Part 3 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “How are some parking restrictions indicated?” · “What is a driver responsible for when parking?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Kansas Driving Handbook" (Revised February 2022), Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles.
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While steering into the lane of traffic from a parallel parking space, what must you make certain of?
- That the front bumper of your vehicle will clear the vehicle ahead
- That the rear bumper of your vehicle is touching the vehicle behind
- That your passenger door is clear of the curb
- That your parking brake is still set
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Correct answer: That the front bumper of your vehicle will clear the vehicle ahead
You check that the front bumper will clear the vehicle ahead before you pull out.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 54
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When leaving a parallel parking space, when do you straighten the wheels and move forward into the lane of traffic?
- When your front bumper reaches the rear bumper of the vehicle ahead
- When your rear bumper clears the vehicle behind you
- When the door post of your vehicle clears the rear bumper of the vehicle ahead
- As soon as you shift to drive
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Correct answer: When the door post of your vehicle clears the rear bumper of the vehicle ahead
You straighten the wheels and move into the lane when the door post of your vehicle clears the rear bumper of the vehicle parked ahead.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 54
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How are some parking restrictions indicated?
- By different pavement textures
- By colored curb markings
- By flags beside the road
- By painted lane numbers
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Correct answer: By colored curb markings
Besides signs, some parking restrictions are shown by colored curb markings.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 54
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When is it against the rules to park in a construction area?
- Only when workers are present
- Only when equipment is operating
- Only during daytime hours
- If your vehicle will block traffic
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Correct answer: If your vehicle will block traffic
You must not park in a construction area if your vehicle will block traffic.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 54
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Which of these is a place where you must not park?
- In a designated parking area
- Parallel to the curb, in the direction of traffic
- In a marked space in a parking lot
- In an intersection
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Correct answer: In an intersection
Parking in an intersection is not allowed.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 54
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Which of these is a place where you must not park?
- On a crosswalk or sidewalk
- In a space at a store parking lot
- Along the curb in the direction of traffic
- In a designated parking area
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Correct answer: On a crosswalk or sidewalk
Parking on a crosswalk or sidewalk is not allowed.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 54
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Which of these is a place where you must not park?
- In a marked space in a parking lot
- Parallel to the curb where no sign prohibits parking
- Blocking a driveway, alley or private road
- In a designated parking area on the street
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Correct answer: Blocking a driveway, alley or private road
Parking so that you block a driveway, alley, private road or an area of curb lowered for sidewalk access is not allowed.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 54
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Which of these is a place where you must not park?
- On the right side of the street in the direction of traffic
- In a designated parking area
- In a marked space in a parking lot
- On the opposite side of the street against traffic flow
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Correct answer: On the opposite side of the street against traffic flow
Parking on the opposite side of the street, against the flow of traffic, is not allowed.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 54
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When may you park in a space marked for the handicapped?
- Only with a handicap plate, tag or sticker
- When you will be gone for only a few minutes
- When no other space is open nearby
- When you leave your hazard lights on
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Correct answer: Only with a handicap plate, tag or sticker
A space marked for the handicapped is off limits unless you have a handicap license plate, tag or sticker.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 54
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Which of these is a place where you must not park?
- Beside a curb that has no painted color
- Wherever a sign indicates you cannot park
- On any street with more than two lanes
- Anywhere in a residential area
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Correct answer: Wherever a sign indicates you cannot park
Parking is not allowed wherever a sign indicates you cannot park.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 54
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What does a white painted curb indicate?
- A loading zone
- A handicap restriction
- Fire zone restrictions
- Short stops only
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Correct answer: Short stops only
A white curb means that only short stops are permitted.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 55
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What does a yellow painted curb indicate?
- A loading zone or other restriction
- Only short stops are permitted
- A handicap restriction
- Fire zone restrictions
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Correct answer: A loading zone or other restriction
A yellow curb indicates a loading zone or some other restriction.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 55
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What does a blue painted curb indicate?
- Only short stops are permitted
- A loading zone
- A handicap restriction
- Fire zone restrictions
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Correct answer: A handicap restriction
A blue curb indicates a handicap restriction.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 55
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What does a red painted curb indicate?
- Only short stops are permitted
- Fire zone restrictions
- A loading zone or some other restriction
- A handicap restriction
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Correct answer: Fire zone restrictions
A red curb indicates fire zone restrictions.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 55
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What is a driver responsible for when parking?
- Only that the vehicle is locked
- Where the vehicle is parked and that it will not roll away
- Only that the vehicle is parked in the shade
- Only that the vehicle is parked with its lights on
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Correct answer: Where the vehicle is parked and that it will not roll away
You are responsible for where you park and that your vehicle will not roll away, such as on a hill, and for not impeding traffic or pedestrians.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 70
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In the parallel park exercise, how close must you bring the vehicle to the curb side of the space?
- Within 12 inches
- Within 6 inches
- Within 24 inches
- Within 36 inches
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Correct answer: Within 12 inches
You must bring the vehicle within 12 inches of the curb side of the space without crossing the side or rear boundaries.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 102
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How do you enter the parking space in the parallel park exercise?
- Pull forward directly into it
- Drive in nose-first and then back out
- Drive past the space and back into it
- Back in from the far side of the road
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Correct answer: Drive past the space and back into it
For both parallel parks you drive past the parking space and back into it, ending completely within the space.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 102
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Which exercise is described as one of the best indicators that you have the basic skills to safely operate a motor vehicle?
- Forward two-point turnabout
- Parallel park
- Reverse two-point turnabout
- Three-point turnabout
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Correct answer: Parallel park
The handbook says a parallel park is one of the best indicators that you have the basic skills necessary to safely operate a motor vehicle.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 102