Mississippi: Parking rules
Where Mississippi forbids parking, parallel parking step by step, parking on a hill and handicapped spaces. Split into 2 shorter tests so you're not stuck in one long quiz.
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Parking rules — Part 1
Questions in this part include: “When you park a vehicle with a standard transmission, which gear should you put it in?”
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Questions in this part include: “If you must park along a highway, how much room should you leave, if possible, for other vehicles to get by?”
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A blue square sign shows a white wheelchair symbol. For which vehicles is parking allowed in that space?
- Only vehicles with a handicap license tag or hangtag
- Any vehicle whose driver stays inside the vehicle
- Only vehicles parked for less than 15 minutes
- Only vehicles with a commercial license plate
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Correct answer: Only vehicles with a handicap license tag or hangtag
Parking in a handicapped space is only allowed for vehicles that display a handicap license tag or a temporary hangtag.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 29 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 29)
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When you park a vehicle with a standard transmission, which gear should you put it in?
- Low
- Reverse
- Neutral
- Second
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Correct answer: Low
In general, when parking you put the gear in park for an automatic transmission or in low for a standard transmission.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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When you park a vehicle with an automatic transmission, in which position should you put the gear?
- Neutral
- Reverse
- Park
- Drive
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Correct answer: Park
In general, when parking you put the gear in park for an automatic transmission or in low for a standard transmission.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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In general, how should you set the parking brake when you park your vehicle?
- Lightly
- Firmly
- Only if you are parked on a hill
- Only if you will be away for a long time
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Correct answer: Firmly
The general parking steps include setting the parking brake firmly.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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In general, what should you do with the ignition when you park your vehicle?
- Leave it on in case you need to move
- Leave it on if you are parked at night
- Leave it on if you stay in the vehicle
- Turn it off
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Correct answer: Turn it off
The general parking steps include turning off the ignition.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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Which of these is a place where you may not leave your vehicle parked and unattended?
- Beside a curb on a residential street with no sign prohibiting stopping
- In a marked space in a parking lot
- Beside a mailbox on a quiet road
- In front of a public or private driveway
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Correct answer: In front of a public or private driveway
The manual lists the front of a public or private driveway among the places where you may not park.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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How close to the driveway entrance of a fire station may you not park, unless a posting sets a larger distance?
- Within five feet
- Within twenty feet
- Within thirty-five feet
- Within fifty feet
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Correct answer: Within twenty feet
You may not park within twenty feet of a fire station's driveway entrance, or within seventy-five feet if it is so posted.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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If a fire station's driveway entrance is posted, how close to it may you not park?
- Within fifty feet
- Within one hundred feet
- Within seventy-five feet
- Within one hundred fifty feet
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Correct answer: Within seventy-five feet
Where it is so posted, parking is prohibited within seventy-five feet of the fire station's driveway entrance.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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How close to a fire hydrant may you not park?
- Within ten feet
- Within five feet
- Within twenty-five feet
- Within forty feet
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Correct answer: Within ten feet
The manual prohibits parking within ten feet of a fire hydrant.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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Which of these is a place where you may not leave your vehicle parked and unattended?
- On a sidewalk
- On the shoulder of a quiet street where signs allow it
- In an empty marked space in a lot
- Along a curb in the middle of a block where signs allow parking
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Correct answer: On a sidewalk
The manual lists a sidewalk among the places where you may not park.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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Which of these is a place where you may not leave your vehicle parked and unattended?
- Beside a curb more than a block from any intersection
- In a marked space in a parking garage
- On a crosswalk
- In a legal space beside a park
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Correct answer: On a crosswalk
The manual lists a crosswalk among the places where you may not park.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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How close to a crosswalk at an intersection may you not park?
- Within five feet
- Within twenty feet
- Within ten feet
- Within fifty feet
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Correct answer: Within twenty feet
Parking is prohibited within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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Which of these is a place where you may not leave your vehicle parked and unattended?
- Beside a curb at the middle of a block with no signs
- In a space marked for parking in a lot
- On a wide shoulder where no sign prohibits stopping
- Inside an intersection
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Correct answer: Inside an intersection
The manual lists the inside of an intersection among the places where you may not park.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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How close to the approach to a traffic control device may you not park?
- Within five feet
- Within ten feet
- Within forty feet
- Within thirty feet
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Correct answer: Within thirty feet
Parking is prohibited within thirty feet of the approach to any traffic control device.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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How close to the nearest rail of a railroad crossing may you not park?
- Within five feet
- Within fifteen feet
- Within twenty-five feet
- Within forty feet
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Correct answer: Within fifteen feet
Parking is prohibited within fifteen feet of the nearest rail of any railroad crossing.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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Which of these is a place where you may not leave your vehicle parked and unattended?
- On a wide shoulder outside a town where no sign prohibits it
- In a marked space in a lot
- On any bridge or elevated structure
- On the side of a quiet residential street
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Correct answer: On any bridge or elevated structure
The manual lists any bridge or elevated structure among the places where you may not park.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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Which of these is a place where you may not leave your vehicle parked and unattended?
- In any highway underpass
- Beside a curb on a quiet residential street
- In a marked space in a lot
- On a wide gravel shoulder in open country
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Correct answer: In any highway underpass
The manual lists any highway underpass among the places where you may not park.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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Which of these is a place where you may not leave your vehicle parked and unattended?
- On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped at the edge of the road
- Directly behind a vehicle parked at the curb, leaving it room
- In a marked parking space in a lot
- Beside the curb where no vehicle is parked
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Correct answer: On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped at the edge of the road
Parking on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of the road or the curb is prohibited.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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Which of these is a place where you may not leave your vehicle parked and unattended?
- In a marked parking space beside an open field
- Beside the curb where nothing narrows the road
- Alongside an obstruction that would add to congestion
- On a street with no signs and little traffic
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Correct answer: Alongside an obstruction that would add to congestion
Parking alongside an obstruction is prohibited when it would add to traffic congestion.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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Which of these is a place where you may not leave your vehicle parked and unattended?
- Beside a curb where signs allow parking
- Any place where traffic signs prohibit stopping
- In a marked space in a lot
- On a wide shoulder outside a town with no signs
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Correct answer: Any place where traffic signs prohibit stopping
Parking is prohibited at any place where traffic signs prohibit stopping.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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Outside of business or residential districts, where must you park?
- On the roadway with your parking lights on
- On the roadway, if your hazard lights are on
- On the roadway at its far right edge
- Off the roadway
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Correct answer: Off the roadway
Outside of business or residential districts, you must park off the roadway, pulling all the way off.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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If you must park along a highway, how much room should you leave, if possible, for other vehicles to get by?
- At least five feet
- At least ten feet
- At least fifty feet
- At least twenty feet
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Correct answer: At least twenty feet
When parking along a highway, you should leave at least twenty feet for other vehicles to get by, if possible.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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When you park along a highway, you should park so you can be seen from at least how far in both directions?
- Fifty feet
- Two hundred feet
- One hundred feet
- Five hundred feet
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Correct answer: Two hundred feet
When parking along a highway you should park so you can be seen from at least two hundred feet in both directions.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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If you park along a highway at night, what should you leave on?
- Your high beams for oncoming drivers
- Only your interior dome light
- Your parking lights or emergency flashers
- Your low beams only
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Correct answer: Your parking lights or emergency flashers
The manual says to leave your parking lights or emergency flashers on if it is night.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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What may happen if you park on a blind curve or in any other potentially dangerous place?
- You may be arrested and your vehicle towed
- You will receive a warning only
- An officer will move your vehicle at no cost
- You will only be asked to move it
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Correct answer: You may be arrested and your vehicle towed
Parking on a blind curve or other potentially dangerous place is illegal; you may be arrested and your vehicle towed.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 60 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 60)
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For a vehicle parked parallel to the curb, how close should the tires be to the curb?
- Within six inches
- Within eighteen inches
- Within twelve inches
- Within twenty-four inches
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Correct answer: Within twelve inches
For vehicles parked parallel, tires should be within twelve inches of the curb.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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From which side of a vehicle parked parallel at the curb should you unload it?
- The street side
- The curb side
- Whichever side the driver prefers
- The rear of the vehicle only
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Correct answer: The curb side
The manual says to unload your vehicle from the curb side.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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When leaving a vehicle parked at the curb, on which side must you use extreme care in exiting?
- The curb side
- The side nearest the driveway
- The passenger side
- The street side
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Correct answer: The street side
The manual says to use extreme care when exiting your vehicle from the street side.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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In the first step of parallel parking, what should you do to show you intend to enter the space?
- Sound your horn
- Flash your high beams
- Tap your brakes twice
- Use your signal
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Correct answer: Use your signal
Step 1 says to use your signal to show you intend to enter the space.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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In step 1 of parallel parking, where do you stop?
- Alongside the curb in the middle of the space
- Alongside the car in front of the space
- Directly behind the car in front of the space
- Ten feet past the space
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Correct answer: Alongside the car in front of the space
In step 1 you select a large enough space, signal, and stop alongside the car in front of the space.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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In step 2 of parallel parking, before backing toward the curb, what must you make sure of?
- That the car behind you has already moved away
- That your parking brake is set and engine off
- That you will not interfere with oncoming traffic
- That your hazard lights are on and flashing
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Correct answer: That you will not interfere with oncoming traffic
Step 2 begins by making sure you will not interfere with oncoming traffic.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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In step 2 of parallel parking, how do you turn your wheels as you back slowly toward the curb?
- Sharply to the right
- Sharply to the left
- Slightly to the left
- Keep them straight
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Correct answer: Sharply to the right
In step 2 you cut your wheels sharply to the right and back slowly toward the curb.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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In step 2 of parallel parking, when do you stop backing?
- When your front tire aligns with the back bumper of the car ahead
- When your rear bumper touches the curb or the car behind
- When your car is completely parallel to the curb
- When your back tire reaches the bumper of the car behind
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Correct answer: When your front tire aligns with the back bumper of the car ahead
In step 2 you stop when your front tire aligns with the back bumper of the car ahead.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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In step 3 of parallel parking, how do you turn your wheels as you continue backing?
- Sharply to the right
- Slightly to the right
- Sharply to the left
- Straighten them fully
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Correct answer: Sharply to the left
In step 3 you cut your wheels sharply to the left and continue backing, being careful not to bump the car behind you.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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In step 4 of parallel parking, what do you do after backing in?
- Back up until your bumper touches the car behind you
- Pull forward into the center, leaving room in front and behind
- Stay where you are, close to the car behind you
- Pull forward until your bumper touches the car ahead
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Correct answer: Pull forward into the center, leaving room in front and behind
In step 4 you pull forward into the center of the space, leaving room in front of and behind your car.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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When leaving a parallel parking position, what should you do before driving out?
- Rely on your side mirror alone
- Look back over your shoulder
- Sound your horn
- Check only your rearview mirror
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Correct answer: Look back over your shoulder
When leaving a parallel parking position, you look back over your shoulder to be sure you can safely drive out into traffic.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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When leaving a parallel parking position, when should you use your signal?
- After you are in the travel lane
- Only if other vehicles are close
- Before entering the travel lane
- Only at night
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Correct answer: Before entering the travel lane
You use your signal before entering the travel lane when leaving a parallel parking position.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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When leaving a diagonal or straight-in parking position, what should you wait for?
- Until the area behind the vehicle is clear
- Until another driver waves you out of the space
- Until the engine has warmed up fully
- Until the car beside you leaves the lot
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Correct answer: Until the area behind the vehicle is clear
When leaving a diagonal or straight-in parking position, you wait until the area behind the vehicle is clear and look back while backing up.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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What does the manual say about checking behind you while backing up?
- Never rely on your rearview mirror alone
- Your rearview mirror is enough on its own
- Use only your side mirrors when backing
- Look back only when it is dark out
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Correct answer: Never rely on your rearview mirror alone
Always look back over your shoulder while backing up; never rely on your rearview mirror alone.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 61 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 61)
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When you park facing downhill, how do you turn your wheels?
- Sharply to the left, whether or not there is a curb
- To the right if there is a curb and to the left if not
- Sharply to the right, whether or not there is a curb
- To the left if there is a curb and to the right if not
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Correct answer: Sharply to the right, whether or not there is a curb
In a downhill position, you turn your wheels sharply to the right, whether or not there is a curb.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 62 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 62)
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When you park facing uphill on a road with no curb, how do you turn your wheels?
- Sharply to the left
- Sharply to the right
- Straight ahead
- Slightly to the left
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Correct answer: Sharply to the right
In an uphill position with no curb, you turn your wheels sharply to the right.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 62 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 62)
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When you park facing uphill next to a curb, how do you turn your wheels?
- Sharply to the right
- Straight ahead
- Slightly to the right
- Sharply to the left
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Correct answer: Sharply to the left
In an uphill position with a curb, you turn your wheels sharply to the left.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual (Revised December 2024), page 62 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 62)