Mississippi: Parking rules — Part 1 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “When you park a vehicle with a standard transmission, which gear should you put it in?” · “If a fire station's driveway entrance is posted, how close to it may you not park?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Mississippi Driver's License Manual" (Revised December 2024), Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Driver Service Bureau.
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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)