Oklahoma: Parking rules — Part 1 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “When does the manual say it is a good practice to lock your car?” · “When you back out of an angle parking space, how can you warn pedestrians nearby?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Oklahoma Driver Manual" (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), Service Oklahoma.
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When may you park or stop in a parking space reserved for disabled people?
- For a few minutes if your hazard flashers are on
- When every other space in the lot is already taken
- Any time, as long as you stay inside the vehicle
- Only if you have a disabled license plate or placard
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Correct answer: Only if you have a disabled license plate or placard
Spaces reserved for disabled people are only for vehicles with a disabled license plate or a disability placard.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 20 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 20)
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When you leave your car, truck or van, what should you do with the parking brake?
- Set it
- Leave it off so the brake pads do not wear
- Set it only if the car is facing downhill
- Leave it off when the gear is in park
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Correct answer: Set it
The manual lists setting the parking brake as the first step whenever you leave your vehicle.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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Which gear positions does the manual say to put the gear in when you leave your car?
- Neutral, drive or "park"
- Second, drive or neutral
- Low, reverse or "park"
- Neutral or drive only
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Correct answer: Low, reverse or "park"
A parked car should be left in low, reverse or park so it is held in place.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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What should you do with the motor and the key when you leave your car?
- Leave the motor running and take the key with you
- Turn off the motor, lock the ignition and remove the key
- Turn off the motor but leave the key in the ignition
- Leave the motor idling and lock the doors
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Correct answer: Turn off the motor, lock the ignition and remove the key
Turning off the motor, locking the ignition and removing the key are part of the steps for leaving a vehicle.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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When does the manual say it is a good practice to lock your car?
- Only when you park overnight
- Only when you park on a public street
- Only when you park in a shopping center lot
- Always, even in your own driveway
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Correct answer: Always, even in your own driveway
The manual says it is always good practice to lock your car, even at home in the driveway.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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What can an improperly parked car do, according to the manual?
- Cause damage only to the car itself
- Do harm only if it is left unlocked
- Roll, gain speed, destroy property or kill someone
- Cause a parking ticket but never a collision
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Correct answer: Roll, gain speed, destroy property or kill someone
The manual warns that an improperly parked car can roll, gain speed, damage property or kill someone.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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Where parking along a highway is permitted, how should you park?
- Signal, slow down and drive completely off the pavement or the main traveled part of the roadway
- Stop at the edge of the main traveled part of the roadway and turn on your flashers
- Slow down and park with your right wheels on the pavement
- Pull partly onto the shoulder, leaving your left side in the lane
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Correct answer: Signal, slow down and drive completely off the pavement or the main traveled part of the roadway
You should signal, slow down and get completely off the main traveled part of the road.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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What does the manual say about children when you park beside a highway and get out of the car?
- Let them get out first so they can watch for traffic
- Do not allow them to leave the car and approach oncoming traffic
- Have them walk along the pavement ahead of the car
- Send them to the rear of the car to warn other drivers
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Correct answer: Do not allow them to leave the car and approach oncoming traffic
Children must not be allowed to walk toward oncoming traffic when you stop at the roadside.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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Where is angle parking used?
- In parking lots, shopping centers and sometimes at curbs
- Only on freeway shoulders and highway ramps
- Only on streets where parallel parking is prohibited
- Only on hills that have a curb
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Correct answer: In parking lots, shopping centers and sometimes at curbs
Angle parking is found in parking lots and shopping centers, and sometimes at curbs.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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When you enter an angle parking space, where should you watch for vehicles and pedestrians?
- Only ahead of you
- Only behind you
- Both ahead and behind
- Only on the side where you will park
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Correct answer: Both ahead and behind
You must watch in both directions, ahead of and behind your car, as you enter the space.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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When you enter an angle parking space, what should you make sure of?
- That your hazard flashers are on while you turn in
- That the rear of your car will clear the parked car
- That you have come to a complete stop before you turn in
- That you have driven past the space first and are backing in
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Correct answer: That the rear of your car will clear the parked car
Before turning in, check that the back of your car will clear the car already parked.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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How should you steer when you enter an angle parking space?
- Steer gently in a wide arc and keep the wheels turned the whole way
- Drive in straight without turning the wheels and stop at the curb
- Steer sharply in and leave the wheels turned toward the curb
- Steer sharply into the space, then straighten the wheels and center your car
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Correct answer: Steer sharply into the space, then straighten the wheels and center your car
You turn sharply into the space, then straighten the wheels so the car sits centered.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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When you back out of an angle parking space in a supermarket lot, what should you check for?
- Posted speed limits
- Empty spaces
- Carts
- Stop signs
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Correct answer: Carts
In a supermarket lot, shopping carts can be in your way when you back out of a space.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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When backing out of an angle parking space, when should you be especially careful?
- When a truck or van is parked beside you, blocking your view
- When a small car is parked beside you and you can see over it
- When the spaces on both sides of you are empty
- When you are parked in the first space next to the curb
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Correct answer: When a truck or van is parked beside you, blocking your view
A truck or van beside you blocks your view of oncoming traffic, so extra care is needed.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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How should you move when you back out of an angle parking space?
- Quickly, so that other drivers have less time to react to you
- At normal speed, as long as you have already signaled your turn
- Slowly, but only after honking your horn twice to warn others
- Slowly, making sure traffic is clear in the lane where you are backing
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Correct answer: Slowly, making sure traffic is clear in the lane where you are backing
You back slowly and confirm that the lane you are backing into is clear.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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When you back out of an angle parking space, how can you warn pedestrians nearby?
- Flash your high beams
- Tap the horn
- Turn on the hazard flashers
- Roll down your window and shout
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Correct answer: Tap the horn
The manual says to tap the horn to warn pedestrians nearby as you back out.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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When backing out of an angle parking space, when should you stop and look again?
- When you can see past the tops of the cars parked next to you
- When your rear bumper reaches the edge of the traffic lane
- As soon as the front of your car has cleared the parking space
- When another driver sounds a horn to warn you of traffic
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Correct answer: When you can see past the tops of the cars parked next to you
Once you can see past the cars beside you, stop and look back and to each side again.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 46 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 46)
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When you back out of an angle parking space and turn, what will the front of your car do?
- Swing in the direction of your turn and clear the car next to you
- Stay in line with the rear of the car and not swing at all
- Swing opposite to the direction of your turn and may hit the car next to you
- Swing toward the lane of traffic and may hit passing cars
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Correct answer: Swing opposite to the direction of your turn and may hit the car next to you
The front of the car swings the opposite way from your turn, so it can strike the neighboring car.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 47 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 47)
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When backing out of an angle space, how long do you back while turning?
- Until your right rear wheel reaches the painted line of the parking space
- Until your left front wheel passes the rear bumper of the car parked on the left
- Until your front bumper is even with the rear of the car on the right
- Until your rear bumper touches the edge of the lane of traffic behind you
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Correct answer: Until your left front wheel passes the rear bumper of the car parked on the left
You keep backing slowly and turning until your left front wheel is past the rear bumper of the car on your left.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 47 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 47)
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When should you straighten the wheels as you back out of an angle parking space?
- Before you start to move back
- After your car has stopped in the traffic lane
- Just after your rear wheels leave the space
- As your car comes back into the lane of traffic
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Correct answer: As your car comes back into the lane of traffic
You straighten the wheels as the car re-enters the lane of traffic.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 47 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 47)
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Where nothing prohibits parking, you may park parallel to any curb and within how many inches of it?
- 12 inches
- 24 inches
- 18 inches
- 30 inches
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Correct answer: 18 inches
The manual allows parallel parking within 18 inches of the curb unless signs or a yellow curb prohibit it.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 47 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 47)