Topic 3 · Rules of the Road: Traffic Laws in California
When you finish parallel parking, your vehicle should be within:
- 3 feet of the curb
- 18 inches of the curb — correct answer
- 6 inches of the curb
Why
Parallel and within 18 inches, then off with the engine and on with the parking brake. (Section 6, Parallel Parking.)
Practise this in the real format
Reading one answer is not the same as sitting the test. The simulator runs the first-time adult form: 36 questions, 6 mistakes allowed, 83% to pass.
Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), the document the DMV writes the real test from. Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
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