Topic 3 · Rules of the Road: Traffic Laws in California
When you pull up alongside the vehicle in front of a parallel parking space, you leave:
- About five feet
- About six inches
- About two feet between the two vehicles — correct answer
Why
Two feet of separation, stopping when your rear bumper lines up with the front of the space. (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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