Topic 3 · Rules of the Road: Traffic Laws in California
You back into a parallel parking space at an angle of about:
- 20 degrees
- 45 degrees — correct answer
- 90 degrees
Why
About 45 degrees, straightening the wheel away from the curb once the rear wheel is within 18 inches of it. (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.