Missouri permit test: parking
No-parking zones and parallel parking. 7 questions, 10 at a time, starting with ones you haven't seen.
Sample parking questions
1.You've parallel parked on a busy street. Which side should you get out on, if you can?
- AThe street side
- BEither side
- CThe curb side
- DThe driver's side
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✓ C. The curb side
Get out on the curb side if you can, and have passengers, especially children, exit on the curb side. Check for bicyclists first.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide (Revised August 2026), page 37
2.Your car has a disability placard, and you are dropping off a friend who uses a wheelchair. May you stop in a handicapped space?
- AYes, while they are dropped off
- BOnly if you stay in the car
- CNo, never, for any reason
- DOnly for up to five minutes
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✓ A. Yes, while they are dropped off
Handicapped spaces may be used when the vehicle shows a placard or plates and a person with a disability is in the vehicle or is being dropped off or picked up.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide (Revised August 2026), page 37
3.You are parking on a hill. Which way should you turn your front wheels?
- AToward the center of the road
- BStraight ahead
- CIt doesn't matter if the brake is set
- DSharply toward the side of the road
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✓ D. Sharply toward the side of the road
When parking on a hill, turn your wheels sharply toward the side of the road so that if the car rolls, it rolls away from traffic. Set the parking brake too.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide (Revised August 2026), page 37
4.Where is parking NOT allowed?
- AOn the right side of a two-way street
- BAlongside a curb that is painted yellow
- CIn a marked parking space
- DOn either side of a one-way street
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✓ B. Alongside a curb that is painted yellow
Do not park next to a yellow-painted curb, in an intersection, on a crosswalk or sidewalk, across a driveway, on a bridge, by a fire hydrant, or on the left side of a two-way street.
Source: Missouri Driver Guide (Revised August 2026), page 37