Signs and markings show angle parking. How must you park?
Right.Not quite. The answer is C.
Where angle parking applies, you park at the angle that the signs or lines indicate.
Source: Road Rules 2014 (NSW) rule 210
Road scene · Parking scenes
Parallel, angle and front-to-kerb parking
Park parallel to the kerb unless signs or markings show another angle, then use that angle.
Road Rules 2014 (NSW) rule 210Asked in road safetyShown in 3 practice questions
What it means
Parallel, angle and front-to-kerb parking: what is the rule?
Three plate-yellow cars sit along the top kerb, each labelled. On the left, Parallel: the car lies along the kerb inside a marked bay. In the middle, Angle: the car is set diagonally between slanted lines. On the right, Front to kerb: the car points straight in. An arrow shows traffic in the near lane flowing to the right. Parallel is the default; the other two belong only where signs or bay markings set them up.
What to do
- 1
Park parallel and close to the kerb when nothing shows otherwise.
- 2
Angle park only where a sign or bay lines show it, at the angle shown.
- 3
Keep fully inside one marked bay.
Practice questions with this scene
A street has no signs or markings for angle parking. May you park at an angle to the kerb?
Right.Not quite. The answer is B.
You may only angle park where signs or road markings show it. Everywhere else you must park parallel to the kerb.
Source: Road Rules 2014 (NSW) rule 210
Common questions
- Can I angle park on a street with no parking signs?
- No. Unless signs or road markings show angle parking, park parallel to the kerb.
- Which way should a parallel parked car face?
- On a two-way road, park close to the left kerb facing the way traffic flows.
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