Parking, Emergency Vehicles, and Special Driving Situations — Alaska Driver's License Practice Test
60 questions in this topic · 30 drawn at random this round
After your wheels have left the roadway, when should you attempt to return to the pavement?
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This Alaska Driver's License Parking, Emergency Vehicles, and Special Driving Situations practice set has 60 practice questions based on the official exam materials, each with an instant explanation. You need 80% on the real Alaska Driver's License knowledge test to pass.
Sample questions
Three questions from the Parking, Emergency Vehicles, and Special Driving Situations bank with the correct answer and an explanation. The practice quiz above draws 30 questions at random from the same bank.
When parallel parking, where should your vehicle be positioned in Step 1 before backing in?
- Stopped even with the front vehicle, about a foot and a half out, rear bumpers even — Correct answer
- Directly behind the front vehicle, touching its bumper
- Three feet out from the front vehicle, front bumpers even
- Right against the curb, even with the rear vehicle
Explanation: Step 1: signal and stop even with the front vehicle, about a foot and a half out from it, with rear bumpers even.
Handbook: Parking, Emergency Vehicles, and Special Driving Situations — Parallel Parking
In Step 2 of parallel parking, how should you turn the steering wheel as you begin backing?
- Turn the steering wheel sharply to the right until the vehicle is at about a 45-degree angle — Correct answer
- Turn the steering wheel sharply to the left
- Keep the wheels straight while backing
- Turn the wheel slightly right until at a 90-degree angle
Explanation: Step 2: back slowly, turning the steering wheel sharply to the right until the vehicle is at about a 45-degree angle with the street.
Handbook: Parking, Emergency Vehicles, and Special Driving Situations — Parallel Parking
During parallel parking Step 3, when the front bumper is even with the other vehicle's back bumper, what should you do?
- Turn the wheels sharply and rapidly to the left and back slowly toward the vehicle behind — Correct answer
- Turn the wheels sharply to the right and pull forward
- Keep the wheels straight and stop
- Turn the wheels left and accelerate quickly backward
Explanation: Step 3: when your front bumper is even with the other vehicle's back bumper, turn the wheels sharply and rapidly to the left and back slowly toward the vehicle behind without touching it.
Handbook: Parking, Emergency Vehicles, and Special Driving Situations — Parallel Parking