Vermont Road-Rule Practice 5

No exception or official direction applies, and you want to park 25 feet before a stop sign located at the side of the roadway. Is this far enough under the stated approach-clearance rule?

Correct answer: No. Standing or parking is prohibited within 30 feet on the approach.

The provision applies within 30 feet on the approach to a roadside flashing signal, stop sign or traffic-control light. Sign visibility alone does not remove that clearance requirement.

Source: 23 V.S.A. §1104, (a) opening, (a)(2) opening and (a)(2)(D); Vermont Statutes Online body read October 1, 2026. Publisher compilation includes the 2025 session; later 2026 amendments not independently reconciled. ↗

You want to park 40 feet from the nearest rail of a railroad crossing while visiting a nearby business. You are not loading or unloading, and no exception applies. Is this permitted by the parking provision?

Correct answer: No. Parking within 50 feet of the nearest rail is prohibited in this situation.

The parking restriction is within 50 feet of the nearest rail, with a temporary actual-loading exception. That is distinct from the 15-to-50-foot range for a required traffic stop at an active crossing. Visiting a business is not actual loading.

Source: 23 V.S.A. §1104, (a) opening, (a)(3) opening and (a)(3)(A); distinct from §1071(a) crossing stop; Vermont Statutes Online body read October 1, 2026. Publisher compilation includes the 2025 session; later 2026 amendments not independently reconciled. ↗

An official sign at an electric-vehicle charging station permits parking only while actively charging. You want to leave your electric car there without charging or loading. What should you do?

Correct answer: Use another lawful space because the car would violate the posted restriction.

The no-parking provision includes a place where official signs restrict parking at an electric-vehicle charging station and the vehicle violates those restrictions. Owning an electric vehicle does not cancel the stated charging condition.

Source: 23 V.S.A. §1104, (a)(3) opening and (a)(3)(C), posted charging-station restrictions; Vermont Statutes Online body read October 1, 2026. Publisher compilation includes the 2025 session; later 2026 amendments not independently reconciled. ↗

You are parking at an otherwise lawful curb location on a two-way road. No local ordinance changes the normal position rule. How should the car be positioned?

Correct answer: With the right-hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb.

The two-way-road rule requires the right-hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the right curb, or within 12 inches of the edge if there is no curb. The statute expressly permits a different local ordinance.

Source: 23 V.S.A. §1105, (a), Additional parking ordinances; local-ordinance qualification; Vermont Statutes Online body read October 1, 2026. Publisher compilation includes the 2025 session; later 2026 amendments not independently reconciled. ↗

An otherwise lawful space is beside the left curb of a one-way roadway. No local ordinance changes the position rule. How must you park there?

Correct answer: Parallel to and within 12 inches of the curb, facing the authorized traffic direction.

On a one-way roadway, the normal rule requires parking parallel to and within 12 inches of a curb or edge in the direction of authorized traffic. A left-side location does not allow facing against that direction.

Source: 23 V.S.A. §1105, (b), Additional parking ordinances; local-ordinance qualification; Vermont Statutes Online body read October 1, 2026. Publisher compilation includes the 2025 session; later 2026 amendments not independently reconciled. ↗