Where you may not park

Explanation

Parking is prohibited:

• on highways (unless marked otherwise);
• within intersections or on crosswalks;
• on sidewalks or in front of any driveway;
• within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, or in fire lanes;
• on bridges or other elevated structures, or in a tunnel;
• next to yellow curbs;
• beside another parked vehicle (double parking);
• in spaces reserved for people with disabilities, unless you have a valid placard;
• in the diagonally striped area next to an accessible space — even with a valid placard. That space lets a wheelchair user transfer in and out of a vehicle or deploy a ramp.

Example

You see an open curb space with a fire hydrant just a car length away. You pace it out: the space is within 15 feet of the hydrant, so you keep looking.

Common mistake

Thinking a disability placard lets you use the striped area beside an accessible space. It never does.

What the manual says

Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or in fire lanes

Parking in this striped area is prohibited even if you are in possession of a valid parking placard.