developing your smart driving skills Parking tips and rules  driving tip 58 Park parallel to and within 30 centimetres (one foot) of the curb.  If you’re parked on a hill, turn the wheels to keep your vehicle  from rolling into traffic. Turn the wheels:  Park where it’s safe and legal. Signs, curb markings and  common sense will tell you if you are allowed to park. You  should park where you are not blocking traffic and where others  can clearly see you. If you park where you shouldn’t, you could  be a hazard to others, you could be fined or your vehicle could  be towed.  When parking in a stall, it’s  usually safest to back in  so you won’t have to back  out. Better still, if there are  two empty facing stalls  with no barrier between  them, drive through one  into the next so your  vehicle is facing forward.  When uphill parking  beside a rolling curb or  mountable curb, turn  the wheels to the right.  This type of curb is not  high enough to stop the  vehicle from rolling back  into traffic. It’s illegal to park: • to the right when uphill without a curb or downhill with or  without a curb  • to the left when uphill with a curb. • leave an automatic transmission in “park” gear  • with a standard transmission, place the vehicle in “reverse” if  facing downhill, and “first” gear if facing uphill or if on a level  surface. Set the parking brake and leave the vehicle in gear:  • on a sidewalk or boulevard  • across the entrance to any driveway, back lane or intersection  • within five metres of a fire hydrant (measured from the point  at the curb beside the hydrant)  • within six metres of a crosswalk or intersection  • within six metres of a stop sign or traffic light  • within 15 metres of the nearest rail of a railway crossing  • in a bicycle lane  • on a bridge or in a highway tunnel  • where your vehicle obstructs the visibility of a traffic sign  • where a traffic sign prohibits parking, or where the curb is  painted yellow or red • in a space for people with disabilities unless you display a  disabled person parking permit in your windshield and your  vehicle is carrying a person with a disability.