54 Chapter 4 — Your Driving Backing Rules to follow when backing your vehicle: Parking Places where you should not park: Special Driving Situations Interchanges, Intersections, Roads, Streets and Highways Many intersections may have roads crossing each other at different levels.  These are interchanges and the method of turning at these specially designed  intersections may vary. As you approach an interchange, slow down and give  careful attention to the signs that direct you about how to make the turn. An  intersection is any place where two or more roads meet or cross each other.  Always park on the right side of the road, except on one-way streets. Before pulling out from a parallel parking space, check for approaching traffic and give a left-turn signal, unless you are parked on the left side of a one-way street. If you are driving and notice that a vehicle ahead of you is pulling out from a  parallel parking space, slow down and be prepared to stop. • At an intersection or in front of a driveway; • Within 25 feet of the curb line of an intersecting street or within 15 feet of  the intersecting right of way lines if there is no curb; • On a crosswalk, sidewalk or bridge; • Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or entrance to a fire station; • On the paved or primary-travel portion of any highway — parking on the  shoulder is also against the law unless the parked vehicle can be seen by  approaching drivers from both directions for a distance of at least 200 feet; • On the roadway side of another vehicle (double parking); • Where there are “no-parking” signs; • Within one block of a fire or fire truck in city limits or within 400 feet of a  fire or fire truck outside the city; • Anywhere within the right of way of an interstate highway, except in  designated parking areas or in cases of emergencies; and • Parking spaces designated for handicap/disabled use unless your vehicle  is displaying a handicap license plate or a disability parking placard. For  information about Americans with Disabilities Act, visit  www.ada.gov . 1. Before entering your vehicle, check behind it for small objects or children  — once you are in the driver's seat, it is hard to see them; 2. To maintain a full view of what is behind the vehicle, steer with your left  hand and look over your right shoulder through the back window — do not  depend on mirrors alone or looking through the side window; 3. Back very slowly, not more than 10 mph — your vehicle is harder to control  and to stop when it is backing.