When parking on a downhill slope with a curb, turn your wheels:

Question: When parking on a downhill slope with a curb, turn your wheels:

Answer options:

• Away from the curb ✅ Toward the curb
• Straight ahead
• Doesn't matter

Correct answer: Toward the curb

Explanation: When parking downhill with a curb, you must turn your front wheels toward the curb. Under BC's Learn to Drive Smart rules, this layout ensures that if your parking brakes fail, gravity will roll the front tires directly into the curb to stop the vehicle safely. Turning wheels away from the curb is incorrect because that technique is reserved for uphill parking with a curb; keeping wheels straight or neglecting them entirely offers no protection against runaway vehicles. Mastering wheel placement for different hills and curb configurations is a highly tested concept on the ICBC knowledge exam, as proper hill parking prevents severe rolling hazards.