It depends..
if you are pointing uphill, parked on the right side of the road .
with a curb on your right..
you would turn your front wheels left and away from the curb, sothe rear
edge of the front tires can roll back into the curb ..so 'away' from the
curb in this case.

On 1/25/2013 1:29 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:
> More simply, always turn your wheels toward the curb, if there is one.
>
> Karl Wolz
> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>
> On Jan 25, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> Be sure to turn your front wheels to the left (driver side) directions so
>> if it does
>> happen to roll it doesn't go down the hill and who knows where?
>>
>> Facing downhill turn them to the right (towards the passenger) side for the
>> same reason.
>>
>> Steven
>> 91 Westy
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Tom Carchrae <tom@carchrae.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I just moved and our new driveway is a pretty steep hill.  I'm wondering if
>>> it matter which direction I park the van, ie, nose up/nose down?  Or is
>>> there nothing in it?  Surely for short parking it wouldn't matter a fart,
>>> but if the van sits for some time, then does this matter?
>>>
>>> I also need to fix the handbrake - I have some paranoia chocks under the
>>> wheels just in case.  I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the
>>> handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the
>>> rear brakes:
>>> http://www.vanagonauts.com/[46.11]Parking-Brake,-adjusting112.htm
>>>
>>> I guess I can answer my own question on which direction is best at the
>>> moment.... perpendicular to the slope!
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>