A No Parking on Pavement regulatory sign is posted along a rural highway. What does it require if you stop?
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A.
You may stop briefly on the pavement to drop off a passenger.
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B.
You must park with your right wheels within 12 inches of the pavement edge.
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C.
You may park on the pavement if your hazard lights are activated.
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D.
You must always park entirely off the pavement of the roadway. Correct
The answer is "You must always park entirely off the pavement of the roadway."
A No Parking on Pavement sign requires every stopped vehicle to leave the paved travel surface entirely. Drivers who carry over the general parallel-parking rule (right wheels within 12 inches of the curb) pick that choice, applying a curb-side measurement to a shoulder the sign is telling them to clear.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. You may stop briefly on the pavement to drop off a passenger.
The sign carves out no drop-off exception; every stop, however brief, must be off the pavement. This answer borrows the loading-zone drop-off exception from urban curb rules that do not apply here.
B. You must park with your right wheels within 12 inches of the pavement edge.
The 12-inch measurement is the parallel-parking rule at a curb, not permission to leave wheels on the pavement. This answer carries over the parallel-parking curb rule to a shoulder the sign is telling drivers to clear.
C. You may park on the pavement if your hazard lights are activated.
Hazard lights do not override the sign; the entire vehicle must be off the pavement regardless. This answer treats hazard lights as a universal parking exception the sign does not recognize.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Regulatory Signs: No Parking on Pavement," p.48..
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