What does a white painted curb usually mean in Nevada?
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A.
Limited-time parking as posted on a nearby sign.
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B.
A very short stop for passengers or dropping off mail. Correct
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C.
Loading zone for freight and commercial vehicles.
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D.
Handicapped-only parking spaces for placard holders.
The answer is "A very short stop for passengers or dropping off mail."
Nevada uses color-coded curbs to signal parking rules. White curbs allow only a very short stop to pick up or drop off passengers or to drop mail in a mailbox. Green, yellow, red, and blue curbs each carry their own meaning, and mixing them up is the most common trap on this type of question. Anchor the white curb to a quick, purposeful pause, not to any form of extended parking.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Limited-time parking as posted on a nearby sign.
Green curbs, not white, permit limited-time parking with hours posted on a sign. This answer half-remembers any short-stay curb as 'time posted on a sign,' the parking rule most drivers see every day.
C. Loading zone for freight and commercial vehicles.
Yellow curbs are the loading zones the manual describes; white curbs are for passenger and mail stops. This answer confuses the white curb with the yellow curb, which marks a loading zone.
D. Handicapped-only parking spaces for placard holders.
Blue curbs designate handicapped parking spaces; white curbs serve a different purpose. This answer confuses the white curb with the blue curb, which designates handicapped parking.
This question tests your knowledge of Parking in Nevada. Source: Nevada Driver Manual, "Parking: Colored Curb Markings," p.48..
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