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What does a green painted curb mean in Nevada?

  1. A.
    Short stop only to pick up or drop off passengers.
  2. B.
    No stopping, standing, or parking at any time.
  3. C.
    Parking allowed for a limited time, usually shown on a sign. Correct
  4. D.
    Loading zone, with rules depending on local laws.
The Why

The answer is "Parking allowed for a limited time, usually shown on a sign."

A green curb allows parking for a limited time, with the amount usually shown on a nearby sign. That differs from white (which usually indicates a very short passenger or mail stop), yellow (a loading zone, with rules depending on local laws), red (no stopping, standing, or parking, with local laws applying), and blue (handicapped parking). Learners commonly swap green with another color, so lock in green as time-limited parking, with the amount usually shown on a sign.

Why the others miss

The traps in the wrong answers

A. Short stop only to pick up or drop off passengers.

White usually indicates a very short passenger or mail stop; green permits limited-time parking, with the time usually shown on a sign. This answer blurs the two shortest-duration curb colors together because a brief passenger drop-off feels close enough to a posted time-limited stop in casual memory.

B. No stopping, standing, or parking at any time.

Red means no stopping, standing, or parking, with local laws applying; green allows parking for a limited time, usually shown on a sign. This answer defaults to the strictest painted-curb rule because red is the most familiar colored marking and feels like the safest guess when the exact code slips.

D. Loading zone, with rules depending on local laws.

Yellow means a loading zone, with the rules depending on local laws; green allows parking for a limited time, usually shown on a sign. This answer confuses the yellow-curb loading-zone rule with green because loading zones are the colored curb drivers picture first when the color at hand is neither red nor white.

The Rule

This question tests your knowledge of Parking in Nevada. Source: Nevada Driver Manual, "Parking: Colored Curb Markings," p.48..

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