Painted curbs — Arizona Permit Test
Painted curbs on the Arizona permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A painted curb means you must follow special rules to park there.
The color on the curb is a parking rule. Parking against it can get you a ticket or towed.
A painted curb means that you must follow special rules to park there.
At a white curb, you may stop only long enough to pick up or drop off passengers.
The space is kept free so cars can pull in for people. A parked car blocks everyone else who needs it.
White You may stop only long enough to pick up or drop off passengers.
At a yellow curb, you may stop only long enough to load or unload, and you must stay with your car.
The curb is for moving goods on and off. Leaving your car there blocks the next truck that needs it.
Yellow You may stop only long enough to load or unload. Stay with your car.
At a red curb, you may not stop, stand or park.
Red curbs guard spots such as fire hydrants and corners. A car there can block a fire truck or hide a child.
Red You may not stop, stand or park.
On the test
What does a painted curb mean?
Special rules apply to parking there. The color on the curb is a parking rule. Parking against it can get you a ticket or towed. Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.45: “A painted curb means that you must follow special rules to park there.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, published by the Arizona Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-28.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AZ.pdf (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, Revised September 2026, ADOT MVD, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AZ.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AZ-exam.html (azdot.gov/mvd/services/driver-license-ID/permit-test as served on 2026-09-28; the only source for both exam figures)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, AZ entry -- the folio marker and its basis, the extraction-flag score and its welded compounds, and the record of where the exam shape comes from
- docs/plans/how-to-build-laws.md (the runbook this corpus follows)