Tennessee painted curb colors — Tennessee Permit Test
Tennessee painted curb colors on the Tennessee permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
At a white curb, stop only long enough to pick up or drop off passengers.
White curbs keep the space open for quick drop-offs. A car left there blocks everyone else.
Stop only long enough to pick up or drop off passengers.
At a yellow curb, stop only long enough to load or unload, and stay with your car.
Yellow curbs are loading zones. Leaving the car there keeps delivery trucks from doing their job.
Stop only long enough to load or unload.
At a red curb, do not stop, stand or park under any condition.
Red curbs guard places like hydrants and fire lanes, where even a short stop can block help.
Do not stop, stand or park in this space under any condition.
On the test
What may you do at a white painted curb?
Stop just to pick up or drop off riders. White curbs keep the space open for quick drop-offs. A car left there blocks everyone else. Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.66: “Stop only long enough to pick up or drop off passengers.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, published by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-03.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TN.pdf (Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, information current as of July 1, 2022, Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TN.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TN-exam.html (tn.gov/safety/driver-services/classd/teengdl/knowledge-test-online.html as served on 2026-10-03; the only source for both exam figures)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, TN 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)