What must you do at a stop sign with a painted stop line?
- Glance around quickly before proceeding.
- Crawl forward at about 8 km/h.
- Come to a complete stop at the stop sign.
- Come to a complete stop before the stop line. ✓
Answer: D. Come to a complete stop before the stop line.
You must come to a complete stop before the stop line.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's road-markings section lists the stop line among the white lines that mark stopping positions, and gives the rule plainly: stop before this line. So when a stop sign comes with a painted stop line, the line is where your vehicle belongs, stopped, not the signpost itself. Coming to a full stop before the line puts you where the marking intends you to wait.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Glance around quickly before proceeding. — A quick glance is not a stop at all, and the handbook's rule is to stop before the stop line rather than to slow and look around.
- B. Crawl forward at about 8 km/h. — Rolling forward slowly is still moving, while the marking calls for a stop before the line, not a crawl up to or past it.
- C. Come to a complete stop at the stop sign. — The painted line, not the sign itself, marks the stopping position, so the handbook directs you to stop before the line.
Remember it
Think of the painted line as your bumper's parking spot: the sign tells you to stop, the line tells you where.