A curb painted blue means parking is:
- Allowed for no longer than 15 minutes.
- Only allowed when picking up or dropping off passengers.
- For disabled persons with a special placard or plate. ✓
Answer: C. For disabled persons with a special placard or plate.
A blue curb means parking is for disabled persons with a special placard or plate.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's list of painted curb rules assigns blue curbs to disabled parking: a person with a disabled person placard or special license plate, or someone driving that person, may park there. The same list gives short pickup or drop-off stops to white curbs and limited-time parking to green curbs, so blue is not a general short-stop or time-limited space. That is why the answer is disabled parking with the required placard or plate.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Allowed for no longer than 15 minutes. — A 15-minute limit is not the rule the handbook gives for blue curbs; limited-time parking is described for green curbs, with the limit posted or painted.
- B. Only allowed when picking up or dropping off passengers. — Picking up or dropping off passengers is tied to white curbs in the handbook, not blue curbs.
Remember it
Match blue to disabled parking and the special placard or plate.
Official handbook: California Driver Handbook (DL 600), Section 6: Navigating the Roads, p. 28