Who can legally park next to curb painted blue?
- Someone who is either picking up or dropping off passengers at this location.
- A person who is disabled and has a special placard or vehicle license plate for disabled persons. ✓
- A person who will only be parked at the curb for less than 15 minutes.
Answer: B. A person who is disabled and has a special placard or vehicle license plate for disabled persons.
Only a person who is disabled and has a special disabled placard or license plate may legally park next to a blue curb.
Why this is the answer
The handbook lists blue as a painted curb with a specific parking rule: it is for a disabled person, or someone driving a disabled person, who has a special placard or special license plate. Painted curbs are not general parking spots, so the blue color marks disabled parking rather than a passenger stop or a short-time stop. The correct choice matches that rule because it names both the disabled status and the required placard or plate.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Someone who is either picking up or dropping off passengers at this location. — Picking up or dropping off passengers is the rule for a white curb, not a blue curb.
- C. A person who will only be parked at the curb for less than 15 minutes. — A short stop under 15 minutes is not the blue-curb rule; the handbook gives blue curbs to disabled parking with a placard or plate, not a time-based exception.
Remember it
Blue means disabled parking: match the placard or plate, not the clock.
Official handbook: California Driver Handbook (DL 600), Section 6: Navigating the Roads, p. 28