A “No stopping” sign means that, unless directed to do so by a police officer, you may stop only:
- Long enough to unload packages.
- To avoid conflict with other traffic. ✓
- To discharge passengers.
- For less than five minutes.
Answer: B. To avoid conflict with other traffic.
At a No Stopping sign, you may stop only to avoid conflict with other traffic, or when obeying a traffic sign, signal, or officer.
Why this is the answer
The manual defines a No Stopping sign in the same chapter as parking rules. It says that at a No Stopping sign you may stop only to obey a traffic sign, a signal or an officer, or to prevent conflicts with other vehicles. The choice about avoiding conflict with other traffic matches that last exception. The sign is not about loading packages, letting passengers out, or a short time limit; those belong to other parking and standing rules in the passage.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Long enough to unload packages. — Unloading packages is allowed at a No Parking sign in the passage, not at a No Stopping sign.
- C. To discharge passengers. — Discharging passengers is tied to a No Standing sign in the passage, while a No Stopping sign allows only the listed exceptions.
- D. For less than five minutes. — The passage gives no five-minute allowance for a No Stopping sign; its exceptions are obeying a sign, signal or officer or preventing conflicts with other vehicles.
Remember it
Think of No Stopping as stop only for a sign, a signal, an officer, or to avoid a conflict.