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Turns, lanes, passing and parking

You need to stop briefly at the curb to unload a box of merchandise for a store. Which of these signs still allows that stop?

  1. NO PARKING Correct answer
  2. NO STANDING
  3. NO STOPPING

Why

New York splits what people call parking into three categories, and each sign removes a different amount. A NO PARKING sign still lets you make a temporary stop to load or unload merchandise or passengers, so unloading the box is allowed there. A NO STANDING sign is stricter: you may stop only briefly to pick up or drop off passengers, and the driver may not get out of the vehicle, so merchandise is out. A NO STOPPING sign is the strictest: you may stop only to obey a sign, signal or officer, or to avoid a conflict with other vehicles. Read the three signs as a ladder, where NO PARKING still lets you handle goods and passengers, NO STANDING leaves only passengers, and NO STOPPING leaves nothing but what a sign, a signal, an officer or the traffic forces on you.

Where this comes from

New York State Driver's Manual (MV-21), April 2026 version. The correct answer is NO PARKING.

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