Is it allowed to stop the car in this place?

Explanation

Permitted.

The round blue sign with a red border and one oblique stroke, fitted on the post beside the building, is "parking prohibited", not "stopping prohibited". This sign closes only a long halt and leaves free a brief stop for picking up or setting down passengers and for loading and unloading. In the picture the driver has stopped beside the pavement and a passenger is about to board — exactly what the sign does not forbid.

Tell the two signs apart by the number of oblique strokes: one stroke means parking prohibited, a cross (two strokes) means stopping prohibited. That single glance solves half the questions in this chapter.

The legislator's logic is that a stopped car with the driver behind the wheel can move at any moment and creates no lasting obstruction; but a car abandoned for hours takes the kerbside space from everyone else and blocks entrances and sight lines.

Note the option that speaks of a "distance of less than 3 metres": that rule is real, but applies only when the marking in the middle of the road is solid. The marking on this street is broken, so it is simply not relevant.

• The 3-metre rule is real but relates to a solid marking; the marking on this road is broken and creates no such restriction. • Odd-and-even-day parking has no such standing in the traffic rules of Armenia, and no sign in the picture refers to the day of the month.

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