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Advanced scenarios · Lesson 06

Decision workshop · Stopping & parking

Reason from the conditions, not from a memorised answer. Read the scene, choose, then open the explanation. The drawing is illustrative; the written conditions control the question.

1. Identify the decisive details

You wait beside the kerb for a friend who is still shopping. Nobody is boarding or loading. The engine runs and you stay inside. How is this classified?

Situation diagram
Situation diagramOriginal educational diagram · not to scale. Read the question for all conditions.

2. Compare the possible decisions

  1. Stopping, provided I switch on the hazard lights.
  2. Parking, despite the running engine and driver remaining inside.
  3. Stopping, because I remain ready to drive away.
Show the answer and explanation

Correct answer: B · Parking, despite the running engine and driver remaining inside.

The purpose determines the distinction: stopping covers the time needed for boarding, alighting or loading/unloading. Waiting for someone still shopping is parking. A running engine, readiness to leave or hazard lights does not change that.

3. What changes if the situation changes?

If a passenger is actually boarding, the necessary boarding time can be stopping. A stopping prohibition still applies; classification is not permission.

Regulatory source ↗2.22, 2.23Reviewed 2026-11-06

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