Traffic and red lights

[scm]

I find modern brake lights are very bright, so it's a courtesy to the following car to not dazzle them at night by using the EPB. It only takes a second to apply, and it releases when you touch the throttle so no big deal to do The Right Thing.

[KM69MZX]

Ok, this is what it says in the manual:

So for anything longer than a brief stop it should be Neutral or Park.

[DragonPunchU]

From that last phrase feels like they said it because the car can move vs it will damage the gearbox.

[Kev]

If I'm in a queue of stationary traffic then into neutral and handbrake on. If you're stationary, in gear with your foot on the brake and something piles into the back of you or a car behind then the impact will see your foot coming off the pedal and the car moving/lurching forward

[NavigatorNI]

If I'm in a queue of stationary traffic then into neutral and handbrake on. If you're stationary, in gear with your foot on the brake and something piles into the back of you or a car behind then the impact will see your foot coming off the pedal and the car moving/lurching forward

+1
Also, if in Park and a rear end collision occurs, AFAIK this can damage the gearbox.

[scm]

So for anything longer than a brief stop it should be Neutral or Park.

There's a bit of a difference between "prolonged period" and "brief stop".

[stefan9107]

If I'm in a queue of stationary traffic then into neutral and handbrake on. If you're stationary, in gear with your foot on the brake and something piles into the back of you or a car behind then the impact will see your foot coming off the pedal and the car moving/lurching forward

I mean... if a car piles into the back of me I don't think lurching forward because my foot came off the brake is much of a concern

+1 for leaving my foot on the brake at a set of lights unless it's a known one with a particularly long change. As someone else pointed out, it's a torque converter auto so it's designed for it and will happily sit there like for any light change time.
The above excerpt from the manual is definitely a general driving safety warning rather than a wear and tear warning. It's probably in the same warning square that asks you to please keep all hands and feet inside the vehicle when moving.