Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 41-6a-1404 - Stopping or parking on roadway outside business or residential district(1) Outside a business or residence district, a person may not stop, park, or leave standing a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, on the roadway when it is practical to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off the roadway.(2) A person who stops, parks, or leaves a vehicle standing on a roadway shall: (a) leave an unobstructed width of the highway opposite the vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles; and(b) leave the vehicle so that other vehicle operators have a clear view of the stopped vehicle from a distance of 200 feet in each direction on the roadway.(3) This section and Sections 41-6a-1401 and 41-6a-1402 do not apply to the operator of a vehicle if the vehicle becomes disabled while on the paved or main traveled portion of a roadway in a manner and to the extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle on the paved or main traveled portion of the roadway.(4) A violation of this section is an infraction.Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session ,§ 89, eff. 5/12/2015.Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session