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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk;
(2) In front of a public or a private driveway;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within fifteen feet (15′) of a fire hydrant;
(5) On a crosswalk;
(6) Within twenty feet (20′) of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(7) Within thirty feet (30′) upon the approach to any flashing beacon, any stop sign, or any traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet (30′) of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the local traffic authority indicates a different length by signs or markings;
(9) Within fifty feet (50′) of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(10) Within twenty feet (20′) of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five feet (75′) of the entrance when properly signposted;
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or any street obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) On a roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge of a curb or a street;
(13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; or
(15) On the shoulders, the median, the ramps, and all other highway rights-of-way along interstate or fully controlled access highways, except in designated parking areas, provided that stopping, standing, or parking that is brief in duration and is due to an emergency, a vehicle disablement, or to correct or avert an unsafe condition shall not be considered a violation of this section.
(b) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by the person into any such prohibited area or away from a curb a distance that is unlawful.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 27. Transportation § 27-51-1302. Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-27-transportation/ar-code-sect-27-51-1302/
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