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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Sec. 5. A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to avoid conflict with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk.
(2) In front of a public or private driveway.
(3) Within an intersection.
(4) Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant.
(5) On a crosswalk.
(6) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(7) Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the traffic authority indicates a different length by signs or markings.
(9) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(10) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station and, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to a fire station, within seventy-five (75) feet of the entrance (when properly sign posted).
(11) Alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction if stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.
(12) On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(13) Upon a bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel.
(14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 9. Motor Vehicles § 9-21-16-5 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-9-motor-vehicles/in-code-sect-9-21-16-5.html
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