VTL 1201 — Legislation

Legislation Search OpenLegislation Statutes Search Term Search icon Search previous SECTION 1200 Basic rules up ARTICLE 32 Stopping, Standing, and Parking next SECTION 1202 Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places Viewing most recent revision (from 2014-09-22) View historical revision as of: -- Choose a Date -- 2014-09-22 Share Facebook Email SECTION 1201 Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residence districts Vehicle & Traffic (VAT) CHAPTER 71, TITLE 7, ARTICLE 32 § 1201. Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residence districts. (a) Upon any highway outside of a business or residence district no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of the highway when it is practicable to stop, park, or so leave such vehicle off such part of said highway, but in every event an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicles shall be available from a distance of two hundred feet in each direction upon such highway. (b) This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled portion of a highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position.