§ 72.12 STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS OR RESIDENCE DISTRICT.

   (A)   Outside a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave the vehicle off the roadway, 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 the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon the highway.

   (B)   This section, §§ 72.10 and 72.13 shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in a manner and to the extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the vehicle in that position.

(1990 Code, § 28-267) Penalty, see § 72.99

Statutory reference:

   Similar provisions, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1301