(A) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or 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 driveway;
(3) Within 25 feet of an intersection;
(4) On a crosswalk;
(5) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(6) At the edge, curb, or anywhere alongside a street or alley in such manner or under such conditions as to obstruct the free movement of vehicular traffic, except that a driver may stop temporarily during the actual unloading of passengers, or alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction, when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(7) Upon any bridge; or
(8) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(B) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under the person’s control into any prohibited area or away from a curb a distance as is unlawful.
(1989 Code, § 18-43; 2003 Code, § 10-3.4) (Amended 5-6-2014)
Statutory reference:
Parking in front of private driveway, fire hydrant, fire station, intersection of curb lines or fire lane, see G.S. § 20-162