A. Prohibition: Upon any highway outside of a business district, rural residence district or residence district a person shall not stop, park or leave standing a vehicle, whether attended or unattended:
1. Upon the paved part of the highway when it is practical to stop, park or leave the vehicle off that part of the highway, however, a clear and unobstructed width of at least twenty feet (20') of the paved part of the highway opposite the standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles. As used in this subsection, "paved highway" includes an asphalt surfaced highway.
2. Upon the main traveled part of a highway other than a paved highway when it is practical to stop, park or leave the vehicle off that part of the highway. However, a clear and unobstructed width of that part of the highway opposite the standing vehicle shall be left to allow for the free passage of other vehicles.
A clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of two hundred feet (200') in each direction upon the highway. However, school buses may stop on the highway for receiving and discharging pupils and all other vehicles shall stop for school buses which are stopped to receive or discharge pupils, as provided in Iowa Code. This subsection does not apply to a vehicle making a turn as provided in section 6-5D-3 of this title.
B. Disabled Vehicle 2 : Subsection A of this section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or improved 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. (1993 Code)
Notes
| 1 | 1. IC §321.354. |
| 2 | 2. IC §321.355. |