§ 27-35-213 — Persons permitted to stop and direct traffic

(a) In addition to the requirements on persons and payloads issued overweight or oversize permits to move on Arkansas highways under § 27-35-210 , a person issued an overweight or oversize permit under this subchapter shall be authorized to temporarily stop or halt traffic and safely direct, control, and regulate traffic around the overweight or oversize payload while maneuvering his or her overweight or oversize payloads on or off the public streets or highways. (b) Provided, however, that no overweight or oversize permitted payload shall ever halt or stop traffic on a public street or highway while maneuvering on or off the street or highway for more than three (3) minutes or stop or halt traffic within five hundred feet (500') from the crest of a hill.

Legislative History

Acts 1991, No. 918, § 1.