§ 9-21-16-5 — Avoiding conflict with traffic or law enforcement officers; directions of police officers or traffic control devices

Indiana § 9-21-16-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 21: TRAFFIC REGULATION
• Ch. 16: Parking

Text

A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle,
except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to avoid
conflict with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control
device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk.
(2) In front of a public or private driveway.
(3) Within an intersection.
(4) Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant.
(5) On a crosswalk.
(6) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(7) Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any flashing
beacon, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a
roadway.
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty
(30) feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of
a safety zone, unless the traffic authority indicates a different
length by signs or markings.
(9) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(10) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to a fire
station and, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to a fire
station, within seventy-five (75) feet of the entrance (when
properly sign posted).
(11) Alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction if
stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.
(12) On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the
edge or curb of a street.
(13) Upon a bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or
within a highway tunnel.
(14) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-114(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.