NY State — NY Vehicle and Traffic Law

§ 1201 — Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residence districts

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What is NY VTL § 1201?

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This section prohibits stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on the paved or main-traveled part of highways outside business or residence districts, except for disabled vehicles. The rule aims to ensure unobstructed passage for other vehicles and visibility of stopped vehicles from a distance. Applies to all vehicle operators in these areas.

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§ 1201 Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residence districts

VTL § 1201

(a)Upon any highway outside of a business or residence district no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of the highway when it is practicable to stop, park, or so leave such vehicle off such part of said highway, 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 such stopped vehicles shall be available from a distance of two hundred feet in each direction upon such highway.

(b)This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved 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.

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