§ 63-3-901. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places

MS Code § 63-3-901 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:

a. On a sidewalk;

b. In front of a public or private driveway;

c. Within an intersection;

d. Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;

e. On a crosswalk;

f. Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

g. Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;

h. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty 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;

i. Within fifteen feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

j. Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance of any fire station within seventy-five feet of said entrance when properly signposted;

k. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;

(l) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

m. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;

n. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

(2) No person shall move a vehicle not owned by such person into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.