Section 1404 - Stopping or parking on roadway outside business or residential district.

UT Code § 41-6a-1404 (2019) (N/A)
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(1) Outside a business or residence district, a person may not stop, park, or leave standing a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, on the roadway when it is practical to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off the roadway.

(2) A person who stops, parks, or leaves a vehicle standing on a roadway shall: (a) leave an unobstructed width of the highway opposite the vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles; and (b) leave the vehicle so that other vehicle operators have a clear view of the stopped vehicle from a distance of 200 feet in each direction on the roadway.

(a) leave an unobstructed width of the highway opposite the vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles; and

(b) leave the vehicle so that other vehicle operators have a clear view of the stopped vehicle from a distance of 200 feet in each direction on the roadway.

(3) This section and Sections 41-6a-1401 and 41-6a-1402 do not apply to the operator of a vehicle if the vehicle becomes disabled while on the paved or main traveled portion of a roadway in a manner and to the extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle on the paved or main traveled portion of the roadway.

(4) A violation of this section is an infraction.