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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 47. MOTOR VEHICLES

  § 47-11-1003. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.  

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  • A.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance 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 fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant, or if in an area serviced by a volunteer fire department, within thirty (30) feet of a fire hydrant if the governing body of the area so adopts by ordinance;

    4.  Within an intersection;

    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 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the authority having jurisdiction indicates a different length by signs or marking;

    9.  Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

    10.  Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of said entrance (when properly signposted);

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

    12.  On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

    13.  Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway underpass;

    14.  At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

    B.  No person engaging in the collection and disposal of solid waste or recycling material or both as a business, pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act, shall stop, stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:

    1.  On a sidewalk;

    2.  Within an intersection;

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

    4.  Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway underpass; or

    5.  At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

    C.  No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under the control of the person into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 388, § 11-1003, eff. Sept. 1, 1961.  Amended by Laws 1995, c. 58, § 3, eff. July 1, 1995; Laws 2011, c. 152, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.