Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-1003

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Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified

Official statutory text

places.

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);

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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.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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