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);
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 559
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.
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);
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 559
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.
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