Sec. 18-79. Stopping on streets generally.[228]
No vehicle shall be stopped in such a manner as to impede
or render dangerous the use of the street by others, except
in the case of an emergency as the result of an accident or
mechanical breakdown, in which case a report shall be made
to the nearest police officer as soon as practicable and the
vehicle shall be removed from the roadway to the shoulder
as soon as possible and removed from the shoulder without
unnecessary delay; and, if such vehicle is not promptly removed,
such removal may also be ordered by a police officer
at the expense of the owner if the disabled vehicle creates a
traffic hazard.
No person shall leave any vehicle, attended or unattended,
upon the paved, improved or main-traveled portion of any
street, outside of a business or residence district, when it is
practicable to leave such vehicle standing off the paved, improved
or main-traveled portion of such street.
Except upon one-way streets as provided in this chapter,
and when actually loading or unloading merchandise as provided
in section 30-34, no vehicle shall be stopped except close
to and parallel with the right-hand curb. In no instance shall
such vehicle be parked with the rear wheels farther than six
inches from the curb.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vehicle
owned or controlled by the state department of highways or
the city, while actually engaged in the construction, reconstruction
or maintenance of streets or highways, nor to city-owned
vehicles while engaged in the collection of refuse.
The provisions of the first paragraph of this section shall
not apply to any rural mail carrier stopping on the street
while loading or unloading mail at a mailbox, provided there
be lettered on the back of the vehicle operated by such rural
mail carrier, or lettered on a sign securely attached to and
displayed at the rear of such vehicle, in letters at least four
inches in height, the following:
CAUTION
FREQUENT STOPS
U. S. MAIL
The provisions of the first paragraph of this section shall
not apply to such rural mail carrier so stopping if, in lieu
of such sign, the vehicle has and is using supplemental turn
signals mounted at each side of the vehicle upon the roof. Between
the lights, on the assembly, shall be mounted a sign
with the words "U. S. Mail", which sign shall be yellow with
black letters at least four inches in height, and which light
shall be of the type approved by the superintendent of state
police. The lettered sign shall be folded down out of vision
prior to the first stop on the route and following the last stop
on the route.
Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to relieve
any such mail carrier from civil liability for such stopping on
any street, if he is negligent in so doing, and if such negligence
proximately contributes to any personal injury or property
damage resulting therefrom. (Code 1959, § 18-79.)
