South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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Bill 3625


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-2510, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING A VEHICLE UPON THE ROADWAY OUTSIDE A BUSINESS OR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THIS PROVISION ALSO APPLIES TO VEHICLES ON A ROADWAY INSIDE A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 56-5-2510(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(A)    No person shall stop, park, or leave standing a vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway outside a business or inside or outside a residential district when it is practicable to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off the roadway. An unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle must be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of the stopped vehicle must be available from a distance of two hundred feet in each direction upon the highway."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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