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Session Laws, 1986
Volume 768, Page 1779   View pdf image
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1779

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(C)  IF A POLICE OFFICER GIVES A VISUAL OR AUDIBLE SIGNAL TO
STOP AND THE POLICE OFFICER IS IN UNIFORM, PROMINENTLY DISPLAYING
THE POLICE OFFICER'S BADGE OR OTHER INSIGNIA OF OFFICE, A DRIVER
MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO ELUDE THE POLICE OFFICER BY FLEEING ON FOOT.

(D)  IF A POLICE OFFICER GIVES A VISUAL OR AUDIBLE SIGNAL TO
STOP AND THE POLICE OFFICER IS IN UNIFORM, PROMINENTLY DISPLAYING
THE POLICE OFFICER'S BADGE OR OTHER INSIGNIA OF OFFICE, A DRIVER
MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO ELUDE THE POLICE OFFICER BY ANY OTHER MEANS,

(E)  IF A POLICE OFFICER GIVES A VISUAL OR AUDIBLE SIGNAL TO
STOP AND THE POLICE OFFICER, WHETHER OR NOT IN UNIFORM, IS IN A
VEHICLE APPROPRIATELY MARKED AS AN OFFICIAL POLICE VEHICLE, A
DRIVER OF A VEHICLE MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO ELUDE THE POLICE OFFICER
BY WILLFULLY FAILING TO STOP THE DRIVER'S VEHICLE.

(F)  IF A POLICE OFFICER GIVES A VISUAL OR AUDIBLE SIGNAL TO
STOP AND THE POLICE OFFICER, WHETHER OR NOT IN UNIFORM, IS IN A

VEHICLE APPROPRIATELY MARKED AS AN OFFICIAL POLICE VEHICLE, A
DRIVER OF A VEHICLE MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO ELUDE THE POLICE OFFICER
BY FLEEING ON FOOT.

(G)  IF A POLICE OFFICER GIVES A VISUAL OR AUDIBLE SIGNAL TO
STOP AND THE POLICE OFFICER, WHETHER OR NOT IN UNIFORM, IS IN A
VEHICLE APPROPRIATELY MARKED AS AN OFFICIAL POLICE VEHICLE, A
DRIVER OF A VEHICLE MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO ELUDE THE POLICE OFFICER
BY ANY OTHER MEANS.

21-1001.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, on any
highway outside of a business district or a residential district,
a person may not[:

(1) Stop,] STOP, park, or leave standing on the
roadway any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, if it is
practicable to stop, park, or leave the vehicle standing off the
roadway[;].

[(2) Leave] (B) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS
SECTION, ON ANY HIGHWAY OUTSIDE OF A BUSINESS DISTRICT OR A

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, A PERSON MAY NOT LEAVE any vehicle
standing, without providing an unobstructed width of the roadway
opposite the standing vehicle for the free passage of other
vehicles[; or].

[(3) Stop] (C) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS
SECTION, ON ANY HIGHWAY OUTSIDE OF A BUSINESS DISTRICT OR A
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, A PERSON MAY NOT STOP any vehicle, unless

it can be seen clearly from 200 feet away in each direction on
the roadway.

[(b)] (D) This section does not apply to the driver of a
vehicle that has become unintentionally so disabled while on the

 

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