38.01.160 Stopping, Standing or Parking on a Highway

(a) No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or unpaved or main traveled portion of any highway outside of a business or residence district within the jurisdiction of the Turtle Mountain Tribal Court, when it is practicable to part or leave such vehicle standing off of the paved or unpaved or main traveled portion of such highway; but in every event an unobstructed width of highway opposite the standing vehicle shall be left free for the passage of other vehicles and the vehicle must be clearly visible for a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the driver of vehicles approaching from either direction.

(b) When any duly authorized law officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway within the jurisdiction of the Turtle Mountain Tribal Court in violation of this provision, he is hereby authorized to move such vehicle or require the driver or person in charge of such vehicle to move such vehicle to the nearest place of safety.

(c) No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, effectively setting the brake, and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway. Any driver who starts, stops or parks on a roadway in violation of this section will be penalized thirty-five dollars ($35).