Acts and Regulations

M-17 - Motor Vehicle Act

Section 192
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Parking prohibitions
192(1)No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle outside of a local authority, whether such vehicle is attended or not
(a) upon the paved or main-travelled part of the highway when it is practicable to stop, park or leave standing such vehicle off such part of the highway, or
(b) unless an unobstructed width of five metres of the roadway opposite such standing vehicle is left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicle may be had from a distance of sixty metres in each direction upon such roadway, or
(c) on any highway on which a sign has been erected under subsection 194(5) prohibiting or restricting such stopping, standing or parking, except as may be permitted in accordance with such sign.
192(2)No person shall stop a vehicle on a street or roadway to let off or take on passengers or to load or unload the vehicle.
192(2.1)Notwithstanding subsection (2), a driver of a school bus displaying flashing red lights may stop the school bus on a street or roadway to let off or take on children going to or coming from school.
192(2.2)Notwithstanding subsection (2), a driver of a vehicle may stop a vehicle to let off or take on passengers or to load or unload the vehicle at or near the curb or the outer edge of the shoulder of the street or roadway in compliance with section 194.
192(3)This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-travelled portion of a highway in such a manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position.
192(4)When any peace officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this section such officer may move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or main-travelled part of such highway.
192(5)Whenever any peace officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer may take such vehicle into the officer’s custody and remove or provide for the removal of the vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
192(6)Repealed: 1977, c.M-11.1, s.17
1955, c.13, s.172; 1956, c.19, s.12, 13; 1961-62, c.62, s.66; 1977, c.M-11.1, s.17; 1977, c.32, s.18; 2006, c.13, s.19; 2023, c.7, s.17
Parking prohibitions
192(1)No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle outside of an urban district, whether such vehicle is attended or not
(a) upon the paved or main-travelled part of the highway when it is practicable to stop, park or leave standing such vehicle off such part of the highway, or
(b) unless an unobstructed width of five metres of the roadway opposite such standing vehicle is left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicle may be had from a distance of sixty metres in each direction upon such roadway, or
(c) on any highway on which a sign has been erected under subsection 194(5) prohibiting or restricting such stopping, standing or parking, except as may be permitted in accordance with such sign.
192(2)No person shall stop a vehicle on a street or roadway to let off or take on passengers or to load or unload the vehicle.
192(2.1)Notwithstanding subsection (2), a driver of a school bus displaying flashing red lights may stop the school bus on a street or roadway to let off or take on children going to or coming from school.
192(2.2)Notwithstanding subsection (2), a driver of a vehicle may stop a vehicle to let off or take on passengers or to load or unload the vehicle at or near the curb or the outer edge of the shoulder of the street or roadway in compliance with section 194.
192(3)This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-travelled portion of a highway in such a manner and to such an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position.
192(4)When any peace officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this section such officer may move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or main-travelled part of such highway.
192(5)Whenever any peace officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer may take such vehicle into his custody and remove or provide for the removal of the vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
192(6)Repealed: 1977, c.M-11.1, s.17
1955, c.13, s.172; 1956, c.19, s.12, 13; 1961-62, c.62, s.66; 1977, c.M-11.1, s.17; 1977, c.32, s.18; 2006, c.13, s.19