NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 221.30
CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY-STOPPING ON RIGHT-OF-WAY.
The motor vehicle law provides that it is unlawful for the operator
of a vehicle to [stop] [park] [leave standing] his vehicle, whether
attended or unattended, on any part or portion of the right-of-way of any
controlled-access highway.1
A violation of this law is negligence within itself.
(Do not use any part of the remainder of this instruction
unless the evidence justifies.)
(However, by way of exception, the motor vehicle law permits the
operator to [stop] [park] [leave standing] his vehicle
[in the case of any emergency]
[when the operator is directed to do so by a peace officer]
[when the vehicle is at a designated parking area].
The burden of proof is on the operator of the vehicle which is
[stopped] [parked] [left standing] to prove, by the greater weight of the
evidence, that the operation of the vehicle is within [this exception] [one
of these exceptions].2
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 221.30 (April 1989). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-140.3(5). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
Provenance
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- sog.unc.edu
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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