{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-32-5a-137","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 32-5A-137","heading":"Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places.","body":"(a) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall:\n(1) Stop, stand, or park a vehicle:\na. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;\nb. On a sidewalk;\nc. Within an intersection;\nd. On a crosswalk;\ne. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;\nf. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;\ng. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure, upon a highway, or within a highway tunnel;\nh. On any railroad tracks;\ni. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.\n(2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:\na. In front of a public or private driveway;\nb. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;\nc. Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;\nd. Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;\ne. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance (when properly signposted);\nf. At any place where official signs prohibit standing.\n(3) Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:\na. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail or a railroad crossing;\nb. At any place where official signs prohibit parking.\n(b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his or her control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.","path":["Title 32 Motor Vehicles and Traffic.","Chapter 5A Rules of the Road.","Article 6 Turning, Starting and Stopping Generally."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=32-5A-137","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"74f9e4e1ac6404f8b6b41bfefec560610557e74da05bdbaa1e2e46cf9ddc7fa7","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-32-5a-136","next":"us-al/ala.-code-32-5a-138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}