{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-18.4","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-18.4","heading":"Provision and marking of \"pull-off\" areas.","body":"The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and directed (i) to provide as needed within its right-of-way, adjacent to long sections of two-lane primary highway having a steep uphill grade or numerous curves, areas on which buses, trucks and other slow-moving vehicles can pull over so that faster moving traffic may proceed unimpeded and (ii) to erect appropriate and adequate signs along such sections of highway and at the pull-off areas. A driver of a truck, bus, or other slow-moving vehicle who fails to use an area so provided and thereby impedes faster moving traffic following his vehicle shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. (1975, c. 704; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1993, c. 539, s. 978; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)","path":["Chapter 136. Transportation.","Article 2. Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_136/GS_136-18.4.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:47Z","sha256":"c445fc151c8dfad3c0d5d71c466b9bb399f36dffd8b5a0a6ae341cb944046e99","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-18.3a","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-18.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}