Compiled January, 2013
Our review of the annotated history reveals the following legislative history (every “c.” below represents a separate legislative bill):
Prior History:
• Former uncodified § 15, added 1917, c. 218; amended 1919, c. 147; 1923, c. 266; 1931, c. 1026
• Former uncodified § 136, added 1923, c. 266; amended 1931, c. 1026
• Former Vehicle Code § 582, added 1935, c. 27; amended 1945, c. 459; 1947, c. 1332
• Former Vehicle Code § 583, added 1935, c. 27; amended 1941, c. 1056
• Former Vehicle Code § 584, added 1935, c. 27
Current:
Added: 1959, c. 3
Amended:
• 1961, c. 1429: to add subdivision (c)
• 1974, c. 545: to substitute “Department of Transportation” for “Department of Public Works in the second sentence of subdivision (c). The statutory language read as follows after this amendment:
“(a) Upon any highway in unincorporated areas no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off such portion of the highway, but in every event an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon the highway. This section shall not apply upon a highway where the roadway is bounded by adjacent curbs.
“(b) This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in such a manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle on the roadway.
“(c) When, in the judgment of the governing board of a school district, it is necessary for the safety of pupils being transported to and from schools to authorize a schoolbus stop at a place where there is not a clear view of the stop from a distance of 200 feet in each direction along the highway, such stop may be authorized by and with the approval of the California Highway Patrol. The Department of Transportation, in respect to state highways, and local authorities, in respect to highways under their jurisdiction, shall place sufficient signs along the highway to give adequate notice to motorists that they are approaching such bus stops.”
• 2012, c. 769: Rewrote the section to read as it does today.
11 bills affected this section.
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