1976 Bill Second Session, 18th Legislature, 25 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HIGHWAY TRAfFIC ACT, 1975 MR. TAYLOR First Reading . .. ....... . ................. . Second Reading ........................... . Third Reading Printed by tile Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill Mr. Taylor BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HIGHWAY TRAfFIC ACT, 1975 ( Assented to , 1976) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Highway Traffic Act, 1975, is hereby a-mended. 2.

Section is amended by adding the following clause after clause (l): (

m) at or near the site of any fire, explosion, accident or other such incident, where such stopping or park­ ing would obstruct traffic or hinder the work of police, fire, ambulance or rescue officers or volunteers. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

Section m~kes it an offence to park a vehicle or'stop .a vehicle' under conditions enumerated. This

section adds one more instance, namely, parking or: stopping at or near an explosion, fire, etc., and ·is designed· to-keep eurious sight-seers from hampering police and rescue parties frQm doing their jobs.

Section reads: 96. Unless required or permitted by this Act or by a traffic coh.trol device or in compliance with the directions of· a peace-officeF,-,or t~·avoidconflict with other traffic, a driver shall not stop or park his vehicle (

a) on a sidewalk or boulevard, or (

b) on a crosswalk or on any part of a crosswalk, or (

c) within an intersection other than immediately next to the cur):} in a "T" intersection, or (

d) at an intersection nearer than 15 feet to the projection of! the corner property lip.e immediately ahead or immediately totherear,. except when his vehicle is parked in a space where' it parkirfg' 'meter or "other' traffic control device indicates parking is permitted, or; (

e) within 15 feet upon the approach to any stop sig.n.,or yield sign,or, (0 within ·15 feet of any fire hydrant, or when the hydrant is, 1101 located at the curb, within 15 feet of the point on the curb nearest the' hydrant, or ,. (

g) within five feet of an access to a gara'ge;private "roaawaY 'OF driVe;; way, or a vehicle crossway over a sidewalk, or ' . (

h) within 25- feet of the near side of a marked crosswalkyor (

i) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstructiOl;i when the stopping or parking would obstruct traffic, or ' , (

j) on anY; brIdge or irt any subway or on' the'approacheirfheretP,or (

k) at any other place where a traffic control device prohibits! stopping or , parking, during such· times as stopping, or' parking, iso-so, protdbited; . or (

l) on the road way side of a vehicle parked or stopped at the curb or edge of the ro.adway. Title: 1976 (18th, 2nd) Bill 206,

An Act to Amend The Highway Traffic Act, 1975