A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require vehicles parked on highways to be visible for two hundred feet in inclement weather and during the night.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑161(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle upon the shoulder of a public highway outside municipal corporate limits unless the vehicle can be clearly seen by approaching drivers from a distance of 200 feet at any time, including at night and during inclement weather, in both directions and does not obstruct the normal movement of traffic."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2007, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.