§ 136-18.4. Provision and marking of "pull-off" areas. - North Carolina Statutes

§136‑18.4.  Provision and marking of "pull‑off" areas.

The Department ofTransportation is hereby authorized and directed (i) to provide as neededwithin its right‑of‑way, adjacent to long sections of two‑laneprimary highway having a steep uphill grade or numerous curves, areas on whichbuses, trucks and other slow‑moving vehicles can pull over so that fastermoving traffic may proceed unimpeded and (ii) to erect appropriate and adequatesigns along such sections of highway and at the pull‑off areas.  A driverof a truck, bus, or other slow‑moving vehicle who fails to use an area soprovided and thereby impedes faster moving traffic following his vehicle shallbe 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).)