New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Chapter 9 - NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Subchapter 1 - TRAFFIC CONTROL ON, AND USE OF, NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY PROPERTY › Section 19:9-1.6 - Parking, standing, or stopping on Roadway prohibited, except in case of emergency

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No vehicle shall be parked, stopped,
				  loaded or unloaded or allowed to stand on the Roadway except where otherwise
				  posted or expressly permitted by the Authority. Excepted from the provisions of
				  this section while in the performance of assigned duties are State Police
				  vehicles, the Authority's maintenance and official vehicles and vehicles
				  authorized to furnish towing and other services to disabled vehicles on the
				  Roadway, and all other vehicles discharging emergency functions, such as
				  ambulances and fire engines, when they are properly in use in the performances
				  of duties authorized by the Authority, provided that no such excepted vehicles
				  shall be stopped so as to create a hazard to other vehicles.
(b) "Emergency," for the purposes of this
				  section, shall be defined and construed to exist under the following
				  circumstances: if the vehicle in question is unable to move without assistance;
				  the existence of inclement weather conditions, including, but not limited to,
				  snow, ice, flooding or high winds, that obstruct travel; if a vehicle is
				  mechanically disabled; if a driver is ill or fatigued; or if conditions exist
				  that are deemed an "emergency" by the Authority or the New Jersey State
				  Police.
(c) In the event of an
				  emergency, vehicles are permitted to stop or stand on the shoulders of the
				  traffic lanes with all wheels and projecting parts of any such vehicles,
				  including the load thereof, completely clear of the traffic lanes.
(d) In the event of an emergency on those
				  portions of the traveled Roadway where there are no shoulders, the operator of
				  the vehicle shall take safe, reasonable precautions, under the circumstances,
				  to warn others of his or her vehicle's presence in the traffic lanes, and the
				  operator of the vehicle shall move his or her vehicle as soon as the vehicle is
				  physically operable.
(e) Any
				  vehicle involved in an emergency shall be removed as promptly as possible from
				  the Roadway.
(f) No vehicle is
				  permitted to stop or stand on any portion of the Roadway for more than two
				  continuous hours, except as set forth in (f)1 and 2 below. In addition to the
				  State Police, Authority employees in charge of operating parking facilities
				  used for bus, vanpool, carpool and related operations are authorized to enforce
				  the provisions of this subsection.
1. Parking
				  is permitted in the designated areas of facilities used for bus, vanpool,
				  carpool and related operations ("Park-n-Ride") for more than two continuous
				  hours; provided, however, that parking in Park-n-Rides is prohibited before and
				  after the posted hours of operation. Parking in Park-n-Rides on the Roadway
				  shall be limited to the period of 4:00 A.M. to 2:00 A.M., prevailing local
				  time.
2. Truck parking is permitted
				  at designated truck parking facilities on the Roadway for more than two hours
				  in designated truck spaces, but in any event for no longer than 10 consecutive
				  hours. Trucks parked pursuant to this subsection may utilize electrification,
				  as same may be provided by, the Authority or its vendors or, subject to the
				  terms and conditions of any applicable agreement between the Authority and its
				  vendors, may park without using electrification. Vehicles parked pursuant to
				  this subsection shall always be subject to compliance with all applicable laws,
				  rules and regulations.