Parking vehicles along interstates or highways

[mkfrench]

I see folks parked vehicles along interstates and highways who are obviously hunting. My question is this practice "legal". I see it mostly during Indianas gun season. Is there a proper distance away from the road to park or can you just park on shoulder?

Thanks in advance for your response.

[morrison]

please read the statutes posted below. Keep in mind that this is the state statutes and county/city ordinances may also apply in addition to the restrictions stated below.

IC 9-21-16-1
Stopping or parking a vehicle upon a highway; restrictions; exceptions
Sec. 1. (a) This section does not apply to a person who drives a vehicle that is disabled while on the paved, improved, or main traveled part of a highway in a manner and to the extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle on the highway.
(b) A person may not stop, park, or leave standing an attended or unattended vehicle upon the paved or main traveled part of a highway outside of a business or residence district, if it is practicable to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off the highway.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.

IC 9-21-16-2
Unobstructed passage of vehicles and clear view of stopped vehicle
Sec. 2. A person who stops, parks, or leaves a vehicle shall leave a sufficient unobstructed width of the roadway opposite the vehicle for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of the stopped vehicle from a distance of two hundred (200) feet in each direction upon the highway


IC 9-21-16-8
Signs prohibiting or restricting stopping, standing, or parking; posting
Sec. 8. The Indiana department of transportation may, with respect to highways under the department's jurisdiction, place signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on a highway where an engineering investigation has revealed the need for a restriction. The signs must be official signs. A person may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle in violation of the restrictions stated on the signs.