CODE OF VIRGINIA

STOPPING IN VICINITY OF FIRE OR EMERGENCY (§ 46.2-890)

No vehicle shall be stopped at or in the vicinity of a fire, vehicle or airplane
accident, or other area of emergency, in such a manner as to create a traffic
hazard or interfere with law-enforcement officers, fire fighters, rescue
workers, or others whose duty it is to deal with such emergencies.  Any vehicle
found unlawfully parked in the vicinity of a fire, accident, or area of
emergency may be removed by order of a law-enforcement officer or, in the
absence of a law-enforcement officer, by order of the uniformed fire or rescue
officer in charge, at the risk and expense of the owner if such vehicle creates
a traffic hazard or interferes with the necessary procedures of law-enforcement
officers, fire fighters, rescue workers, or others whose assigned duty it is to
deal with such emergencies.  The charge for such removal shall not exceed the
actual and necessary cost.  Vehicles being used by accredited information
services, such as press, radio, and television, when being used for the
gathering of news, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section, except
when actually obstructing the law-enforcement officers, fire fighters, and
rescue workers dealing with such emergencies.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-256; 1952, c. 671; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-248; 1962, c.
175; 1972, c. 63; 1974, c. 230; 1977, cc. 284, 326; 1985, c. 93; 1989, c. 727.