(a)
(1) Upon any highway outside of a business or residential district, no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of the highway when it is practicable to stop, park, or leave the vehicle off that part of the highway. In every event, an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of the stopped vehicles shall be available from a distance of two hundred feet (200') in each direction upon the highway.
(2) Any driver who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be liable for any damages of which the violation is the proximate cause.
(3) This subsection shall not apply to:
(A) Employees or vehicles of the Arkansas Department of Transportation engaged in necessary construction, maintenance, or repair of the highways;
(B) Authorized emergency vehicles on emergency trips such as police vehicles on duty, fire vehicles on calls, or ambulances and wreckers engaged in the removal of persons or vehicles from the traveled part of the highway; or
(C) Public utility or service vehicles of any type, including, but not limited to, mail delivery, overnight couriers, electric or gas utility, or solid waste collection if the utility or service vehicles are at least one-half (½) outside the designated lane and remain on the highway only for the time reasonably necessary to perform the required service.
(b) This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled portion of a highway in a manner and to an extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in that position.