Isle of Wight County |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 11. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC. |
Article IV. Parking. |
§ 11-37. Stopping on highway by rural mail carriers.
(a)
The provisions of subsection (a) of section 11-36 shall not apply to any rural mail carrier stopping on the highway while loading or unloading mail at a mailbox.
(b)
Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to relieve any mail carrier from civil liability for stopping on any highway, if he is negligent in so doing, and if such negligence proximately contributes to any personal injury or property damage resulting therefrom. (10-1-92; 9-21-17.)
(STATE LAW REFERENCE—Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, Sec. 46.2-892.)