WE 4 YOU Stationing on motorway carriageways is very dangerous, and it should be done only in case of extreme emergency. The risk is due to the speed gap between your vehicle (which is stationary) and the vehicles travelling at high speed.
This is why motorways include rest areas, parking and emergency bays. Although the Italian territory is rich in mountains and deep valleys, where this kind of safety feature can be barely provided, we dedicate ourselves and our investments in keeping you safe. In return, you are asked to make use of all the means you are offered. In the event of a mechanical breakdown, try to drive your vehicle as far as the closest safe rest area if you can. If you had a puncture and have to change a tyre, you'd rather risk the rim than your life, wouldn't you? When? Inside a tunnel or on a motorway carriageway, if you realize your vehicle is on the verge of a breakdown. What? If possible, get out of the tunnel. If it's too long, stop in a parking bay and push the red button on the emergency call box. The same is to be done even outside a tunnel. Never stop on the carriageway! Why? A vehicle stationing on a motorway carriageway is in danger of being bumped into by other vehicles travelling at high speed. Road Code ART. 140 (PRINCIPIO INFORMATORE DELLA CIRCOLAZIONE)
ART. 157 (ARRESTO FERMATA E SOSTA DEI VEICOLI)
ART. 158 (DIVIETO DI FERMATA E DI SOSTA DEI VEICOLI)
ART. 159 (RIMOZIONE E BLOCCO DEI VEICOLI)
ART. 161 (INGOMBRO DELLA CARREGGIATA)
ART. 162 (SEGNALAZIONE DI VEICOLO FERMO)
ART. 165 (TRAINO DI VEICOLI IN AVARIA)
ART. 176 (COMPORTAMENTI DURANTE LA CIRCOLAZIONE SU AUTOSTR. E STR. EXTRAUBANE PRINCIPALI) Road code implementation regulations ART. 351 (ARRESTI E SOSTE DEI VEICOLI IN GENERALE)
ART. 353 (FERMATA E SOSTA DEI VEICOLI)
ART. 354 (CONCESSIONE DEL SERIVIZIO DI RIMOZIONE E VEICOLI AD ESSO ADDETTI)
ART. 356 (INGOMBRO DELLA CARREGGIATA)
ART. 357 (PRESEGNALAM E POSIZ DEL SEGNALE MOBILE DI PERICOLO)
ART. 358 (TIPO ED OMOLOGAZIONE DEL SEGNALE MOBILE DI PERICOLO)
ART. 359 (CARATTERISTICHE COLORIMETRICHE, FOTOMETRICHE E TECNOLOGICHE DEL SEGNALE MOBILE DI PERICOLO)
ART. 374 (SOCCORSO STRADALE E RIMOZIONE)