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Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 32-5-1 - Powers of Local Authorities. - (a) Except as herein otherwise provided, local authorities shall have...
Section 32-5-2 - Regulation of Use of Real Property by Owner; Owner to Erect and Maintain Traffic-Control Devices. - Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to...
Section 32-5-3 - Loading From Ramps, Platforms, or Other Devices. - It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any...
Section 32-5-4 - Unloading Logs, Lumber, etc., on or Near Highways. - It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any...
Section 32-5-5 - Removal of Ramps, Platforms, and Obstructions. - It shall be the duty of the Director of Transportation...
Section 32-5-8 - School Bus Specifications and Operation. - The State Board of Education shall adopt minimum standards, not...
Section 32-5-9 - Liability for Damage to Highway or Structure. - (a) Any person driving any vehicle, object, or contrivance upon...
Section 32-5-11 - Throwing or Shooting Deadly or Dangerous Missile Into Occupied Vehicle. - Whoever willfully throws or shoots a rock, stone, brick or...
Section 32-5-12 - Distress Flag for Handicapped or Paraplegic Drivers - Authorized; Design. - Handicapped or paraplegic drivers of motor vehicles are authorized when...
Section 32-5-13 - Distress Flag for Handicapped or Paraplegic Drivers - Fee; Card Authorizing Use; Replacement Flags. - The Director of Public Safety may, upon application and payment...
Section 32-5-14 - Distress Flag for Handicapped or Paraplegic Drivers - Penalty for Illegal Use. - Any person who is not a handicapped or paraplegic person...
Section 32-5-16 - State Trooper May Close Highways. - When it becomes apparent to any state trooper that a...
Section 32-5-17 - Nuisance of Casting Light From Motor Vehicle on Real Property at Night; Exceptions; Penalty. - (a) It shall be deemed a nuisance and shall be...
Article 2 - Signs, Signals and Markings.
Section 32-5-31 - Local Traffic-Control Devices. - (a) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and...
Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.
Section 32-5-51 - Towing or Hauling Disabled Vehicle. - No provision of this chapter shall prevent a motor vehicle...
Section 32-5-54 - Keep to the Right in Crossing Intersections or Railroads. - In crossing an intersection of highways or in the intersection...
Section 32-5-64 - Persons Under 16 Years of Age Operating Motor Vehicles - Prohibited; Driver Training Programs. - Any person under the age of 16 years who shall...
Section 32-5-65 - Persons Under 16 Years of Age Operating Motor Vehicles - Owner of Motor Vehicle Permitting. - Any owner or person in charge of any motor vehicle...
Section 32-5-72 - Limitations of Backing. - (a) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the...
Section 32-5-74 - Vehicles Transporting Explosives. - Any person operating any vehicle transporting any explosive as a...
Section 32-5-75 - Loads Which Must Be Fastened by Cables or Chains. - Any person operating a motor vehicle on any highway hauling...
Section 32-5-76 - Spilling Loads or Litter; Penalty. - (a)(1) Whoever willfully and knowingly operates, owns, or causes to...
Section 32-5-77 - Driving on Extreme Left Side of Highway Restricted; Notice to Director of Transportation to Erect Markers. - (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Director of...
Section 32-5-78 - Operation of Dump Truck on Highway, Road, or Street With Bed Raised Over a 20-Degree Angle. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words...
Article 4 - Speed Limits.
Section 32-5-92 - Special Speed Limitations on Bridges. - (a) The Department of Transportation or other proper state body...
Section 32-5-93 - Speed Limit Between Working Signs. - No driver of a motor vehicle upon any highway of...
Section 32-5-97 - Notation of Conviction on Driver's License. - When any person is convicted by any judge for violation...
Article 5 - Right-of-Way.
Section 32-5-113 - Duty of Driver on Approach of Authorized Emergency Vehicles. - (a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle...
Article 7 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking.
Section 32-5-152 - Parking in Violation of Municipal Ordinances; Presumption as to Person Committing Violation. - No person shall park, cause to be parked, or knowingly...
Section 32-5-152.1 - Owner Not Liable for Violation Where Vehicle Leased to Another; Notice Requirement; Owner's Liability Upon Failure to Maintain Vehicle. - (a) The owner of any motor vehicle leased to another...
Article 8 - Driving Under Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Narcotic Drugs.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 32-5-171 - Arrest Without Warrant; Issuance of Traffic Citation. - (a) A law enforcement officer as defined in Section 36-21-40,...
Division 2 - Chemical Tests for Intoxication.
Section 32-5-190 - Short Title. - This division may be cited as the Alabama Chemical Test...
Section 32-5-191 - "Driving Privilege" or "Privilege" Defined. - Whenever and wherever the words "driving privilege" or "privilege" appear...
Section 32-5-192 - Implied Consent; When Tests Administered; Suspension of License or Permit to Drive, etc., for Refusal to Submit to Test. - (a)(1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle on the...
Section 32-5-194 - Which Law Enforcement Officers May Be Authorized to Make Tests. - The State Board of Health shall not approve the permit...
Division 3 - Consent to Chemical Testing for Accidents Involving Death or Serious Injury.
Section 32-5-200 - Consent to Tests; Incapacity; Refusal to Submit to Tests; Notice of Suspension, etc., of License; Hearing; Appeal. - (a) Any person who operates a motor vehicle on the...
Article 9 - Equipment.
Section 32-5-210 - Restrictions as to Tire Equipment. - (a) Every motor carrier, motor vehicle, truck, semitrailer, and trailer...
Section 32-5-211 - Flag or Light at End of Load. - Whenever the load of any vehicle shall extend more than...
Section 32-5-212 - Brakes. - Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be...
Section 32-5-213 - Horns and Warning Devices. - (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall...
Section 32-5-214 - Mirrors. - Every motor vehicle, operated singly or when towing any other...
Section 32-5-215 - Windshields Must Be Unobstructed; Windshield Wipers; Tinting. - (a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any...
Section 32-5-216 - Mufflers; Prevention of Noise, Smoke, Etc. - (a) Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped...
Section 32-5-217 - Safety Belts. - (a) No seat safety belt or anchor shall be sold...
Section 32-5-218 - Safety Glazing Material in Motor Vehicles. - (a) On and after January 1, 1968, no person shall...
Section 32-5-219 - Location of Television Viewers. - No television viewer, screen, or other means of visually receiving...
Section 32-5-220 - Flares or Other Warning Devices - Carrying Required by Certain Vehicles; Specifications. - (a) No person shall operate any truck, passenger bus, or...
Section 32-5-221 - Flares or Other Warning Devices - Display. - (a) Whenever any truck, passenger bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer,...
Section 32-5-222 - Requirements for Child Passenger Restraints. - (a) Every person transporting a child in a motor vehicle...
Division 2 - Lights, Lamps and Reflective Devices.
Section 32-5-240 - Required Lighting Equipment and Illuminating Devices of Vehicles. - (a) When lighted headlamps required. (1) Every vehicle upon a...
Section 32-5-241 - Additional Permissible Lights on Vehicles. - (a) Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps. (1) SPOT LAMPS. Any...
Section 32-5-242 - Requirements as to Head Lamps and Auxiliary Driving Lamps. - (a) Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps. (1) Whenever...
Section 32-5-243 - Lighting Equipment and Warning Devices for Vehicles Engaged in Mail Service. - Any vehicle in active service transporting United States mail may...
Section 32-5-244 - Lights on Parked Vehicles. - (a) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street...
Section 32-5-245 - Reflectors or Similar Warning Devices on Horse-Drawn Wagons and Other Vehicles. - It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a...
Section 32-5-246 - Reflective Devices for Slow-Moving Vehicles - Required; Design. - When operated, propelled, driven, towed, pushed, or otherwise moving over,...
Section 32-5-247 - Reflective Devices for Slow-Moving Vehicles - Mounting. - The device shall be mounted on the rear of the...
Section 32-5-248 - Reflective Devices for Slow-Moving Vehicles - Restrictions on Use. - The use of such device is restricted to use on...
Section 32-5-249 - Reflective Devices for Slow-Moving Vehicles - Bicycles or Ridden Animals. - The provisions of Sections 32-5-246 through 32-5-251 shall not apply...
Section 32-5-250 - Reflective Devices for Slow-Moving Vehicles - Other Provisions Not Repealed, Etc. - Nothing in Sections 32-5-246 through 32-5-251 shall repeal or amend...
Section 32-5-251 - Reflective Devices for Slow-Moving Vehicles - Violations. - Any person violating any provisions of Sections 32-5-246 through 32-5-251...
Section 32-5-252 - Approval of Lighting Devices; Prohibited Lamps and Devices; Regulations; Lists of Approved Devices to Be Published. - (a) No person shall have for sale, or offer for...
Section 32-5-253 - Enforcement of Provisions. - When the director has reason to believe that an approved...
Article 12 - Violations; Penalties.
Section 32-5-310 - Enforcement of Chapter; Arrest Procedure; Bail Bond. - Any peace officer, including state troopers, sheriffs and their deputies,...
Section 32-5-312 - Penalties for Violations of Certain Sections. - Any person who violates Sections 32-5-55 through 32-5-59, 32-5-62, 32-5-63,...
Section 32-5-313 - Disposition of Funds. - All moneys collected pursuant to Section 12-14-14 and Section 12-19-1,...
Section 32-5-316 - Courts May Prohibit Operation of Motor Vehicles by Persons Convicted of Violation of Automobile Laws. - Whenever a defendant is convicted by any court of competent...