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AL Code § 32-5-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.|Section 32-5-72 - Limitations of Backing.

Section 32-5-72Limitations of backing. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same unless it shall reasonably appear that such a movement can be made with safety and without interfering with other traffic. (b) The driver of a vehicle shall not back the same upon any shoulder or roadway of any controlled-access highway. (Acts 1975, No. 1203, p. 2382, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.|Section 32-5-74 - Vehicles Transporting Explosives.

Section 32-5-74Vehicles transporting explosives. Any person operating any vehicle transporting any explosive as a cargo or part of a cargo upon a highway shall at all times comply with the provisions of this section. (1) The vehicle shall be marked or placarded on each side and the rear with the word "explosives" in letters not less than eight inches high, or there shall be displayed on the rear of such vehicle a red flag not less than 24 inches square marked with the word "danger" in white letters six inches high. (2) Every vehicle shall be equipped with not less than two fire extinguishers, filled and ready for immediate use, and placed at a convenient point on the vehicle so used. (3) The Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate such additional regulations governing the transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles by vehicles upon the highways as he or she shall deem advisable for the protection of the public. (Acts 1949, No. 516, p. 740, §44.)
AL Code § 32-5-75 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.|Section 32-5-75 - Loads Which Must Be Fastened by Cables or Chains.

Section 32-5-75Loads which must be fastened by cables or chains. Any person operating a motor vehicle on any highway hauling logs, lumber, pulp wood, tar wood, bale cotton or hay, or other articles that may shift or drop onto the highway is required to fasten such load with steel cables or chains of sufficient size to prevent the load from shifting or dropping onto the highway. (Acts 1949, No. 516, p. 740, §45.)
AL Code § 32-5-76 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.|Section 32-5-76 - Spilling Loads or Litter; Penalty.

Section 32-5-76Spilling loads or litter; penalty. (a)(1) Whoever willfully and knowingly operates, owns, or causes to be operated on any public highway, road, street, or public right-of-way a motor vehicle so loaded with gravel, rock, slag, or bricks, in any manner or in any condition that the contents of the vehicle spill out and cause it to be deposited upon the highway, road, street, or public right-of-way is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor pursuant to Section 13A-7-29, the criminal littering statute. (2) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. (b) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless the vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway. (c)(1) Whoever willfully and knowingly operates, owns, or causes to be operated on a public highway, road, street, or public right-of-way, a motor vehicle in any manner or in any condition that litter is caused or allowed to be deposited upon the highway, road, or street or public right-of-way, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor pursuant to Section 13A-7-29, the criminal littering statute. (2) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. (d) Any agricultural product in its natural state that is unintentionally deposited upon a highway, road, street, or public right-of-way does not constitute litter for purposes of this section or Section 13A-7-29. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §39; Acts 1949, No. 517, p. 754, §9; Acts 1971, No. 1419, p. 2423; Acts 1989, No. 89-661, p. 1314, §1; Act 2001-469, p. 623, §1; Act 2019-530, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5-77 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.|Section 32-5-77 - Driving on Extreme Left Side of Highway Restricted; Notice to Director of Transportation to Erect Markers.

Section 32-5-77Driving 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 the Department of Public Safety is hereby authorized to restrict driving in the extreme left side in any portion of any interstate highway, or of any highway of sufficient width, except for overtaking and passing. He or she may issue any reasonable rules and regulations necessary to implement this section. (b) The Director of Public Safety shall give appropriate notice to the state Director of Transportation of the locations of any portions of highways designated as restricted pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section so that appropriate markers or other equipment may be erected by the State Department of Transportation. (Acts 1979, No. 79-799, p. 1462.)
AL Code § 32-5-78 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 3 - Operation of Vehicles Generally.|Section 32-5-78 - Operation of Dump Truck on Highway, Road, or Street With Bed Raised Over a 20-Degree Angle.

Section 32-5-78Operation 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 shall have the following meanings: (1) DUMP TRUCK. A motor vehicle which has a bed attached to the truck which allows the front of the bed near the passenger compartment to be raised to over a 20-degree angle to allow the load to be dumped from the rear of the bed. (2) HIGHWAY. Any public highway, road, or municipal street. (b) A dump truck may not be driven on any highway of this state with the bed of the truck raised to more than a 20-degree angle except when the dump truck is actively engaged in dumping its load. (c) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor on the first offense. Any second or subsequent offense is a Class B misdemeanor. (d) This section shall not be construed to repeal any other criminal law. Whenever conduct prohibited by this section is also prohibited by any other provision of law, the provision that carries the more serious penalty shall be applied. (Act 2016-343, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 4 - Speed Limits.|Section 32-5-92 - Special Speed Limitations on Bridges.

Section 32-5-92Special speed limitations on bridges. (a) The Department of Transportation or other proper state body upon request from any local authorities shall, or upon its own initiative may, conduct an investigation of any public bridge, causeway or viaduct, and if it shall thereupon find that such structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this article, the department shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles which such structure can withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating such maximum speed to be erected and maintained at a distance of 100 feet before each end of such structure. When such public bridge, causeway or viaduct is within a municipality, such suitable signs stating such maximum speed shall be erected within such less distance of 100 feet before each end of such structure as the governing body of such municipality shall so ordain. The findings and determination of the department shall be conclusive evidence of the maximum speed which can with safety to any such structure be maintained thereon. (b) It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor to drive any vehicle upon any public bridge, causeway or viaduct at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can with safety to such structure be maintained thereon, when such structure is signposted as provided in this section, and any person violating the provisions of this section upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.00 or by imprisonment in the county or municipal jail for not more than 10 days; for a second such conviction within one year thereafter such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200.00 or by imprisonment in the county or municipal jail for not more than 20 days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a third or subsequent conviction within one year after the first conviction such person shall be punished by fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment at hard labor in the county or municipal jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §7.)
AL Code § 32-5-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 4 - Speed Limits.|Section 32-5-93 - Speed Limit Between Working Signs.

Section 32-5-93Speed limit between working signs. No driver of a motor vehicle upon any highway of the state shall drive such vehicle at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour between the warning signs placed on the highway during construction or repairs, when signs are placed not more than 1,000 feet from the place where workmen are actually engaged in construction or repair. (Acts 1949, No. 516, p. 740, §46.)
AL Code § 32-5-97 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 4 - Speed Limits.|Section 32-5-97 - Notation of Conviction on Driver's License.

Section 32-5-97Notation of conviction on driver's license. When any person is convicted by any judge for violation of the provisions of Section 32-5-90, the judge trying the case shall note on the back of such person's driver's license in the place indicated, the date of such conviction, the amount of fine or other disposition of the case. (Acts 1953, No. 22, p. 25, §4.)
AL Code § 32-5-113 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 5 - Right-of-Way.|Section 32-5-113 - Duty of Driver on Approach of Authorized Emergency Vehicles.

Section 32-5-113Duty of driver on approach of authorized emergency vehicles. (a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle equipped with at least one lighted lamp and audible signal as is required by law, the driver of every other vehicle shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer. (b) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, except when traveling on official business relative to the emergency, to follow an authorized emergency vehicle answering an emergency call closer than 500 feet. (c) Violations of this section shall be punished as provided in Section 32-5-312. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §20; Acts 1949, No. 517, p. 754; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 432, p. 578.)
AL Code § 32-5-152 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 7 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking.|Section 32-5-152 - Parking in Violation of Municipal Ordinances; Presumption as to Person Committing Violation.

Section 32-5-152Parking in violation of municipal ordinances; presumption as to person committing violation. No person shall park, cause to be parked, or knowingly permit an automobile or other motor vehicle which he or she owns to be parked, on any street in any municipality in this state in violation of an ordinance of such municipality. The presence of an unattended automobile or other motor vehicle parked on the streets of any municipality in violation of an ordinance of such municipality shall raise a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the automobile or other motor vehicle committed or authorized the parking violation, and the burden of proof shall be upon the registered owner to show otherwise. (Acts 1953, No. 844, p. 1135.)
AL Code § 32-5-152.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 7 - Stopping, Standing, and Parking.|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.

Section 32-5-152.1Owner 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 shall not be liable for a state, county, or municipal traffic or parking violation occurring while the leased vehicle was not in the owner's possession or control, if upon notice of the violation, the owner notifies the clerk of the court in which the case is pending of the name and address of the lessee of the vehicle on the date the violation occurred. The notice shall be notarized on a form prescribed by the Director of the Administrative Office of Courts. If the owner fails to submit the notice, the court in which the case is heard may take such action as the interests of justice require, including finding the owner of the motor vehicle liable for the violation. (b) After providing the name and address of the lessee, the owner shall not be required to attend a hearing on the offense, unless notified that the offense occurred through a mechanical failure of the vehicle which resulted from the owner's failure to maintain the vehicle. (c) The owner of any leased vehicle shall be liable for any violation which was caused by the owner's failure to properly maintain the vehicle. The lessee claiming the violation resulted from the owner's failure to properly maintain the vehicle shall notify the clerk of the court in which the case is pending along with the owner of the vehicle of the claim within seven days after receiving notice of the violation or at least 10 days prior to the date the case will be heard by the court, whichever is later. (Acts 1981, No. 81-660, p. 1076.)
AL Code § 32-5-310 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 12 - Violations; Penalties.|Section 32-5-310 - Enforcement of Chapter; Arrest Procedure; Bail Bond.

Section 32-5-310Enforcement of chapter; arrest procedure; bail bond. Any peace officer, including state troopers, sheriffs and their deputies, constables and their deputies, police officers and marshals of cities or incorporated towns, county police or patrols, state or county license inspectors and their deputies, and special officers appointed by any agency of the State of Alabama for the enforcement of its laws relating to motor vehicles, now existing or hereafter enacted, shall be authorized, and it is hereby made the duty of each of them to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to make arrests for any violation or violations thereof, without warrant if the offense be committed in his or her presence, and with warrant if he or she does not observe the commission of the offense. If the arrest be made without warrant, the accused may elect to be immediately taken before the nearest court having jurisdiction, whereupon it shall be the duty of the officer to so take him or her. If the accused elects not to be so taken, then it shall be the duty of the officer to require of the accused a bail bond in a sum not to exceed $300.00, conditioned that the accused binds himself or herself to appear in the nearest court having jurisdiction at the time fixed in the bond. In case the arrested person fails to appear on the day fixed, the bond shall be forfeited in the manner as is provided for the forfeiture of bonds in other cases. No officer shall be permitted to take a cash bond. The officer making the arrest and taking the bond shall report the same to the court having jurisdiction within 18 hours after taking such bond. (Acts 1949, No. 516, p. 740, §49.)
AL Code § 32-5-312 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 12 - Violations; Penalties.|Section 32-5-312 - Penalties for Violations of Certain Sections.

Section 32-5-312Penalties for violations of certain sections. Any person who violates Sections 32-5-55 through 32-5-59, 32-5-62, 32-5-63, 32-5-112 through 32-5-114, 32-5-130 through 32-5-133 and 32-5-150 through 32-5-153, or any part or parts thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county or municipal jail for not more than 10 days or by a fine of not more than $100.00; for a second such conviction within one year thereafter such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $200.00 or by imprisonment in the county or municipal jail for not more than 20 days or by both such fine and imprisonment; upon a third or subsequent conviction within one year after the first conviction such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00 or by imprisonment in the county or municipal jail for not more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. The court shall revoke the driver's license of such person upon the third conviction. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §30.)
AL Code § 32-5-313 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 12 - Violations; Penalties.|Section 32-5-313 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 32-5-313Disposition of funds. All moneys collected pursuant to Section 12-14-14 and Section 12-19-1, et seq., for disbursement to the State Drivers' Fund shall be forwarded by the officer of the court who collects the same to the State Treasurer, no less than once a month and not later than the 15th day of each month. All amounts so received shall be credited to special funds to be designated the "Driver Education and Training Fund," "Alabama College System Truck Driver Training Consortium Fund," the "Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education," and the "Alabama Traffic Safety Center Fund," and of the amounts so received, an amount equal to 21 percent thereof is hereby appropriated to the State Department of Education for the sole purpose of instituting and conducting a program of prelicensing driver education and training; an amount equal to 36 percent thereof is hereby appropriated to the state Department of Postsecondary Education to be distributed equally to the entities comprising the Alabama College System Truck Driver Training Consortium on July 29, 1991, for the sole purpose of instituting and conducting programs of truck driver education and training as outlined by the U.S. Department of Transportation with support and recommendations from the transportation industry within such Alabama College System Truck Driver Training Consortium; provided, however, that these funds shall be expended only by institutions under the control of the State Board of Education; an amount equal to 10 percent thereof is hereby appropriated to the Alabama Traffic Safety Center Fund for the sole purpose of conducting programs in traffic safety, motorcycle safety, and boating safety by the center; an amount equal to 3 percent is hereby appropriated to the State Safety Coordinating Committee for payment of administrative expenses incurred in its programs; and the remaining 30 percent is hereby appropriated to the Catastrophic Trust Fund for Special Education to be administered by the State Department of Education except that before the above distribution occurs, the amount equivalent to an amount generated by one dollar fifty cents ($1.50) of the above increase shall be transferred to the Highway Traffic Safety Fund for the Department of Public Safety and is hereby appropriated to the Department of Public Safety for law enforcement purposes. (Acts 1964, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 244, p. 335; Acts 1983, No. 83-724, p. 1179; Acts 1987, No. 87-638, p. 1142; Acts 1988, No. 88-658, p. 1055; Acts 1991, No. 91-433, p. 769, §1; Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-824, p. 224, §5; Act 2000-800, p. 1901, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5-316 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5 - Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, etc., Generally.|Article 12 - Violations; Penalties.|Section 32-5-316 - Courts May Prohibit Operation of Motor Vehicles by Persons Convicted of Violation of Automobile Laws.

Section 32-5-316Courts may prohibit operation of motor vehicles by persons convicted of violation of automobile laws. Whenever a defendant is convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction of operating a motor vehicle in violation of any criminal statute or ordinance, the court trying the case, in its discretion, may, in addition to the other punishment fixed by law, enter an order forbidding such person to drive a motor vehicle upon any street or highway in the State of Alabama for a period to be specified by the court, or perpetually, as the court may determine. Any person driving a motor vehicle in violation of such an order of court shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any defendant against whom such an order has been entered shall have the same right of appeal and supersedeas as is now granted him or her with reference to the sentence of the court imposing punishment fixed by law, and the appellate court shall have the right to modify or annul the order forbidding the operation by the defendant of motor vehicles, as in the opinion of the appellate court the facts may justify or require. (Code 1923, §3340; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §54.)
AL Code § 32-5A-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5A-1 - Short Title.

Section 32-5A-1Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Rules of the Road Act. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §15-103.)
AL Code § 32-5A-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 32-5A-2 - Provisions of Chapter Refer to Vehicles Upon Highways; Exceptions.

Section 32-5A-2Provisions of chapter refer to vehicles upon highways; exceptions. The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except: (1) Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section. (2) The provisions of Sections 32-7-37, 32-7-5, 32-7-12, 32-10-1 through 32-10-12, as they now exist or may hereafter be amended, and any other statutes of this state relating to accidents and accident reports, and also Sections 32-5A-190 through 32-5A-195 shall apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the state. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §1-101.)