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AL Code § 32-5A-170 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8 - Speed Restrictions.|Section 32-5A-170 - Reasonable and Prudent Speed.

Section 32-5A-170Reasonable and prudent speed. No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. Consistent with the foregoing, every person shall drive at a safe and appropriate speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or railroad grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, and when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §8-101.)
AL Code § 32-5A-172 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8 - Speed Restrictions.|Section 32-5A-172 - Establishment of State Speed Zones.

Section 32-5A-172Establishment of state speed zones. Whenever the Director of Public Safety and the Director of Transportation, with the approval of the Governor, shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any maximum speed hereinbefore set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of the state highway system, the directors may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit thereat, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected. Such a maximum speed limit may be declared to be effective at all times or at such times as are indicated upon the signs; and differing limits may be established for different times of day, different types of vehicles, varying weather conditions, and other factors bearing on safe speeds, which shall be effective when posted upon appropriate fixed or variable signs. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §8-103.)
AL Code § 32-5A-173 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8 - Speed Restrictions.|Section 32-5A-173 - When Local Authorities May and Shall Alter Maximum Limits.

Section 32-5A-173When local authorities may and shall alter maximum limits. (a) Whenever local authorities in their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the maximum speed permitted under this article is greater or less than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon a highway or part of a highway, the local authority may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit thereon which: (1) Decreases the limit at intersections; (2) Increases the limit within an urban district but not to more than the maximum rate of speed that may be prescribed by the Governor under subdivision (6) of Section 32-5A-171; (3) Decreases the limit on any street, unpaved road, or highway under the jurisdiction and control of any county commission; or (4) Increases the limit on any street, unpaved road, or highway under the jurisdiction and control of any county commission but not to more than the maximum rate of speed that is prescribed under subdivision (3) or by the Governor under subdivision (6) of Section 32-5A-171. (b) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall determine by an engineering and traffic investigation the proper maximum speed for all arterial streets and shall declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit thereon which may be greater or less than the maximum speed permitted under this chapter for an urban district. (c) Any altered limit established as hereinabove authorized shall be effective at all times or during hours of darkness or at other times as may be determined when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street or highway. (d) Any alteration of maximum limits on state highways or extensions thereof in a municipality by local authorities shall not be effective until the alteration has been approved by the Department of Transportation. (e) Not more than six alterations as hereinabove authorized shall be made per mile along a street or highway, except in the case of reduced limits at intersections, and the difference between adjacent limits shall not be more than 10 miles per hour. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §8-104; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-998, p. 366, §2; Acts 1994, No. 94-617, p. 1147, §2.)
AL Code § 32-5A-174 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8 - Speed Restrictions.|Section 32-5A-174 - Minimum Speed Regulation.

Section 32-5A-174Minimum speed regulation. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. (b) Whenever the Director of Public Safety and the Director of Transportation, with the approval of the Governor, or local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any highway or part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the directors or such local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law, and that limit shall be effective when posted upon appropriate fixed or variable signs. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §8-105.)
AL Code § 32-5A-175 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8 - Speed Restrictions.|Section 32-5A-175 - Special Speed Limitation on Motor-Driven Cycles.

Section 32-5A-175Special speed limitation on motor-driven cycles. No person shall operate any motor-driven cycle at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise nor at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead at a speed greater than 35 miles per hour unless such motor-driven cycle is equipped with a head lamp or lamps which are adequate to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of 300 feet ahead. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §8-106.)
AL Code § 32-5A-176 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8 - Speed Restrictions.|Section 32-5A-176 - Special Speed Limitation Over Bridge or Elevated Structure; Conclusive Evidence of Speed.

Section 32-5A-176Special speed limitation over bridge or elevated structure; conclusive evidence of speed. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure, when such structure is signposted as provided in this section. (b) The Department of Transportation and local authorities on highways under their respective jurisdictions may conduct an investigation of any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway, and if it shall thereupon find that such structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this chapter, the Department of Transportation or local authority shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles which such structure can safely withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating such maximum speed to be erected and maintained before each end of such structure. (c) Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this section, proof of the determination of the maximum speed by the Department of Transportation and the existence of the signs shall constitute conclusive evidence of the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §8-107.)
AL Code § 32-5A-176.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8 - Speed Restrictions.|Section 32-5A-176.1 - Speed Limits in Construction Zones.

Section 32-5A-176.1Speed limits in construction zones. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-482 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A person commits a construction zone moving violation if, while operating a motor vehicle, he or she commits any violation of Chapter 5 or this chapter under all of the following conditions: (1) The person is in a construction zone designated by the Department of Transportation or a political subdivision of the state. (2) Construction or maintenance workers are present and performing construction or maintenance work. (3) There are work zone traffic control devices, traffic controls, or warning signs present to notify motorists and pedestrians of construction or maintenance workers in the area. (b) The Department of Transportation may set the speed limits in urban and rural construction zones along state and interstate highways and the county commission of a county may set the speed limits in urban and rural construction zones along county roads or highways. The construction zone speed limits shall be posted on the department's standard size speed limit signs at least one hundred feet in advance of the entrance to a construction zone. Law enforcement authorities shall enforce construction zone speed limits. (c) Upon conviction of a construction zone moving violation, the operator of the motor vehicle shall be assessed a fine of the greater of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) or double the amount prescribed by law outside a construction zone.  (d) Warning signs shall be placed at the entrance of the construction zone and shall warn of additional fines for committing a moving violation within a construction zone. The signs shall also state that the additional fines are applicable only when construction personnel are present. (e) The Department of Transportation may adopt and implement administrative rules and procedures to enforce this section and to ensure the safety of private and public construction and maintenance personnel working in designated construction zones on state and interstate highways. A county commission may promulgate and implement administrative rules and procedures as it deems necessary to enforce this section on county roads and highways, provided the rules and procedures are not in conflict with those set by the Department of Transportation. (f) A person subject to a penalty pursuant to this section may not be assessed additional court costs on conviction. (g) Fines assessed under this section shall be collected and distributed as other fines for moving violations are collected and distributed, as provided by law. (Acts 1988, 1st Sp. Sess., No. 88-917, p. 511, §§1, 2; Act 2001-464, p. 618, §§1, 2; Act 2003-344, p. 869, §1; Act 2021-482, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5A-177 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8 - Speed Restrictions.|Section 32-5A-177 - Charging Violations; Burden of Proof in Civil Actions; Arrest for Violation of Speed Laws Communicated From Officer Operating Measuring Device to Another Officer; Testimony Derived From Use of Speed Measuring Device.

Section 32-5A-177Charging violations; burden of proof in civil actions; arrest for violation of speed laws communicated from officer operating measuring device to another officer; testimony derived from use of speed measuring device. (a) In every charge of violation of any speed regulation in this article the complaint, also the summons or notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven, also the maximum speed applicable within the district or at the location. (b) The provision of this article declaring maximum speed limitations shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any action from the burden of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of an accident. (c) Any state trooper, upon receiving information relayed to him or her from a fellow officer stationed on the ground or in the air operating a speed measuring device that a driver of a vehicle has violated the speed laws of this state, may arrest the driver for violation of the laws where reasonable and proper identification of the vehicle and the speed of same has been communicated to the arresting officer. (d) A witness otherwise qualified to testify shall be competent to give testimony against an accused violator of the motor vehicle laws of this state when such testimony is derived from the use of such speed measuring device used in the calculation of speed, upon showing that the speed measuring device which was used had been tested. However, the operator of any visual average speed computer device shall first be certified as a competent operator of such device by the department. (e) Any person accused pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be entitled to have the officer actually operating the device appear in court and testify upon oral or written motion. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §8-108; Acts 1989, No. 89-828, p. 1659, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5A-180 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8A - County and Municipal Reduced Speed School Zone Act.|Section 32-5A-180 - Short Title.

Section 32-5A-180Short title. This article shall be known as the County and Municipal Reduced Speed School Zone Act. (Act 2010-692, p. 1679, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5A-181 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8A - County and Municipal Reduced Speed School Zone Act.|Section 32-5A-181 - Definitions.

Section 32-5A-181Definitions. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-305 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 29, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. For the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) REDUCED SPEED SCHOOL ZONE. A designated length of a road or highway extending between school zone speed limit signs with or without warning lights. (2) ROAD or HIGHWAY. Any road or highway except an interstate highway. (3) SCHOOL ZONE. All public or private school property, including school grounds and any road or highway abutting the school grounds and extending 300 feet along the road or highway from the school grounds. (Act 2010-692, p. 1679, §2(a); Act 2021-305, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5A-182 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8A - County and Municipal Reduced Speed School Zone Act.|Section 32-5A-182 - Reduced Speed School Zones Established.

Section 32-5A-182Reduced speed school zones established. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-305 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 29, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. A reduced speed school zone is established for every public or private school in the state, including schools along state-maintained roads or highways. (1) At an appropriate distance before reaching a reduced speed school zone, an appropriate sign or signs shall be erected warning of the approaching reduced speed school zone. (2) A sign or signs at the end of the school zone shall designate where the motor vehicle may resume the regular speed limits. (3) All signs and signing locations shall be in accordance with the rules contained in the current Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. (Act 2010-692, p. 1679, §2(b); Act 2021-305, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5A-183 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8A - County and Municipal Reduced Speed School Zone Act.|Section 32-5A-183 - Maintenance of Signs.

Section 32-5A-183Maintenance of signs. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-305 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 29, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Signs on a reduced speed school zone located on a county-maintained road shall be placed and maintained by the county commission. (b) Signs on a reduced speed school zone located on a municipality-maintained road shall be placed and maintained by the municipality. (c) Signs on a reduced speed school zone located on a state-maintained road or highway within a county shall be placed and maintained by the State Department of Transportation. (Act 2010-692, p. 1679, §3; Act 2021-305, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5A-184 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8A - County and Municipal Reduced Speed School Zone Act.|Section 32-5A-184 - Speed Limits; Enforcement.

Section 32-5A-184Speed limits; enforcement. School zone speed limits shall be posted on the State Department of Transportation's standard size speed limit signs and the times when the reduced speed limits are in effect. Law enforcement authorities shall enforce school zone speed limits. (Act 2010-692, p. 1679, §5.)
AL Code § 32-5A-185 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8A - County and Municipal Reduced Speed School Zone Act.|Section 32-5A-185 - Violations.

Section 32-5A-185Violations. Upon conviction of a school zone speed violation, the operator of the motor vehicle shall be assessed a fine of double the amount prescribed by law outside a school zone. The signs, placed at the entrance of the school zone, shall warn of the doubled fines for speeding within a school zone. The signs shall also state that the doubled fines are applicable only during the times posted on the signs. (Act 2010-692, p. 1679, §6.)
AL Code § 32-5A-186 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 8A - County and Municipal Reduced Speed School Zone Act.|Section 32-5A-186 - Fines.

Section 32-5A-186Fines. The proceeds from any fines collected pursuant to this article payable to a county or municipality pursuant to state law shall be paid into the public road and bridge fund of the county or the treasury of the municipality in which the offense occurred. (Act 2010-692, p. 1679, §7.)
AL Code § 32-5A-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 9 - Serious Traffic Offenses.|Section 32-5A-190 - Reckless Driving.

Section 32-5A-190Reckless driving. (a) Any person who drives any vehicle carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard for the rights or safety of persons or property, or without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property, shall be guilty of reckless driving. (b) Every person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished upon a first conviction by imprisonment for a period of not less than five days nor more than 90 days, or by fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and on a second or subsequent conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and the court may prohibit the person so convicted from driving a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state for a period not exceeding six months, and the license of the person shall be suspended for such period by the Director of Public Safety pursuant to Section 32-5A-195. (c) Neither reckless driving nor any other moving violation under this chapter is a lesser included offense under a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §9-101.)
AL Code § 32-5A-190.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 9 - Serious Traffic Offenses.|Section 32-5A-190.1 - Homicide by Vehicle.

Section 32-5A-190.1Homicide by vehicle. (a) A person who causes the death of another person while knowingly engaged in the violation of Title 32, Chapter 5A, excluding Section 32-5A-191, applying to the operation or use of a vehicle, as defined in Section 32-1-1.1 (81), may be guilty of homicide by vehicle when the violation is the proximate cause of the death. (b) A person convicted of homicide by vehicle under subsection (a) is guilty of a Class C felony. (c) By the tenth day of the 2022 Legislative Regular Session, the Administrative Office of Courts and the Office of Prosecution Services will report to the Legislature the statistical information from court records relating to this charge. (Act 2017-336, §2; Act 2018-406, §1(b)(7).)
AL Code § 32-5A-191.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 9 - Serious Traffic Offenses.|Section 32-5A-191.1 - (Repealed Effective October 1, 1997) Additional Fines on Persons Convicted of Offenses Involving Driving Under the Influence.

Section 32-5A-191.1(Repealed effective October 1, 1997) Additional fines on persons convicted of offenses involving driving under the influence. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 97-556, p. 985, effective October 1, 1997. (Acts 1993, No. 93-323, p. 492, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-556, §2.)
AL Code § 32-5A-191.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 9 - Serious Traffic Offenses.|Section 32-5A-191.2 - Administration and Disposition of Funds in Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund.

Section 32-5A-191.2Administration and disposition of funds in Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund. (a) Beginning October 1, 1994, moneys in the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund shall be distributed to the Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State Department of Education for the following purposes: (1) As a payer of last resort for the costs of care provided in this state for citizens of this state who have survived neuro-trauma with head or spinal cord injuries. Expenditures for spinal cord injury and head injury care shall be made by the Division of Rehabilitation Services according to criteria established by the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund Advisory Board. Expenditures may include but need not be limited to, post acute medical care, rehabilitation therapies, medication, attendant care, home accessibility modification, and equipment necessary for activities of daily living. (2) Public information, prevention education, and research coordinated by the Alabama Head Injury Foundation. (b) The Division of Rehabilitation Services shall issue a report to the Legislature on the first day of the regular session of each year, summarizing the activities supported by the moneys from the additional fines levied in this section and Section 32-5A-191.1. (Acts 1993, No. 93-323, p. 492, §2; Act 2016-259, §1.)
AL Code § 32-5A-192 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 9 - Serious Traffic Offenses.|Section 32-5A-192 - Homicide by Vehicle or Vessel.

Section 32-5A-192Homicide by vehicle or vessel. Repealed by Act 2014-427, §2, effective July 1, 2014. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §9-107; Acts 1983, No. 83-620, p. 959, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §3.)
AL Code § 32-5A-193 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic.|Chapter 5A - Rules of the Road.|Article 9 - Serious Traffic Offenses.|Section 32-5A-193 - Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Police Officer.

Section 32-5A-193Fleeing or attempting to elude police officer. Repealed by Act 2009-616, p. 1779, §6, effective August 1, 2009.  (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §9-108.)