32-5-213
Section 32-5-213 Horns and warning devices. (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order capable of emitting a sound audible under normal conditions for a distance of not less than 200 feet. It shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be equipped with or for any person to use upon a vehicle any siren or for any person at any time to use a horn otherwise than as a reasonable warning or to make any unnecessary or unreasonably loud or harsh sound by means of a horn or other warning device. (b) Every police and fire department and fire patrol vehicle and every ambulance used for emergency calls shall be equipped with a siren, bell, ululating multi-toned horns or other electronic siren type device approved by the Director of Public Safety. (c) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Code 1940, T. 36, §36; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 432, p. 578.)...
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32-5-221
Section 32-5-221 Flares or other warning devices - Display. (a) Whenever any truck, passenger bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is disabled upon the traveled portion of any highway or the shoulder thereof outside of any municipality at any time when lighted lamps are required on vehicles the driver of such vehicle shall display the following warning devices upon the highway during the time the vehicle is so disabled on the highway except as provided in subsection (b) of this section: (1) A lighted fusee or other flare shall be immediately placed on the roadway at the traffic side of the motor vehicle unless electric lanterns are displayed. (2) Within the burning period of the fusee or other flare and as promptly as possible three lighted flares (pot torches) or three electric lanterns shall be placed on the roadway as follows: One approximately 100 feet in advance of the vehicle; one at a distance of approximately 100 feet to the rear of the vehicle, each in the...
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32-5A-56
Section 32-5A-56 Driving on mountain highways. The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles or canyons or on mountain highways shall hold such motor vehicle under control and as near the right-hand edge of the roadway as reasonably possible and, except when driving entirely to the right of the center of the roadway, shall give audible warning with the horn of such motor vehicle upon approaching any curve where the view is obstructed within a distance of 200 feet along the highway. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §11-107.)...
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32-5-93
Section 32-5-93 Speed 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.)...
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32-5A-58.2
Section 32-5A-58.2 Moving over or reducing speed when approaching law enforcement vehicles, emergency vehicles, etc. (a) This section shall be known as the "Alabama Move Over Act." (b)(1) When an authorized law enforcement vehicle or emergency vehicle making use of any visual signals is parked, when a wrecker displaying amber rotating or flashing lights is performing a recovery or loading on the roadside, when a utility service vehicle operated by or on behalf of an entity providing utility services displaying any rotating lights, flashing lights, or other visual signals is parked on the roadside while performing tasks associated with the provision of utility services, when a vehicle displaying flashing lights is parked or engaged in the performance of official duties on or along a road, or when a garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection vehicle is actively collecting garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling materials on the roadside, the driver of every other vehicle, as soon as it...
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32-1-1.1
any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, singly or in combination, new or used, constitutes the commodity being transported, when one set or more of wheels of any such vehicle are on the roadway during the course of transportation, whether or not any such vehicle furnishes the motive power. (14) DRIVER. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. (15) DRIVER'S LICENSE. Any license to operate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of this state. (16) ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICE. A self-balancing, two non-tandem wheeled device designed to transport only one person with an electric propulsion system with an average power of 750 watts (1 h.p.), that has a maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a propulsion system while ridden by an operator who weighs not more than 170 pounds, of less than 20 m.p.h. The term shall not include a motorized bicycle, motorized scooter, or motorized skateboard. (17) ESSENTIAL PARTS....
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32-5A-80
Section 32-5A-80 Driving on right side of roadway; exceptions. (a) Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half of the roadway, except under any of the following conditions: (1) When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing such movement. (2) When an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the center of the highway; provided, any person doing so shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon the unobstructed portion of the highway within such distance as to constitute an immediate hazard. (3) Upon a roadway divided into three marked lanes for traffic under the rules applicable thereon. (4) Upon a roadway restricted to one-way traffic. (b) Upon all roadways, any vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then...
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32-5A-85
Section 32-5A-85 Further limitations on driving on left of center of roadway. (a) No vehicle shall be driven on the left side of the roadway under the following conditions: (1) When approaching or upon the crest of a grade or a curve in the highway where the driver's view is obstructed within such distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction; (2) When approaching within 100 feet of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing; (3) When the view is obstructed upon approaching within 100 feet of any bridge, viaduct, or tunnel. (b) The foregoing limitations shall not apply upon a one-way roadway, nor under the conditions described in Section 32-5A-80(a)(2), nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road, or driveway. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §3-106.)...
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23-1-113
Section 23-1-113 Maintenance and repair - Stipulations and conditions. The following stipulations and conditions shall obtain as to state maintenance of municipal connecting link roads: (1) State maintenance of a city or town street traversed by a state maintained highway route shall not extend beyond the back of the curb where a curb and gutter section exists and not beyond the back or roadway ditch or the toe of fill slope where no curb and gutter is in place except as necessary in the placing and maintaining of highway markers, etc. (2) The city or town shall prepare a drawing, from which prints can be made, showing width of right-of-way of street traversed by a highway route maintained by the state and it shall indicate thereon the width of right-of-way on intersecting streets for a distance of 200 feet each way from the center of the highway. (3) City or town to perform routine clean-up operations such as removal of leaves, trash, soil from gutters, soil from drop inlets and catch...
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32-5A-150
Section 32-5A-150 Obedience to signal indicating approach of train. (a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed until he or she can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when: (1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train; (2) A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train; (3) A railroad train approaching within approximately 1,500 feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard; (4) An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to...
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