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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-86
Section 32-5A-86 No-passing zones. (a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities
are hereby authorized to determine those portions of any highway under their respective jurisdictions
where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous
and may by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway indicate the beginning and end of
such zones and when such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily
observant person every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof. (b) Where signs
or markings are in place to define a no-passing zone as set forth in subsection (a) no driver
shall at any time drive on the left side of the roadway within such no-passing zone or on
the left side of any pavement striping designed to mark such no-passing zone throughout its
length. (c) This section does not apply under the conditions described in Section
32-5A-80(a)(2), nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from...
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37-8-181
Section 37-8-181 Nitroglycerine or other like explosives. It shall be unlawful to transport,
carry or convey, or cause to be transported, carried or conveyed, liquid nitroglycerine, fulminate
in bulk in dry condition or other like explosive between any points or places within the State
of Alabama, on any vessel, car or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier
in the transportation of passengers, or articles of commerce by land or water. (Acts 1911,
No. 368, p. 409; Code 1923, §5378; Code 1940, T. 48, §469.)...
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41-17A-2
Section 41-17A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) FUEL ECONOMY. The applicable model year combined highway/city
fuel economy with respect to a vehicle as determined on a gasoline gallon equivalent basis
as determined by the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with respect
to the vehicle. If such data is not available from the administrator, the fuel economy shall
be the total in-use fuel consumed divided by the total miles driven for the most recent fiscal
year. (2) HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE. Any motor vehicle, licensed for use on roadways, having a manufacturer's
gross vehicle weight rating greater than 14,000 pounds. (3) LIGHT DUTY VEHICLE. Any motor
vehicle designed primarily for the transportation of persons and with a manufacturer's gross
vehicle weight rating of 8,500 pounds or less. (4) MEDIUM DUTY VEHICLE. Any vehicle having
a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 14,000 pounds or less and...
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45-37A-56.70
Section 45-37A-56.70 Obstruction of streets, roads, etc. (a) This section shall
only apply in Jefferson County. (b)(1)a. It shall be unlawful for any railroad train to obstruct
any public street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade within a Class 1 municipality in the
county for more than five minutes. b. The railroad corporation or company that owns or operates
a train violating this subdivision is liable for a civil penalty not exceeding one thousand
dollars ($1,000) for each violation. (2) A train crew, yard crew, or engine crew of a train
blocking a public crossing shall immediately take all reasonable steps, consistent with safe
operation of that train, to clear the crossing upon receiving information from a law enforcement
officer, member of a fire department, or operator of an emergency vehicle that emergency circumstances
require the clearing of the crossing. (3) If a train is stopped on a railroad track and is
obstructing a public street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade, the...
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32-12-24
Section 32-12-24 Brakes. (a) Every motor-driven cycle when operated upon the highway
shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold such
vehicle. (b) The Director of Public Safety is authorized to require an inspection of the brakes
of any motor-driven cycle and to disapprove any brakes which he finds are not adequate. (c)
All such brakes shall be maintained in good working order. (d) The Director of Public Safety
may refuse to register or he or she may suspend or revoke the registration of any motor-driven
cycle when he or she determines that the brakes thereon do not comply with the provisions
of this section. (e) No person shall operate on any highway any motor-driven cycle
in the event the Director of Public Safety has disapproved the brake equipment on such cycle
or type of cycle. (f) Every motor-driven cycle when operated upon the highway shall be equipped
with at least one brake, which may be operated by hand or foot. (g) Any person...
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32-13-2
Section 32-13-2 Removal of motor vehicles; liability; lien on vehicles removed; notice.
(a) A law enforcement officer or, in a Class 1 municipality, a parking enforcement officer
or traffic enforcement officer who is not required to be certified by the Alabama Peace Officers'
Standards and Training Commission, may cause a motor vehicle to be removed to the nearest
garage or other place of safety under any of the following circumstances: (1) The motor vehicle
is left unattended on a public street, road, or highway or other property for a period of
at least 48 hours. (2) The motor vehicle is left unattended because the driver of the vehicle
has been arrested or is impaired by an accident or for any other reason which causes the need
for the vehicle to be immediately removed as determined necessary by a law enforcement officer.
(3) The motor vehicle is subject to an impoundment order for outstanding traffic or parking
violations. (b)(1) A law enforcement officer, parking enforcement...
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32-5A-36
Section 32-5A-36 Display of unauthorized signs, signals, or markings as public nuisance;
signs, markings, etc., to be approved; procedure for approval. (a) No person shall place,
maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking,
or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control
device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or
which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of an official traffic-control
device or any railroad sign or signal. (b) No person shall place or maintain nor shall any
public authority permit upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial
advertising. (c) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private
property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type
that cannot be mistaken for official signs. (d) Every such prohibited sign, signal,...
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32-5A-58.3
Section 32-5A-58.3 Yielding right-of-way to vehicles and pedestrian workers engaged
in collection of garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling materials. (a) The driver of a motor
vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian worker engaged in the collection of garbage,
trash, refuse, or recycling materials along a roadway whenever the driver is reasonably notified
of the presence of the worker by the presence of a garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection
vehicle or by a warning sign or device. (b) The driver of a motor vehicle on a public highway
shall yield the right-of-way to a garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection vehicle
that is stopped along a roadside or traveling in the same direction and which is engaged in
the collection of garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling materials along a roadway or which
has signaled and is reentering the traffic flow. (c) This section does not relieve
the driver of a garbage, trash, refuse, or recycling collection vehicle from the...
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32-5A-87
Section 32-5A-87 One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands. (a) The Department of
Transportation and local authorities with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions
may designate any highway, roadway, part of a roadway, or specific lanes upon which vehicular
traffic shall proceed in one direction at all or such times as shall be indicated by official
traffic-control devices. (b) Upon a roadway so designated for one-way traffic, a vehicle shall
be driven only in the direction designated at all or such times as shall be indicated by official
traffic-control devices. (c) A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven
only to the right of such island. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §3-108.)...
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