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32-5-72
Section 32-5-72 Limitations 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, ยง1.)...
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32-5A-136
Section 32-5A-136 Stopping, standing, or parking outside of business or residence districts.
(a) Outside a business or residence district no person shall stop, park, or leave standing
any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop,
park, or so leave such vehicle off the roadway, but in every event an unobstructed width of
the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles
and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in
each direction upon such highway. (b) This section, Sections 32-5A-137 and 32-5A-138
shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled
portion of a highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping
and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle in such position. And the provisions of this
section, Sections 32-5A-137 and 32-5A-138 shall not apply to any vehicle nor...
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32-5A-115
Section 32-5A-115 Operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency vehicles;
signals on emergency vehicles; duty of emergency vehicle driver. (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 yield the right-of-way and
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) This section shall not operate to relieve the driver of an authorized
emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with regard for the safety of all persons using the
highways. (c) Authorized emergency vehicles shall be equipped with at least one lighted lamp
exhibiting a colored light as hereinafter provided visible under normal...
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32-5A-151
Section 32-5A-151 Certain vehicles must stop at all railroad grade crossings; exceptions.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the driver of any vehicle described in regulations
issued pursuant to subsection (c), before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a railroad,
shall stop such vehicle within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of
such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track
for any approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train and shall not
proceed until he or she can do so safely. After stopping as required herein and upon proceeding
when it is safe to do so the driver of any said vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the
vehicle that there will be no necessity for manually changing gears while traversing such
crossing and the driver shall not manually shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.
Nothing contained in this section is intended to abrogate or modify the...
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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-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-130
Section 32-5A-130 Required position and method of turning at intersections. The driver
of a vehicle intending to turn shall do so as follows: (1) RIGHT TURNS. Both the approach
for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand
curb or edge of the roadway. (2) LEFT TURNS. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left
shall approach the turn in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving
in the direction of travel of such vehicle. Whenever practicable the turn shall be made to
the left of the center of the intersection and so as to leave the intersection or other location
in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the same direction as
such vehicle on the roadway being entered. (3) The Department of Transportation and local
authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause official traffic-control devices to
be placed and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in...
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32-5A-133
Section 32-5A-133 Turning movements and required signals. (a) No person shall turn a
vehicle or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until such movement can be made with
reasonable safety nor without giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided.
(b) A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously
during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning. (c) No person
shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate
signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear
when there is opportunity to give such signal. (d) The signals provided for in Section
32-5A-134(b) shall not be flashed on one side only on a disabled vehicle, flashed as a courtesy
or "do pass" signal to operators of other vehicles approaching from the rear, nor
be flashed on one side only of a parked vehicle except as may be necessary for compliance
with...
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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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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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