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32-5A-171
Section 32-5A-171 Maximum limits. Except when a special hazard exists that requires
lower speed for compliance with Section 32-5A-170, the limits hereinafter specified
or established as hereinafter authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall
drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the maximum limits. (1) No person shall operate a
vehicle in excess of 30 miles per hour in any urban district. (2)a. No person shall operate
a motor vehicle in excess of 35 miles per hour on any unpaved road. For purposes of this chapter
the term unpaved road shall mean any highway under the jurisdiction of any county, the surface
of which consists of natural earth, mixed soil, stabilized soil, aggregate, crushed sea shells,
or similar materials without the use of asphalt, cement, or similar binders. b. No person
shall operate a motor vehicle on any county-maintained paved road in an unincorporated area
of the state at a speed in excess of 45 miles per hour unless a different maximum speed...
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32-9-20
Section 32-9-20 Schedule of restrictions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to
drive or move on any highway in this state any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight except
in accordance with the following: (1) WIDTH. Vehicles and combinations of vehicles, operating
on highways with traffic lanes 12 feet or more in width, shall not exceed a total outside
width, including any load thereon, of 102 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices
approved by the Department of Transportation. The Director of Transportation may, in his or
her discretion, designate other public highways for use by vehicles and loads with total outside
widths not exceeding 102 inches, otherwise; vehicles and combinations of vehicles, operating
on highways with traffic lanes less than 12 feet in width, shall not exceed a total outside
width, including any load thereon, of 96 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices
approved by the Department of Transportation. No passenger vehicle shall...
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32-5-210
Section 32-5-210 Restrictions as to tire equipment. (a) Every motor carrier, motor vehicle,
truck, semitrailer, and trailer shall be equipped with pneumatic tires of sufficient traction
surface in accordance with the capacity of the motor carrier or motor vehicle, except as otherwise
herein provided, the same to be prescribed by the Director of Public Safety. (1) No person
shall operate any vehicle of a type required to be licensed upon the highways of this state
except for those tires on the dead axle of a vehicle with a dead axle when one or more of
the tires in use on such vehicle is in unsafe operating condition or has a tread depth less
than 2/32 inch or .15875 centimeters measured in any two adjacent tread grooves at three equally
spaced intervals around the circumference of the tire; provided, that such measurements shall
not be made at the locations of any tread wear indicator. A tire shall be considered unsafe
if it has any part of the ply or cord exposed, any bump, bulge, or...
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45-19-210
Section 45-19-210 Speed limits on unpaved roads. (a) In Coosa County, unless otherwise
posted, the speed limit to operate a motor vehicle on any unpaved county road shall be 35
miles per hour. (b) For purposes of this section, the term "unpaved county road"
shall mean any road or highway under the jurisdiction of the county, the surface of which
consists of natural earth, mixed soil, stabilized soil, aggregate, crushed sea shells, or
similar materials without the use of asphalt, cement, or similar binders. (c) The county commission
may determine a maximum or minimum speed limit different from the speed limit provided in
subsection (a) on any unpaved county road or any part of an unpaved county road based on the
conditions which exist on the road or on a part of a road. (d) Any person who violates subsection
(a) shall be punished as provided by law. (Act 94-600, p. 1114, ยง1.)...
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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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32-9-29
Section 32-9-29 Permits for movement of oversized vehicles or loads. (a) Authorized;
application; issuance; seasonal, etc., limitations; refusal, revocation, or cancellation.
(1) The Director of the Department of Transportation or the official of the department designated
by the director, upon application and for good cause being shown therefor, may issue a permit
in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move upon the state's public roads a vehicle
or combination of no more than two vehicles and loads whose weight, width, length, or height,
or combination thereof, exceeds the maximum limit specified by law; provided, that the load
transported by such vehicle or vehicles is of such nature that it is a unit which cannot be
readily dismantled or separated; provided, however, that bulldozers and similar construction
equipment shall not be deemed readily separable for purposes of this chapter; and further
provided, that no permit shall be issued to any vehicle whose operation upon...
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32-1-1.1
Section 32-1-1.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this title,
for the purpose of this title, shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section,
except when the context otherwise requires: (1) ALLEY. A street or highway intended to provide
access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the
purpose of through vehicular traffic. (2) ARTERIAL STREET. Any United States or state numbered
route, controlled-access highway, or other major radial or circumferential street or highway
designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial
system of streets or highways. (3) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Such fire department vehicles,
police vehicles, and ambulances as are publicly owned, and such other publicly or privately
owned vehicles as are designated by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
or the chief of police of an incorporated city. (4) BICYCLE....
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32-6-49.3
Section 32-6-49.3 Definitions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article,
the following definitions shall be applicable unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) ALCOHOL. a. Beer, ale, port, or stout and other similar fermented beverages (including
sake or similar products), of any name or description containing one-half of one percentum
or more of alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or from any
substitute therefor; b. Wine of not less than one-half of the percentum of alcohol by volume;
or c. Any substance containing any form of alcohol, including, but not limited to, ethanol,
methanol, propanol, and isopropanol. (2) ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION. a. The number of grams of
alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood; or b. The number of grams of alcohol per 210 liters
of breath; or c. The number of grams of alcohol per 67 milliliters of urine. (3) COMMERCIAL
DRIVER LICENSE. (CDL) means a license issued in accordance with the requirements of this...
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32-5A-191
Section 32-5A-191 (Effective until July 1, 2023) Driving while under influence of alcohol,
controlled substances, etc. (a) A person shall not drive or be in actual physical control
of any vehicle while: (1) There is 0.08 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her
blood; (2) Under the influence of alcohol; (3) Under the influence of a controlled substance
to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving; (4) Under the combined influence
of alcohol and a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely
driving; or (5) Under the influence of any substance which impairs the mental or physical
faculties of such person to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving.
(b) A person who is under the age of 21 years shall not drive or be in actual physical control
of any vehicle if there is 0.02 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood.
The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall suspend or revoke the...
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32-5-242
Section 32-5-242 Requirements as to head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps. (a) Visibility
distance and mounted height of lamps. (1) Whenever requirement is hereinafter declared as
to the distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within
which such lamps or devices shall be visible, the provisions shall apply during the times
stated in Section 32-5-240 in respect to a vehicle without load when upon a straight,
level, unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different time or condition
is expressly stated. (2) Whenever requirement is hereinafter declared as to the mounted height
of lamps or devices it shall mean from the center of such lamp or device to the level ground
upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a load. (b) Multiple-beam road-lighting
equipment. Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or
the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles other...
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