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32-5A-170
Section 32-5A-170 Reasonable 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, ยง8-101.)...
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13A-8-11
Section 13A-8-11 Unauthorized use of vehicle; unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle. (a)
A person commits the crime of unauthorized use of a vehicle if: (1) Knowing that he does not
have the consent of the owner, he takes, operates, exercises control over or otherwise uses
a propelled vehicle; or (2) Having custody of propelled vehicle pursuant to an agreement between
himself or another and the owner thereof whereby the actor or another is to perform for compensation
a specific service for the owner involving the maintenance, repair or use of the vehicle,
he intentionally uses or operates it, without the consent of the owner, for his own purpose
in a manner constituting a gross deviation from the agreed purpose; or (3) Having custody
of a propelled vehicle pursuant to an agreement with the owner thereof whereby it is to be
returned to the owner at a specified time, he knowingly retains or withholds possession thereof,
without the consent of the owner, for so lengthy a period beyond...
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27-5-6
Section 27-5-6 "Casualty insurance" defined. (a) "Casualty insurance" includes:
(1) VEHICLE INSURANCE. Insurance against loss of, or damage to, any land vehicle or aircraft,
or any draft or riding animal or to property while contained therein or thereon or being loaded
or unloaded therein or therefrom from any hazard or cause and against any loss, liability,
or expense resulting from, or incidental to, ownership, maintenance or use of any such vehicle,
aircraft or animal, together with insurance against accidental death or accidental injury
to individuals, including the named insured, while in, entering, alighting from, adjusting,
repairing, cranking or caused by being struck by a vehicle, aircraft or draft or riding animal,
if such insurance is issued as an incidental part of insurance on the vehicle, aircraft or
draft or riding animal; (2) LIABILITY INSURANCE. Insurance against legal liability for the
death, injury or disability of any human being or for damage to property, and...
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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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13A-3-23
Section 13A-3-23 Use of force in defense of a person. (a) A person is justified in using physical
force upon another person in order to defend himself or herself or a third person from what
he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by
that other person, and he or she may use a degree of force which he or she reasonably believes
to be necessary for the purpose. A person may use deadly physical force, and is legally presumed
to be justified in using deadly physical force in self-defense or the defense of another person
pursuant to subdivision (5), if the person reasonably believes that another person is: (1)
Using or about to use unlawful deadly physical force. (2) Using or about to use physical force
against an occupant of a dwelling while committing or attempting to commit a burglary of such
dwelling. (3) Committing or about to commit a kidnapping in any degree, assault in the first
or second degree, burglary in any degree, robbery in any...
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32-5A-216
Section 32-5A-216 Pedestrian soliciting rides or business or fishing. (a) No person shall stand
in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride. (b) No person shall stand on a highway
for the purpose of soliciting employment, business, or contributions from the occupant of
any vehicle, nor for the purpose of distributing any article, unless otherwise authorized
by official permit of the governing body of the city or county having jurisdiction over the
highway. (c) No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose
of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on
a street or highway. (d) No person shall fish from a bridge, viaduct, or trestle, or the approaches
thereto, within the State of Alabama, unless otherwise authorized by the governing body of
the city or county having jurisdiction over the highway or from the State of Alabama in the
case of state highways. The authorizing authority shall erect and maintain...
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32-5A-138
Section 32-5A-138 Additional parking regulations. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked
with the right-hand wheels parallel to and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb or edge
of the roadway. (b) Except when otherwise provided by local ordinance, every vehicle stopped
or parked upon a one-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge
of the roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its right-hand wheels
within 18 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, or its left-hand wheels within
18 inches of the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway. (c) Local authorities may by ordinance
permit angle parking on any roadway, except that angle parking shall not be permitted on any
federal-aid or state highway unless the Department of Transportation has determined by regulation
that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking...
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32-5A-137
Section 32-5A-137 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places. (a) Except
when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions
of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall: (1) Stop, stand,
or park a vehicle: a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or
curb of a street; b. On a sidewalk; c. Within an intersection; d. On a crosswalk; e. Between
a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite
the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings; f.
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking
would obstruct traffic; g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure, upon a highway, or
within a highway tunnel; h. On any railroad tracks; i. At any place where official signs prohibit
stopping. (2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not,...
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32-5A-154
Section 32-5A-154 Overtaking and passing school bus or church bus; penalties and fines. (a)
The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which
has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children on a highway,
on a roadway, on school property, or upon a private road or any church bus which has stopped
for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers shall bring the vehicle to a complete
stop before reaching the school or church bus when there is in operation on the school or
church bus a visual signal as specified in Section 32-5A-155. The driver shall not proceed
until the school or church bus resumes motion or is signaled by the school or church bus driver
to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated. (b) Every bus used for the transportation
of school children shall bear upon the front and rear thereof plainly visible signs containing
the words "school bus" in letters not less than eight inches in...
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32-5-244
Section 32-5-244 Lights on parked vehicles. (a) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon
a street or highway during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before
sunrise where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of
500 feet upon such street or highway no lights need to be displayed upon such parked vehicle.
(b) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether
attended or unattended, during the hours between a half hour after sunset and half hour before
sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance
of 500 feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one
or more lamps which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from
a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle and a red light visible from a distance
of 500 feet to the rear. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a...
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