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32-5-240
Section 32-5-240 Required lighting equipment and illuminating devices of vehicles. (a) When
lighted headlamps required. (1) Every vehicle upon a highway within this state, except a parked
vehicle, which shall be subject to Section 32-5-244, shall display lighted lamps and illuminating
devices required by this section for different classes of vehicles at the following times:
a. From a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise. b. At any time when the windshield
wipers of the vehicle are in use because of rain, sleet, or snow, except when the use is intermittent
because of misting rain, sleet, or snow. c. At any time when there is not sufficient light
to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of 500 feet.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (1), whenever motor vehicles or other vehicles are operated
in combination during a time that lamps and illuminating devices are required to be lighted,
any lamp, other than a tail lamp, that, by reason of...
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32-5-316
Section 32-5-316 Courts may prohibit operation of motor vehicles by persons convicted of violation
of automobile laws. Whenever a defendant is convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction
of operating a motor vehicle in violation of any criminal statute or ordinance, the court
trying the case, in its discretion, may, in addition to the other punishment fixed by law,
enter an order forbidding such person to drive a motor vehicle upon any street or highway
in the State of Alabama for a period to be specified by the court, or perpetually, as the
court may determine. Any person driving a motor vehicle in violation of such an order of court
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any defendant against whom such an order has been entered
shall have the same right of appeal and supersedeas as is now granted him or her with reference
to the sentence of the court imposing punishment fixed by law, and the appellate court shall
have the right to modify or annul the order forbidding the operation by...
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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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32-5A-191.3
Section 32-5A-191.3 Operation of vessel and other marine devices while under influence of alcohol
or controlled substances. (a) A person shall not operate or be in actual physical control
of any vessel, or manipulate any water skis, aquaplane, or any other marine transportation
device on the waters of this state, as the waters are defined in Section 33-5-3, under any
condition in which a person would be guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
pursuant to Section 32-5A-191 if the person was driving or controlling a motor vehicle. (b)
In the case of a vessel or other marine device described in subsection (a), where a law enforcement
officer has probable cause to believe that the operator of the vessel or other marine device
is operating in violation of this section, the law enforcement officer is authorized to administer
and may test the operator, at the scene, by using a field breathalyzer or other approved device,
as a screening device, to determine if the operator...
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32-6-18
Section 32-6-18 Penalties - Violations in general; disposition of funds. (a) Any person of
whom a driver's license is required, who drives a motor vehicle on a public highway in this
state without first having complied with this article or the rules and regulations promulgated
hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction shall be punished by a fine
of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100), to be fixed in
the discretion of the judge trying the case. In addition to all fines, fees, costs, and punishments
prescribed by law, there shall be imposed or assessed an additional penalty of fifty dollars
($50). This additional penalty of fifty dollars ($50) imposed pursuant to this subsection
shall be assessed in all criminal and quasi-criminal proceedings in municipal, district, and
circuit courts, including, but not limited to, final bond forfeitures, municipal ordinance
violations wherein the defendant is adjudged guilty or pleads guilty,...
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32-7-18
Section 32-7-18 Proof of financial responsibility required upon certain convictions. (a) Whenever
the director, under any law of this state, suspends or revokes the license of any person upon
receiving record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail, the director shall also suspend
the registration for all motor vehicles registered in the name of such person; except, that
he or she shall not suspend such registration, unless otherwise required by law, if such person
has previously given or shall immediately give and thereafter maintain proof of financial
responsibility with respect to all motor vehicles registered by such person. (b) Such license
and registration shall remain suspended or revoked and shall not at any time thereafter be
renewed nor shall any license be thereafter issued to such person, nor shall any motor vehicle
be thereafter registered in the name of such person until permitted under the motor vehicle
laws of this state and not then unless and until he or she shall...
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32-7A-12
Section 32-7A-12 Suspension of registration. (a) The department shall suspend the vehicle registration
of any motor vehicle determined to be in violation of Section 32-7A-4, including any motor
vehicle operated in violation of Section 32-7A-16 by an operator other than the owner of the
vehicle. Neither the fact that, subsequent to the date of verification or violation, the owner
acquired the required liability insurance policy nor the fact that the owner terminated ownership
of the motor vehicle shall have any bearing upon the required suspension. (b) The registration
of any motor vehicle registered in this state shall be suspended upon the department receiving
notice of the conviction of the operator of the motor vehicle in another state of an offense
which, if committed in this state, would constitute a violation of Section 32-7A-4. Until
it is terminated, any suspension under this chapter shall remain in force even if the registration
is renewed or a new registration is acquired for...
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32-7A-22
Section 32-7A-22 Display of invalid evidence of insurance. No person shall present evidence
of insurance to a law enforcement officer, court, officer of the court, the Department of
Revenue, or office of the licensing official charged with motor vehicle registration and titling
responsibilities, knowing there is no valid liability insurance in effect on the motor vehicle
as required under Section 32-7A-4 or knowing the evidence of insurance is altered, counterfeit,
or otherwise invalid as evidence of insurance required under Section 32-7A-4. If the law enforcement
officer issues a citation to a motor vehicle operator for presenting invalid evidence of insurance,
the officer shall confiscate the evidence for presentation in court. (Act 2000-554, p. 1005,
§3; Act 2011-688, p. 2076, §3.)...
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32-8-2
Section 32-8-2 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning: (1) CURRENT ADDRESS. A new address different from the address
shown on the application or on the certificate of title. The owner, within 30 days after the
address is changed from that shown on the application or on the certificate of title, shall
notify the department of the change of address in the manner prescribed by the department.
(2) DEALER. A person licensed as an automobile or motor vehicle dealer, or travel trailer
dealer and engaged regularly in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging motor vehicles,
trailers, semitrailers, trucks, tractors or other character of commercial or industrial motor
vehicles, or travel trailers in this state, and having in this state an established place
of business. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Revenue of this state. (4)...
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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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