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32-5-215
Section 32-5-215 Windshields must be unobstructed; windshield wipers; tinting. (a) No person
shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster, or other nontransparent material upon
the front windshield, sidewings, or side or rear windows of such vehicle which obstructs the
driver's clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway. (b) The windshield on every
motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow, or other moisture from
the windshield, which device shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the
driver of the vehicle. (c) Every windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle shall be maintained
in good working order. (d) No person shall operate a motor vehicle which has a windshield,
sidewing, or rear window which has tinting to the extent or manufactured in such a way that
occupants of the vehicle cannot be easily identified or recognized through the sidewing or
rear windows from outside the motor vehicle. (e) The provisions of this section...
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40-12-240
Section 40-12-240 Definitions. (a) For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall
have the respective meanings ascribed by this section: (1) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department
of Revenue. (2) ESTABLISHED PLACE OF BUSINESS. A place actually occupied either continuously
or at regular periods at or from which a business or a part thereof is transacted. (3) FARM
TRACTOR. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows,
mowing machines, and other implements designed and used for agricultural purposes and only
incidentally moved upon public highways. (4) FARMER. An individual, partnership, cooperative
corporation, or other entity actively engaged in agriculture or agricultural activities as
the same are circumscribed and defined in paragraphs a. and b. of Section 41-14-51(1). (5)
FLEET. A group of similarly classified fleet vehicles comprised of 50 or more units or other
amount as prescribed by the department. (6) FLEET OPERATOR. A person,...
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32-5C-6
Section 32-5C-6 Display of labels indicating compliance; prohibition against installation of
noncomplying material. Any motor vehicle which has material and glazing applied or affixed
to the windows or rear windshield of a vehicle, which material and glazing have reduced the
light transmission through the window or windshield or increased the light reflectance of
the window or windshield, shall display a label visible from the outside of the vehicle indicating
that the windows and windshield are in compliance with the light transmission and light reflectance
requirements as provided in Section 32-5C-2. No person shall install any material upon the
windshield or windows of any motor vehicle, the installation of which would result in a reduction
of light transmission or an increase in light reflectance in violation of Section 32-5C-2.
(Acts 1996, No. 96-534, p. 746, §6.)...
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32-5C-2
Section 32-5C-2 Prohibitions against operation of motor vehicle under conditions which reduce
light transmission. Except as provided in this chapter, a person shall not operate a motor
vehicle registered in this state under either of the following conditions: (1) With material
or glazing applied or affixed to the front windshield which reduces light transmission through
the front windshield. (2) With material or glazing applied or affixed to the rear windshield
or the side or door windows which reduce light transmission through the rear windshield or
side windows to less than 32 percent or increase light reflectance to more than 20 percent,
with a measurement tolerance of at least 3 percent. The light transmission shall be measured
with a device or instrument capable of measuring light transmission before a person may be
charged with a violation of this section, and the officer shall be equipped with such a meter
before stopping the driver. (Acts 1996, No. 96-534, p. 746, §2.)...
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32-5C-5
Section 32-5C-5 Approval of materials used for window tinting; provision of labels, etc. Each
manufacturer of material designed to be affixed or applied to the windows or windshields of
a motor vehicle for the purpose of window tinting shall apply to the director for approval
and registration of the material and the label for identification and certification of compliance
before shipping the material into the state. No material shall be approved by the director
unless the manufacturer demonstrates that the material, when applied or affixed to a window,
does not reduce light transmission or increase light reflectance in violation of Section 32-5C-2.
The manufacturer of any material shipped into this state shall provide labels of a size and
type approved by the director, written instructions for the placement of the labels, and a
notice that the improper installation of material to a window or windshield or the failure
to display a label as provided in this section is a violation of...
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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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32-5C-3
Section 32-5C-3 Exceptions. The provisions of Section 32-5C-2 shall not apply to any of the
following: (1) Adjustable sun visors which are mounted forward of the side windows and are
not attached to the glass. (2) Signs, stickers, or other matter which is displayed in a seven-inch
square in the lower corner of the front or rear windshield. (3) Direction, destination, or
termination signs upon a passenger common carrier motor vehicle if the signs do not interfere
with the driver's clear view of approaching traffic. (4) Any transparent item which is not
red or amber in color which is placed on the uppermost six inches of the windshield. (5) Any
federal, state, or local sticker or certificate which is required by law to be placed on any
windshield or window. (6) Any other vehicle, the windows or windshields of which have been
tinted or darkened before factory delivery or permitted by federal law or regulation. (7)
Any motor vehicle not registered in this state. (Acts 1996, No. 96-534, p....
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32-5C-4
Section 32-5C-4 Medical exemptions. (a) The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), upon
application from a person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays
of the sun, may issue an exemption from this chapter for any motor vehicle owned by the person
or in which the person is a habitual passenger. The application shall be supported by written
statement of that fact from a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state. Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the exemption may be issued with the conditions and
limitations prescribed by ALEA. (b) An exemption granted pursuant to subsection (a) to persons
with light-sensitive prophyria shall apply to all areas of the windshield and windows prescribed
by the physician in the written statement submitted as part of the application. (c) ALEA shall
design a decal with a unique identification number to be issued to each person granted an
exemption pursuant to this section. The decal shall be placed on...
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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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8-20-3
Section 8-20-3 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) COERCE. The failure to act in good faith in performing
or complying with any term or provision of the franchise or dealer agreement, except that
recommendation, persuasion, urging, or argument shall not be deemed to constitute a lack of
good faith. (2) DEALER AGREEMENT or FRANCHISE. The written contract between any new motor
vehicle manufacturer and any new motor vehicle dealer which purports to fix the legal rights
and liabilities of the parties to such agreement or contract, and pursuant to which the dealer
purchases and resells the franchise product or leases or rents the dealership premises. (3)
DISTRIBUTOR or WHOLESALER. A person, whether a resident or a nonresident, other than a manufacturer,
who sells or distributes motor vehicles to motor vehicle dealers or who...
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