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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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32-5-241
Section 32-5-241 Additional permissible lights on vehicles. (a) Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps.
(1) SPOT LAMPS. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spot lamp and every
lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part
of the high intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation
of the extreme left side of the vehicle nor more than 100 feet ahead of the vehicle. (2) FOG
LAMPS. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two fog lamps mounted on the front
at a height not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches above the level surface upon which
the vehicle stands and so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high intensity
portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall at a distance of 25 feet
ahead project higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the lamp
from which it comes. (3) AUXILIARY PASSING LAMPS. Any motor vehicle...
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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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32-9-20
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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45-40-220.01
Section 45-40-220.01 Casting light from motor vehicle for hunting. (a) In Lawrence County,
it shall be unlawful for any person or group of persons to throw or cast, or cause to be thrown
or cast, the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light from any motor vehicle,
with the aid of any motor vehicle, or while on foot, from any highway or road, or in any field,
woodland, or forest, in an attempt or with intent to locate deer or other wildlife, or both.
(b) Farmers shall be allowed to check livestock with an artificial light upon lands they own,
lease, or rent; legal raccoon and opossum hunters while in the woods accompanied by dogs may
use a spotlight only to find treed raccoons or opossums. (c) It shall be unlawful to have
in possession any type of spotlight within the Black Warrior Wildlife Management Area in Lawrence
County. Legal hunters, hikers, and campers while on foot may use a flashlight containing no
more or larger than two "D" celled flashlight batteries or a...
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32-5-252
Section 32-5-252 Approval of lighting devices; prohibited lamps and devices; regulations; lists
of approved devices to be published. (a) No person shall have for sale, or offer for sale
for use upon or as a part of the equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, or
use upon any such vehicle any head lamp, auxiliary or fog lamp, rear lamp, signal lamp or
reflector, which reflector is required hereunder, or parts of any of the foregoing which tend
to change the original design or performance, unless of a type which has been submitted to
the director and approved by him or her. The foregoing provisions of this section shall not
apply to equipment in actual use when this section is adopted or replacement parts therefor.
(b) No person shall have for sale, sell, or offer for sale for use upon or as a part of the
equipment of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer any lamp or device mentioned in this
section which has been approved by the director unless such lamp or device bears...
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32-5A-265
Section 32-5A-265 Lamps and other equipment on bicycles. (a) Every bicycle when in use at nighttime
shall be equipped with a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible from a distance
of at least 500 feet to the front and with a red reflector on the rear of a type approved
by the department which shall be visible from all distances from 100 feet to 600 feet to the
rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp
emitting a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used in addition
to the red reflector. (b) Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake which will enable the
operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434,
p. 604, §12-107.)...
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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-175
Section 32-5A-175 Special speed limitation on motor-driven cycles. No person shall operate
any motor-driven cycle at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise
nor at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions,
persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet
ahead at a speed greater than 35 miles per hour unless such motor-driven cycle is equipped
with a head lamp or lamps which are adequate to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of
300 feet ahead. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §8-106.)...
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32-9B-1
Section 32-9B-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have
the following meanings: (1) AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE. A commercial motor vehicle
equipped with an automated driving system. (2) AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM. The hardware and
software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a
sustained basis, regardless of whether it is limited to a specific operational design domain.
(3) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE. A commercial motor vehicle as defined in Section 32-9A-1. (4)
CONVENTIONAL DRIVER. A driver who manually exercises in-vehicle braking, accelerating, steering,
and transmission gear selection input devices in order to operate a vehicle. (5) DYNAMIC DRIVING
TASK. All of the real-time operational and tactical functions required to operate a vehicle
in on-road traffic excluding strategic functions such as trip scheduling and selection of
destinations and waypoints. (6) MINIMAL RISK CONDITION. A condition to...
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