32-5A-151
Section 32-5A-151 Certain vehicles must stop at all railroad grade crossings; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the driver of any vehicle described in regulations issued pursuant to subsection (c), before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track for any approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train and shall not proceed until he or she can do so safely. After stopping as required herein and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so the driver of any said vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for manually changing gears while traversing such crossing and the driver shall not manually shift gears while crossing the track or tracks. Nothing contained in this section is intended to abrogate or modify the...
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32-5A-153
Section 32-5A-153 Emerging from alley, driveway, or building. The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building, private road, or driveway within a business or residence district shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across such alley, building entrance, road, or driveway, or in the event there is no sidewalk area, shall stop at the point nearest the street to be entered where the driver has a view of approaching traffic thereon. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §7-105.)...
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45-37A-331.05
Section 45-37A-331.05 Power and jurisdiction of municipal court; contesting liability; fines and costs; affirmative defenses. (a) The municipal court is vested with the power and jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate the civil violations provided for in this part, and to issue orders imposing the civil fines and costs set out in this part. (b) A person who receives a notice of violation may contest the imposition of the civil fine by submitting a request for a hearing on the adjudication of the civil violation, in writing, within 15 days of the 10th day after the date the notice of violation is mailed. Upon receipt of a timely request, the city shall notify the person of the date and time of the adjudicative hearing by United States mail, return receipt requested. (c) Failure to pay a civil penalty or to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of liability in the full amount of the civil fine assessed in the notice of violation. (d) The civil fine shall not be assessed if,...
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32-6-49.11
Section 32-6-49.11 Disqualification from driving commercial motor vehicle. (a) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than one year if convicted of a first violation of one of the following: (1) Driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, or a controlled substance or any other drug which renders a person incapable of safely driving. (2) Driving a commercial motor vehicle while the alcohol concentration of the person's blood, urine, or breath is 0.04 or more. (3) Knowingly and willfully leaving the scene of an accident involving a motor vehicle driven by the person. (4) Using a motor vehicle in the commission of any felony. (5) Refusal to submit to a test to determine the driver's use of a controlled substance or alcohol concentration while driving a motor vehicle. If any of the violations in subdivisions (1) to (5), inclusive, occurred while transporting a hazardous material required to be placarded, the person is...
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32-5A-116
Section 32-5A-116 Highway construction and maintenance. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any authorized vehicle or pedestrian actually engaged in work upon a highway within any highway construction or maintenance area indicated by official traffic-control devices. (b) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any authorized vehicle obviously and actually engaged in work upon a highway whenever such vehicle displays such flashing lights as may be required or permitted by law or by regulation of the department. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §4-107.)...
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45-37A-100.04
Section 45-37A-100.04 Notice of violation. (a) The city or its designee shall mail a notice of violation by United States mail to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system, photographic stop sign enforcement system, or photographic vehicle speed enforcement system while committing a traffic signal violation, stop sign violation, or speeding violation. The notice shall be sent not later than the 30th day after the date the traffic signal violation, stop sign violation, or speeding violation is recorded to: (1) The owner's address as shown on the registration records of the Alabama Department of Revenue; or (2) If the vehicle is registered in another state or country, to the owner's address as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of the department or agency of the other state or country analogous to the Alabama Department of Revenue. (b) A notice of violation issued under this article shall contain all of the...
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32-5A-220
Section 32-5A-220 Right-of-way to blind persons, guide dogs in training. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any blind pedestrian carrying a clearly visible white cane or accompanied by a guide dog, or any person employed by an accredited school for training guide dogs who provides notice through a sign or other method that he or she is training the dog accompanying him or her as a guide dog for the blind. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §5-111; Act 99-698, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 207, §1.)...
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32-5A-61
Section 32-5A-61 Driver not to proceed where traffic obstructed. No driver shall enter an intersection or a marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk, or railroad grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle he or she is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles, pedestrians, or railroad trains notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §11-112.)...
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21-7-6
who is carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip, or using a service animal, or an individual employed by an accredited school for training a service animal who provides notice through a sign or other method that he or she is training an animal as a service animal shall take all necessary precautions prescribed by law to avoid injury to the blind pedestrian or the trainer. (b)(1) A service animal in training that is a dog shall wear a harness, collar, leash, cape, or backpack that identifies in writing that the dog is a service animal in training. (2) Other service animals in training shall be identifiable by written identification as a service animal in training. (3) The written identification for a service animal in training shall be visible and legible from a distance of at least 20 feet. (c) Any driver who fails to take all necessary precautions shall be liable in damages for any injury caused to the pedestrian or the trainer. (Acts 1975,...
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32-5A-150
Section 32-5A-150 Obedience to signal indicating approach of train. (a) Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad, and shall not proceed until he or she can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when: (1) A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train; (2) A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train; (3) A railroad train approaching within approximately 1,500 feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance and such railroad train, by reason of its speed or nearness to such crossing, is an immediate hazard; (4) An approaching railroad train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to...
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