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32-5-220
Section 32-5-220 Flares or other warning devices - Carrying required by certain vehicles; specifications.
(a) No person shall operate any truck, passenger bus, or truck tractor upon any highway outside
the corporate limits of municipalities at any time from a half hour after sunset to a half
hour before sunrise unless there shall be carried in such vehicle the following equipment,
except as provided in subsection (b) of this section: (1) At least three flares or three red
electric lanterns each of which shall be capable of being seen and distinguished at a distance
of 500 feet under normal atmospheric conditions at nighttime. Each flare (liquid-burning pot
torch) shall be capable of burning for not less than 12 hours in five miles per hour wind
velocity and capable of burning in any air velocity from zero to 40 miles per hour. Every
such flare shall be substantially constructed so as to withstand reasonable shocks without
leaking. Every such flare shall be carried in the vehicle in a...
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32-5-221
Section 32-5-221 Flares or other warning devices - Display. (a) Whenever any truck, passenger
bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is disabled upon the traveled portion
of any highway or the shoulder thereof outside of any municipality at any time when lighted
lamps are required on vehicles the driver of such vehicle shall display the following warning
devices upon the highway during the time the vehicle is so disabled on the highway except
as provided in subsection (b) of this section: (1) A lighted fusee or other flare shall be
immediately placed on the roadway at the traffic side of the motor vehicle unless electric
lanterns are displayed. (2) Within the burning period of the fusee or other flare and as promptly
as possible three lighted flares (pot torches) or three electric lanterns shall be placed
on the roadway as follows: One approximately 100 feet in advance of the vehicle; one at a
distance of approximately 100 feet to the rear of the vehicle, each in the...
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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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32-1-1.1
or other major radial or circumferential street or highway designated by local authorities
within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways.
(3) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Such fire department vehicles, police vehicles, and ambulances
as are publicly owned, and such other publicly or privately owned vehicles as are designated
by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency or the chief of police of an
incorporated city. (4) BICYCLE. Every device propelled by human power upon which any
person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is more than 14 inches in diameter.
(5) BUS. Every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers and used for the
transportation of persons; and every motor vehicle other than a taxicab, designed and used
for the transportation of persons for compensation. (6) BUSINESS DISTRICT. The territory contiguous
to and including a highway when within any 600 feet along such...
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32-5-246
Section 32-5-246 Reflective devices for slow-moving vehicles - Required; design. When operated,
propelled, driven, towed, pushed, or otherwise moving over, along, or across any highway in
this state, every vehicle which has a maximum potential speed of 25 miles an hour, implement
of husbandry, farm tractor, or special mobile equipment shall be identified with a reflective
device as follows: (1) An equilateral triangle in shape at least 16 inches wide at the base
and at least 14 inches in height, with a bright red border, at least one and three-quarter
inches wide of highly reflective beaded material; (2) A center triangle, at least 12 1/4 inches
on each side of yellow-orange fluorescent material. (Acts 1971, No. 1186, p. 2048, ยง1.)...
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45-37A-100.02
Section 45-37A-100.02 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) CITY. The City of Center Point, Alabama. (2) CIVIL VIOLATION.
A violation of the ordinance authorized by this article, the penalty for which violation shall
be the payment of a fine, the enforcement of which will not be otherwise permissible. (3)
FINE. The monetary amount assessed by the City of Center Point pursuant to the ordinance authorized
by this article for a determination of civil liability for a traffic signal violation, stop
sign violation, or speeding violation, which may include administrative hearing costs associated
with the infraction. (4) OWNER. The owner of a motor vehicle as shown on the motor vehicle
registration records of the Alabama Department of Revenue or the analogous department or agency
of another state or nation. The term shall not include motor vehicles displaying dealer license
plates, in which event owner shall mean the person to whom the...
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45-37A-42.02
Section 45-37A-42.02 Definitions. As used in this part, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) CITY. The City of Bessemer, Alabama. (2) CIVIL VIOLATION. A violation
of the provisions of the ordinance authorized by this part, the penalty for which violation
shall be the payment of a fine, the enforcement of which will not be otherwise permissible.
(3) FINE. The monetary amount assessed by the City of Bessemer pursuant to the ordinance authorized
by this part for a determination of civil liability for a traffic signal violation, stop sign
violation, or speeding violation, which may include administrative hearing costs associated
with the infraction. (4) OWNER. The owner or owner of record of a motor vehicle as shown on
the motor vehicle registration and title records of the Alabama Department of Revenue or the
analogous department or agency of another state or nation. The term shall not include motor
vehicles displaying dealer license plates, in which event owner...
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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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25-9-276
Section 25-9-276 "Blasting agent" and "explosives" defined; storage and
transportation of blasting agents, explosives, and detonators generally. (a)(1) "Blasting
agent," as used in this article, means any material consisting of a mixture of fuel and
oxidizer which: a. Is used or intended for use in blasting; b. Is not classed as an explosive
by the State Department of Transportation; c. Contains no ingredients classed as an explosive
by the State Department of Transportation; and d. Cannot be detonated by a No. 8 blasting
cap when tested as recommended in Bureau of Mines information circular 8179. (2) The term
"explosives," as used in this article, includes blasting agents, unless blasting
agents are expressly excluded. (b) Main explosive storage magazines shall be located outside
of the pit and shall comply with Section 25-9-131. Blasting agents shall be stored in the
manner prescribed by Part 181, Title 26, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Department of the
Treasury, and...
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40-17-350
Section 40-17-350 Transportation of motor fuel; inspections. (a) Each person operating a refinery
or terminal in Alabama shall prepare and provide to the driver of every highway vehicle receiving
motor fuel at the facility a shipping document setting out on its face the destination state
as represented to the terminal operator by the shipper or the shipper's agent. Failure to
comply with this subsection may result in a department imposed penalty of not less than five
hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), to be multiplied by the
sum of the current violation plus prior violations of this subsection. (b) Every person transporting
motor fuel in Alabama in a highway vehicle other than in its supply tank shall carry on board
a shipping document issued by the facility where the motor fuel was obtained. The shipping
document shall set out on its face the state of destination of the motor fuel transported
in the highway vehicle. Violation of this subsection...
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