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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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32-5-242
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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32-5-240
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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32-5-220
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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32-5-252
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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32-5-243
Section 32-5-243 Lighting equipment and warning devices for vehicles engaged in mail service.
Any vehicle in active service transporting United States mail may display two simultaneously
flashing lights to be used for the purpose of warning other vehicle operators of its presence
and to exercise caution in approaching, overtaking, or in passing. Such lights may be flashed
continuously or actuated by application of the service brake (foot) while the vehicle is either
in motion or parked. Such lamps shall have the following specifications and shall meet the
following requirements: (1) Lamps shall be not less than four inches in diameter and shall
be powered by a bulb of not less than 21 candlepower with a reflectorization sufficient to
assure visibility for at least 500 feet in front and to the rear of the vehicle under normal
atmospheric conditions. (2) Lamps shall be of double face or two way type. (3) Lamps shall
have amber lens to the front and red lens to the rear. (4) Lamps shall...
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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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32-1-1.1
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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32-5A-134
Section 32-5A-134 Signals by hand and arm or signal lamps. (a) Any stop or turn signal when
required herein shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by signal lamps, except
as otherwise provided in subsection (b). (b) Any motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be
equipped with, and the required signal shall be given by, signal lamps when the distance from
the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside limit of the body, cab, or
load of such motor vehicle exceeds 24 inches, or when the distance from the center of the
top of the steering post to the rear limit of the body or load thereof exceeds 14 feet. The
latter measurement shall apply to any single vehicle, also to any combination of vehicles.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §6-105.)...
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32-5A-155
Section 32-5A-155 Visual signals on school and church buses. (a) Every school bus shall, and
every church bus may, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required
by this chapter, be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally
as practicable, which shall be capable of displaying to the front two alternately flashing
red lights located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red lights located
at the same level, and these lights shall have sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet
in normal sunlight. (b) The alternately flashing lighting described in subsection (a) of this
section shall not be used on any vehicle other than a school bus, a church bus, or an authorized
emergency vehicle. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §7-107.)...
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