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32-5A-89
Section 32-5A-89 Following too closely. (a) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow
another more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such
vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway. Except when overtaking and
passing another vehicle, the driver of a vehicle shall leave a distance of at least 20 feet
for each 10 miles per hour of speed between the vehicle that he or she is driving and the
vehicle that he or she is following. (b) The driver of any truck or motor vehicle drawing
another vehicle of 25 or more feet in length when traveling upon a roadway outside of a business
or residence district and which is following another truck or motor vehicle drawing another
vehicle of 25 or more feet in length shall, whenever conditions permit, leave sufficient space,
at least 300 feet, so that an overtaking vehicle may enter and occupy such space without danger,
except that this shall not prevent a truck or motor vehicle drawing...
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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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32-5-242
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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32-9-20
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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32-8-87
Section 32-8-87 Dismantling, destroying, changing identity of vehicle; certificate requirements;
insurance claims; "total loss"; removal of identification numbers, plates, etc.;
transfer of salvage vehicles; inspections; "component parts"; rebuilt vehicles;
flood vehicles; online verifications. (a) Each owner of a motor vehicle and each person mentioned
as owner in the last certificate of title who scraps, dismantles, destroys, or changes the
motor vehicle in such a manner that it is not the same motor vehicle described in the certificate
of origin or certificate of title shall as soon as practicable cause the certificate of origin
or certificate of title, if any, and any other documents or information required by the department
to be mailed or delivered to the department for processing. The department shall, with the
consent of any holder of liens noted on the surrendered certificate, enter a cancellation
upon its records. Upon cancellation of a certificate of origin or certificate of...
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11-51-90.2
Section 11-51-90.2 Purchase of business license; classification of taxpayers; vehicle decals;
determination of gross receipts; construction with other provisions. (a) Every taxpayer required
to purchase a business license under this chapter shall: (1) Purchase a business license for
each location at which it does business in the municipality, except as otherwise provided
by the municipality. (2) Except as provided in Section 11-51-193, with respect to taxpayers
subject to state licensing board oversight, be classified into one or more of the following
2002 North American Industrial Classification System ("NAICS") sectors and applicable
sub-sectors, industry groups, industries, and U.S. industries thereunder: SECTOR NAICS TITLE
SUGGESTED BUSINESS LICENSE CODE GROUPING BY SAMPLE TOPIC OR CATEGORY BASIS FOR LICENSE CALCULATION
111 Crop Production Agriculture, farming, nursery, fruit, growers Gross Receipts and/or Flat
Rate 112 Animal Production Animal, dairy, cattle, ranching, sheep,...
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32-5A-84
Section 32-5A-84 Limitations on overtaking on left. No vehicle shall be driven to the left
side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in
the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic
for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made
without interfering with the operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction
or any vehicle overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle must return to an authorized
lane of travel as soon as practicable and in the event the passing movement involves the use
of a lane authorized for vehicles approaching from the opposite direction, before coming within
200 feet of any approaching vehicle. (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §3-105.)...
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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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32-6-49.11
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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