Title 32 — Title 32

(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 fro…

No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. Consistent with the foregoing, every person shall drive at a safe and appropriate speed when approaching and…

Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with Section 32-5A-170, the limits hereinafter specified or established as hereinafter authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of the maximum l…

Whenever the Director of Public Safety and the Director of Transportation, with the approval of the Governor, shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any maximum speed hereinbefore set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe und…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (f), whenever local authorities in their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the maximum speed permitted under this article is unreasonable under the conditions found to exist upon a…

(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. (b) Whenever the Director of Public Safety and the Director of Transporta…

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…

(a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed that is greater than the maximum speed that can be safely maintained on the bridge or structure, when the bridge or structure is signposted as provided in t…

(a) A person commits a construction zone moving violation if, while operating a motor vehicle, he or she commits any violation of Chapter 5 or this chapter under all of the following conditions: (1) The person is in a construction zone designated by the Department of Transportati…

Operating Measuring Device to Another Officer; Testimony Derived from Use of Speed Measuring Device. (a) In every charge of violation of any speed regulation in this article the complaint, also the summons or notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the defendant is all…

(a) It is a violation of this section for any person to drive any vehicle on any public highway in any race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, exhibition of speed or acceleration, or for the purpose of making a speed reco…

This article shall be known as the County and Municipal Reduced Speed School Zone Act. History: (Act 2010-692, p. 1679, §1.)

For the purposes of this article, the following words have the following meanings: (1) REDUCED SPEED SCHOOL ZONE. A designated length of a road or highway extending between school zone speed limit signs with or without warning lights. (2) ROAD or HIGHWAY. Any road or highway exce…

A reduced speed school zone is established for every public or private school in the state, including schools along state- maintained roads or highways. (1) At an appropriate distance before reaching a reduced speed school zone, an appropriate sign or signs shall be erected warni…

(a) Signs on a reduced speed school zone located on a county-maintained road shall be placed and maintained by the county commission. (b) Signs on a reduced speed school zone located on a municipality-maintained road shall be placed and maintained by the municipality. (c) Signs o…

School zone speed limits shall be posted on the State Department of Transportation’s standard size speed limit signs and the times when the reduced speed limits are in effect. Law enforcement authorities shall enforce school zone speed limits. History: (Act 2010-692, p. 1679, §5.…

Upon conviction of a school zone speed violation, the operator of the motor vehicle shall be assessed a fine of double the amount prescribed by law outside a school zone. The signs, placed at the entrance of the school zone, shall warn of the doubled fines for speeding within a s…

The proceeds from any fines collected pursuant to this article payable to a county or municipality pursuant to state law shall be paid into the public road and bridge fund of the county or the treasury of the municipality in which the offense occurred. History: (Act 2010-692, p. …

(a) Any person who drives any vehicle carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard for the rights or safety of persons or property, or without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or propert…

(a) A person who causes the death of another person while knowingly engaged in the violation of Title 32, Chapter 5A, excluding Section 32-5A-191, applying to the operation or use of a vehicle, as defined in Section 32-1-1.1, may be guilty of homicide by vehicle when the violatio…

(a) A person shall not drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle while: (1) There is 0.08 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood; (2) Under the influence of alcohol; (3) Under the influence of a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or h…

Influence. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 97-556, p. 985, effective October 1, 1997. History: (Acts 1993, No. 93-323, p. 492, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-556, §2.)

(a) Beginning October 1, 1994, moneys in the Alabama Head and Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund shall be distributed to the Division of Rehabilitation Services in the State Department of Education for the following purposes: (1) As a payer of last resort for the costs of care provide…

(a) A person shall not operate or be in actual physical control of any vessel, or manipulate any water skis, aquaplane, or any other marine transportation device on the waters of this state, as the waters are defined in Section 33-5-3, under any condition in which a person would …

(a) As used in Section 32-5A-191, the term, “ignition interlock device” means a constant monitoring device that prevents a motor vehicle from being started at any time without first determining the equivalent blood alcohol level of the operator through the taking of a breath samp…

Repealed by Act 2014-427, §2, effective July 1, 2014. History: (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §9-107; Acts 1983, No. 83-620, p. 959, §1; Acts 1994, No. 94-652, p. 1243, §3.)

Repealed by Act 2009-616, p. 1779, §6, effective August 1, 2009. History: (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §9-108.)

(a) Upon the trial of any civil, criminal, or quasi-criminal action or proceeding arising out of acts alleged to have been committed by any person while driving or in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence, evidence of the amount of alcohol, controlled sub…

Board of Health. All certification permits issued by the State Board of Health shall remain in effect until their termination date or reissued by the Department of Forensic Sciences. All rules and regulations enacted under the authority of this chapter by the State Board of Healt…

(a) The Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency is authorized to cancel any driver’s license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance thereof or that the licensee failed to give the correct or required information in his or her application…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law and for purposes of prosecutions under Section 32-5A-191, a law enforcement witness may give testimony solely on the issue of impairment, and not on the issue of specific alcohol or drug concentration levels, based on the results of a ho…

The provisions of this chapter relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except: (1) Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section. (2) The provisions of Sections 32-7-37, 32-7-5, 32-7-12, 32-10-1 t…

(a) For purposes of this chapter only, “pedestrian” means any individual afoot, except as provided in subsection (b). (b) For purposes of this chapter, “pedestrian” does not include a first responder performing a public safety function that the first responder is authorized to pe…

Repealed by Act 98-470, § 2, effective May 1, 1998. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-580, p. 1219, §1.)

Repealed by Act 98-470, § 2, effective May 1, 1998. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-580, p. 1219, §2.)

Repealed by Act 98-470, § 2, effective May 1, 1998. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-580, p. 1219, §3.)

Repealed by Act 98-470, § 2, effective May 1, 1998. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-580, p. 1219, §4.)

Repealed by Act 98-470, § 2, effective May 1, 1998. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-580, p. 1219, §5.)

Repealed by Act 98-470, § 2, effective May 1, 1998. History: (Acts 1995, No. 95-580, p. 1219, §6.)

(a) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device specifically applicable to him or her, unless otherwise directed by a police officer. (b) Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic and pedestrian control signals as provided in Sections 32-5A-32 an…

(a) When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway…

(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (b) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel o…

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian or first responder and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any chi…

Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks. History: (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §5-105.)

(a) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway. (b) Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as practic…

(a) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride. (b) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting employment, business, or contributions from the occupant of any vehicle, nor for the purpose of distributing any article, unless other…

No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone. History: (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §5-108.)

The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian or first responder on a sidewalk. History: (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §5-109; Act 2024-332, §2; Act 2024-388, §2.)

(a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of an audible signal meeting the requirements of Section 32-5-213 and visual signals meeting the requirements of law, or of a police vehicle properly and lawfully making use of an audible signal only, e…

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 s…