Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 32-5A-1 (2026)
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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, laws through the 2026 Regular Session
This chapter may be cited as the Alabama Rules of the Road Act.
(Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §15-103.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1994–2024 · leading case: Blakley v. Johnson, 80 So. 3d 250 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010).
Blakley v. Johnson, 80 So. 3d 250 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “The executrix alleged that the employee had violated the Alabama Rules of the Road Act, Ala.Code 1975, § 32-5A-1 et seq., more specifically, § 32-5A-88, by driving in the improper lane.”
Ex parte Lester Lee Thomas. Petition for Writ of Mandamus: Civil, No. 2022-0525 (Ala. Mar. 3, 2023). “" Specifically, the plaintiff below, Jennifer Dell Peach, argues that Thomas violated Alabama's Rules of the Road, see § 32-5A-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 -- namely, certain Code sections regulating the conduct of pedestrians.”
Ala. Law Enf't Agency v. Carter, 263 So. 3d 1072 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “Pursuant to the Alabama Rules of the Road Act ("the Act"), § 32-5A-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, the director of ALEA, or his or her agent, is responsible for the suspension of a person's "driving privilege" "upon a determination that the person drove or was in actual physical…”
Ala. Law Enf't Agency v. Carter, 263 So. 3d 1072 (Ala. Civ. App. 2018). “Pursuant to the Alabama Rules of the Road Act ("the Act"), § 32-5A-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, the director of ALEA, or his or her agent, is responsible for the suspension of a person's "driving privilege" "upon a determination that the person drove or was in actual physical…”
Brett Steven Amerson v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Cullman Circuit Court: CC-19-526), 434 So. 3d 433 (Ala. Crim. App. 2024). “The Alabama Rules of the Road Act, § 32-5A-1 et seq., Ala. Code 1975, governs the operation of vehicles on the roadways in this state.”
Lindsay v. Cantrell, 649 So. 2d 1277 (Ala. 1994). “The plaintiffs countered by arguing that they had proved negligence in Cantrell’s failure to follow the “Rules of the Road” (Ala.Code 1975, § 32-5A-1 et seq.), that Lindsay had the right to assume that Cantrell would drive according to the “Rules of the Road,” and that the…”
Pell v. Tidwell, 139 So. 3d 165 (Ala. Civ. App. 2013). “In Alabama, by statute, a driver has a duty to obey the Alabama Rules of the Road, § 32-5A-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. Specifically, § 32-5A-3 provides that it is unlawful for any person “to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this chapter.”
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