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Ala. Code § 32-5A-130

Required Position and Method of Turning at Intersections.

Known as the Alabama Rules of the Road Act

The act spans §§ 32-5A-1 to 32-5A-93.1 (147 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Delzer v. Penn (1995)

Most recently applied in Delzer v. Penn (July 1995)

(Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §6-101.)

The driver of a vehicle intending to turn shall do so as follows:

(1) RIGHT TURNS. Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

(2) LEFT TURNS. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left shall approach the turn in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle. Whenever practicable the turn shall be made to the left of the center of the intersection and so as to leave the intersection or other location in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the same direction as such vehicle on the roadway being entered.

(3) The Department of Transportation and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause official traffic-control devices to be placed and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this section be traveled by turning vehicles and when such devices are so placed no driver shall turn a vehicle other than as directed and required by such devices.

Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.