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Ala. Code § 32-5A-174

Minimum Speed Regulation.

Known as the Alabama Rules of the Road Act

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

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 181 Misc. 2d 201 - People v. Beeney (1999)

Most recently applied in 776 F. Supp. 2d 1282 - Zatarain v. Swift Transportation, Inc. (April 2011)

(Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §8-105.)

(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 Transportation, with the approval of the Governor, or local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any highway or part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the directors or such local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law, and that limit shall be effective when posted upon appropriate fixed or variable signs.

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