GHSA maintains data on state laws surrounding a number of highway safety issues. Below is information regarding laws in the state of Alabama. For more information, consult the State Highway Safety Office.
Authorizes full deployment of commercial motor vehicles without a human operator.
Bicycle helmets required for all riders under 16.
Universal helmet law enacted 1967
4 years
None
None
Illegal
None
65
70
70
65
65
65
0.15
90 days
Mandatory for high BAC (0.15 and above) and repeat convictions; highly incentivized for first convictions
Yes
Yes
Under 1 yrs or under 20 lbs in rear-facing seat
1-4 yrs or 20-40 lbs in forward-facing child safety seat
5 yrs (but not yet 6) in booster seat
6-14 years
16
Midnight - 6 a.m.
No more than 1
17
15
6
50; 0 with driver's ed.
Primary
15 and over
Front (secondary enforcement in rear seat)
No
No
16, or 17 with Intermediate License for less than 6 months. Primary law.
All drivers. Primary law.
Permitted by state law and city ordinance
Specified jurisdictions
Permitted by state law
Specified jurisdictions
Authorizes full deployment of commercial motor vehicles without a human operator.
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee are partnering again for Operation Southern Shield, a high visibility enforcement period focusing on speeding. Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety Director and GHSA Vice Chair Harris Blackwood discusses.
Story by Isabel Hughes
July 11, 2018
The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) was one of GHSA and Ford Driving Skills For Life's 2016 teen safe driving grant recipients. Through this grant, ADECA was able to organize four safe driving events at high schools throughout the state, entitled "No Crash Course."
Bicycle helmets required for all riders under 16.
Universal helmet law enacted 1967
4 years
None
