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Several pieces of legislation have expanded DOT’s authority to combat human trafficking. These include expanding grant programs, requiring air carriers to train certain personnel, tracking air carrier training and tips, establishing the multimodal advisory committee, preparing a triennial advisory committee recommendations and best practices report, instituting a lifetime ban on Commercial Driver’s License holders who […]
Starting Nov. 1, law enforcement in Alabama will start ticketing drivers for violating two new traffic laws. The laws – one requiring back-seat passengers to wear seat belts and the other prohibiting drivers from riding in the left lane for too long– went into effect. Sept. 1. Each of the laws, however, had a 60-day […]
Alabama lawmakers have given final approval to a bill requiring back seat passengers in vehicles to wear seat belts. Alabama’s seat belt law currently applies only to front seat passengers. The House of Representatives this morning approved the bill by Sen. David Burkette, D-Montgomery, requiring all passengers to wear seat belts. The bill says failure […]
Enacted Bills: Driving Under the Influence, Ignition Interlock Devices (SB1): An act, relating to persons charged with driving under the influence; to amend Section 32-5A-191 and Section 32-5A-191.4, Code of Alabama 1975, to further require and provide for the use of ignition interlock devices; to provide for the distribution of court fees certain conditions; to […]
Plenty of people know it’s the law to move over for emergency vehicles on the side of the road, but did you know you must move over for tow trucks, too? On Sunday, tow truck and emergency vehicle operators gathered together and boosted awareness for the move over law in the second annual Move Over […]
Roadway Safety Institute: The roadway safety policy and leadership study built on previous review of evidence-based policy countermeasures for reducing road fatalities and serious injuries – and how legislators and policy leaders are addressing these issues through adoption of certain evidence-based policy countermeasures. The research is premised on the anticipated correlation of policy countermeasure adoption […]
SECTION 32-5-222 OF THE ALABAMA CODE At least 1 yr or 20 lbs. – rear facing infant or rear facing convertible seat At least 5 yrs or 40 lbs. – forward facing convertible or forward facing car seat Until age 6 – booster seat Until age 15 years – seat belt $25 with no court […]
Four Requirements for Any Child Riding in Motor Vehicles: Rear-Facing Only Seats and Rear-Facing Convertible Seats (Infants/Toddlers) Convertible Seats and Forward-Facing Seats with Harness (Toddler/Preschoolers) Booster Seats (School-Aged Children) Seat Belts (Older Children)
Deadly encounters between police officers and motorists have lawmakers across the country thinking driver’s education should require students to be taught what to do in a traffic stop. A North Carolina bill would require instructors to describe “appropriate interactions with law enforcement officers.” Illinois passed a similar law recently, and another awaits the Virginia governor’s […]
On July 6, 2012, the President signed into law the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112- 141), which created a Special Rule for Older Drivers and Pedestrians. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94) continued that Special Rule. The purpose of this guidance is to clarify: The […]