Alabama Move-Over Law

What Alabama requires

Alabama fines climb with each strike: $200 first, $250 second, $300 third plus a 90-day suspension. Move over a lane for police, emergency vehicles, wreckers, utility trucks, road crews, and garbage trucks, or on a two-lane road move as far over in your lane as you can and slow to 15 mph under the limit. Hit a responder and it's a Class A misdemeanor; a serious injury is a Class C felony and a death is a Class B felony (Ala. Code §32-5A-58.2).

Who you move over for, and the fallback

• Move over for: Law enforcement, emergency vehicles, wreckers, utility service vehicles, maintenance/construction/survey vehicles, and garbage, trash, or recycling trucks displaying flashing lights. Not a private disabled vehicle with hazard lights.
• If you can't move over: Vacate the lane nearest the vehicle if it's safe. On a two-lane road, move as far over in your lane as you can and slow to 15 mph below the limit (10 mph if the limit is 20 mph or less).
• Corrects the spine's '$25-$100, 2 pts.' The current statute sets $200 / $250 / $300 by offense, with felony exposure for injury or death.

What a violation costs

$200 first offense, $250 second, $300 third plus a minimum 90-day license suspension. A crash causing physical injury is a Class A misdemeanor, serious injury a Class C felony, and a death a Class B felony.

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