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• If the alcohol weight in the blood is or exceeds 0.8 percent, a person shall not be driving.
• For drivers under the age of 21, the alcohol weight in the blood cannot be or exceed 0.2 percent
• Driving without a license is considered a misdemeanor and is punished by a fine from $10 to $100, plus an additional penalty of $50
• Driving without insurance is illegal in Alabama. To quote Section 32-7-6(c): (the liability insurance) “shall be issued in amounts no less than the minimum amounts set for bodily injury or death and for the destruction of property”
• All drivers at all times shall be driving with “a reasonable and prudent speed”
• Reckless driving upon a first conviction can lead to imprisonment from 5 to 90 days or to a fine from $25 to $500 or both
• The right-of-way: when two vehicles are approaching the intersection at the same time, the vehicle on the left shall yield to the vehicle on the right
• Text messaging while driving is illegal in Alabama, however, speaking on the phone is not.

1. Double parking is prohibited in Alabama
2. Stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited: on a sidewalk: within 20 feet or at the intersection or on a crosswalk; between a safety zone and the adjacent curb; alongside or across the street from the road works; within 50 feet or on any railroad tracks; within 15 feet from a fire hydrant

Tint darkness for vans and SUVs

• Windshield: only a non-reflective 6-inch visor strip is allowed
• Front side windows: maximum of 32% VLT is allowed
• Backside windows: application of films of any darkness is allowed
• Rear window: application of films of any darkness is allowed

Reflective films application

Window tint film certification

Interstate highways

Alabama toll roads

1. The first operational windshield wipers were invented in 1903 in Alabama by a state native Mary Anderson. The woman failed to sell the patented invention to the manufacturers as they assumed the wipers will be destructive to the process of driving! Nineteen years later the invention was adopted by Cadillac as a standard vehicle equipment
2. The Crimson Tide state is the home of the longest NASCAR oval in the country (and supposedly, in the world) — Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln. Its length is 2.66 miles and the racers reach speeds up to 200 mph
3. An electric streetcar system for transportation — the Capital City Street Railway, aka “The Lightning Route” — was opened in Montgomery, Alabama, on April 15, 1886. It became the first U.S. city with this extraordinary initiative. However, in 1936 “The Lightning Route” was replaced by bus routes
4. Mercedes-Benz is the first automobile factory in Alabama. It started production in 1997
5. The world’s biggest motorcycle museum is situated in Birmingham. It is called Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum and features rare and unique motorcycle models, and it’s not to miss: a bronze statue of three men riding bikes has become a signature of the place