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Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 32-5A-242: Operating Motorcycles on Roadways Laned for Traffic.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 32 Motor Vehicles and Traffic.
  2. Chapter 5A Rules of the Road.
  3. Article 11 Motorcycles.

(a) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane.

(b) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.

(c) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.

(d) Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane.

(e) Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.

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