{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-32-5-244","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 32-5-244","heading":"Lights on Parked Vehicles.","body":"(a) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of 500 feet upon such street or highway no lights need to be displayed upon such parked vehicle.\n(b) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half hour after sunset and half hour before sunrise and there is not sufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of 500 feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with one or more lamps which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle and a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear. The foregoing provisions shall not apply to a motor-driven cycle.\n(c) Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.","path":["Title 32 Motor Vehicles and Traffic.","Chapter 5 Regulation of Operation of Motor Vehicles, Etc., Generally.","Article 9 Equipment.","Division 2 Lights, Lamps and Reflective Devices."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=32-5-244","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"cc1eb2f7c53b38387e2e63f05de2c75298831fed54a2b341754d63c85a1f6d5b","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-32-5-243","next":"us-al/ala.-code-32-5-245"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}