As a motor vehicle driver, it is your responsibility to know and follow the laws and ordinances that involve your interactions with pedestrians and cyclists. Please take the time to read this material. While driving, remember to respect and relate to those who choose to travel outside of vehicles.

There will be a simplified version of the law, followed by its complete text.

State Law:

• $112.00 Fine - Drivers are to exercise care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall use proper precaution to avoid children or any obviously confused or intoxicated person.

Complete Text:

• Minimum $112.00 Fine (Includes Court Costs) – Drivers to exercise care. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter or the provisions of any local ordinance, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or any obviously confused, incapacitated or intoxicated person. Section 32-5A-213 (Acts 1980, No. 80-434, p. 604, §5-104.)