# A truck just ran over me and my bike

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[The Code of Alabama 1975](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/codeofalabama/1975/coatoc.htm)

Section 32-1-1.1  
(81) . . . a bicycle or a ridden animal shall be deemed a vehicle, except those provisions of this title, which by their very nature can have no application.

Section 32-5A-52  
No person shall drive any vehicle upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.

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