Texas Transportation Code Section 547.322states that buses, trucks, trailers and semi-trailers with a width of at least 80 feet should have two clearance lamps on the front at each side, two rear clearance lamps at each side, four side marker lamps located on each side near the front or re...
Street racers can face charges ofreckless drivingas well. The Texas Transportation Code states that this type of charge is possible if an individual drives with or has wanton disregard for the safety of other people or property. In Texas, reckless driving laws apply to public highways, roads a...
In addition, there are many hidden costs in each one of these penalties. For example, if your vehicle is impounded, you’ll accumulate daily holding fees. You’ll also be without a personal mode of transportation, which can easily impact your ability to work and earn an income. ...
Texas Transportation Code, Sec. 545.420 – Racing on Highway Street racing in Texas is punishable by law only when done on highways or other public roads. Law does not prohibit it on private property. Penalties Back before 2003,that time when Fast & Furious still wasn’t making billions at ...
As of this spring, Charles Ackridge, the owner of a flooring company, had 1,946 unpaid tolls with the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT)…
"The general purposes of this code are to establish a system of prohibitions, penalties, and correctional measures to deal with conduct that unjustifiedly and inexcusably causes or threatens harm to those individual or public interests for which state protection is appropriate." Section 1.02, sup...
The Texas Transportation Code also allows for an additional license suspension the same length as the first. For example, if your license was suspended for six months, and you are convicted of driving during that suspension, your license will be suspended for another six months after the original...
Even as the Trump administration attempts to gut every kind of federal grant bolstering local services, from transportation to public health and beyond, Travis County is still managing to continue its long-term investments in opioid recovery services and harm reduction.… ...
HB 2048 – Texas now will not impose surcharges for individuals convicted ofDWIoffenses. However, the new law is not any better. The Texas Transportation Code now imposes fines for the criminal offense. A first offense within 36-month period carries a $3,000 fine; a second or subsequent ...
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