Tex. Transp. Code § 545.053 · Subchapter B. DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY AND PASSING
PASSING TO THE LEFT; RETURN; BEING PASSED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An operator passing another vehicle:
(1) shall pass to the left of the other vehicle at a safe distance; and
(2) may not move back to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the passed vehicle.
(b) An operator being passed by another vehicle:
(1) shall, on audible signal, move or remain to the right in favor of the passing vehicle; and
(2) may not accelerate until completely passed by the passing vehicle.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply when passing to the right is permitted.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 22cd318da9c66a503fb193c2b93ee6e4688f9117da856a2d61cebbe7e1bba201
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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