Tex. Transp. Code § 545.417 · Subchapter I. MISCELLANEOUS RULES
OBSTRUCTION OF OPERATOR'S VIEW OR DRIVING MECHANISM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An operator may not drive a vehicle when it is loaded so that, or when the front seat has a number of persons, exceeding three, so that:
(1) the view of the operator to the front or sides of the vehicle is obstructed; or
(2) there is interference with the operator's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(b) A passenger in a vehicle may not ride in a position that interferes with the operator's view to the front or sides or control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
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
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- 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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