Tex. Transp. Code § 547.302 · Subchapter D. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS
DUTY TO DISPLAY LIGHTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A vehicle shall display each lighted lamp and illuminating device required by this chapter to be on the vehicle:
(1) at nighttime; and
(2) when light is insufficient or atmospheric conditions are unfavorable so that a person or vehicle on the highway is not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead.
(b) A signaling device, including a stoplamp or a turn signal lamp, shall be lighted as prescribed by this chapter.
(c) At least one lighted lamp shall be displayed on each side of the front of a motor vehicle.
(d) Not more than four of the following may be lighted at one time on the front of a motor vehicle:
(1) a headlamp required by this chapter; or
(2) a lamp, including an auxiliary lamp or spotlamp, that projects a beam with an intensity brighter than 300 candlepower.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm
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Cited by 8 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Transp. Code § 547.302. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 545.361SPECIAL SPEED LIMITATIONS.Printed as Section 547.302(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.304APPLICABILITY.Printed as Section 547.302(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.326MINIMUM LIGHTING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED.Printed as Section 547.302(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.335ALTERNATIVE ROAD LIGHTING EQUIPMENT PERMITTED.Printed as Section 547.302(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.371GENERAL LIGHTING EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Section 547.302(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.372LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS FOR COMBINATION VEHICLES.Printed as Section 547.302(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.382LIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON PROJECTING LOADS.Printed as Section 547.302(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.383LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS ON PARKED VEHICLES.Printed as Section 547.302(a)
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