Tex. Transp. Code § 547.503 · Subchapter J. PROVISIONS RELATING TO WARNING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS ON VEHICLES
DISPLAY OF HAZARD LAMPS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The operator of a vehicle that is described by Subsection (b) and that is stopped on a roadway or shoulder shall immediately display vehicular hazard warning lamps that comply with Section 547.331, unless the vehicle:
(1) is parked lawfully in an urban district;
(2) is stopped lawfully to receive or discharge a passenger;
(3) is stopped to avoid conflict with other traffic;
(4) is stopped to comply with a direction of a police officer or an official traffic-control device; or
(5) displays other warning devices as required by Sections 547.504-547.507.
(b) This section applies to a truck, bus, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer at least 80 inches wide or at least 30 feet long.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.504DISPLAY OF DEVICES WHEN LIGHTED LAMPS REQUIRED.Printed as Section 547.503(b)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.505DISPLAY OF DEVICES WHEN LIGHTED LAMPS ARE NOT REQUIRED.Printed as Section 547.503(b)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.506DISPLAY OF DEVICES: VEHICLES OFF ROADWAY.Printed as Section 547.503(b)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.507DISPLAY OF DEVICES WHEN VIEW OF VEHICLE OBSTRUCTED.Printed as Section 547.503(b)
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