Tex. Transp. Code § 622.042 · Subchapter D. VEHICLES TRANSPORTING TIMBER OR TIMBER PRODUCTS
TIME OF OPERATION; DISPLAY OF FLAG, CLOTH, OR STROBE LIGHT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A vehicle subject to this subchapter may be operated only during daytime.
(b) In this section, "daytime" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.401.
(c) A red flag or cloth not less than 12 inches square or a strobe light must be displayed at the rear of the load carried on the vehicle so that the light or the entire area of the flag or cloth is visible to the driver of a vehicle approaching from the rear.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.134(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 749, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.622.htm
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