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Traffic Laws and Enforcement Flashcards

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  1. Texas Transportation Code defines 'reckless driving' as driving with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of:

    Answer: Persons or property

    Reckless driving in Texas is defined as operating a vehicle with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.

  2. Under Texas law, when must a vehicle's headlights be illuminated?

    Answer: From 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise and when wipers are in use

    Texas requires headlights from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise and any time windshield wipers are in use due to weather.

  3. A driver in Texas is convicted of a second DWI within five years of the first. The mandatory minimum jail sentence is:

    Answer: 30 days

    A second DWI conviction in Texas carries a mandatory minimum of 30 days in jail.

  4. Texas law requires drivers to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk when the pedestrian is:

    Answer: In the driver's half of the roadway or approaching and close enough to be in danger

    Drivers must yield when a pedestrian is in their half of the roadway or close enough to be endangered if the vehicle proceeds.

  5. Under the Move Over law in Texas, what must a driver do when approaching a tow truck stopped on a highway with amber lights flashing?

    Answer: Move to a non-adjacent lane or slow to 20 mph below the posted speed limit

    Texas Move Over law requires drivers to change to a non-adjacent lane or, if unsafe, reduce speed to 20 mph below the posted limit.

  6. A vehicle's operator in Texas is required to carry proof of financial responsibility. The minimum liability coverage for bodily injury per person is:

    Answer: $15,000

    Texas minimum liability insurance is 30/60/25 — $30,000 per person is incorrect; $30,000 per occurrence / $15,000 per person is the correct per-person figure under 30/60/25 split.

  7. Under Texas law, a person commits the offense of evading arrest in a motor vehicle if they intentionally flee from a peace officer who is:

    Answer: Lawfully attempting to arrest or detain them

    Evading arrest in a vehicle occurs when a person intentionally flees from a peace officer who is lawfully attempting to arrest or detain them.