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Texas Transportation Code for
Speeding
§ 545.351. MAXIMUM
SPEED REQUIREMENT.
(a) An operator may not drive
at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then
existing.
(b) An operator:
(1) may not drive a vehicle
at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and
having regard for actual and potential hazards then existing; and
(2) shall control the speed of the vehicle as necessary to avoid colliding
with another person or vehicle that is on or entering the highway in
compliance with law and the duty of each person to use due care.
(c) An operator shall,
consistent with Subsections (a) and (b), drive at an appropriate reduced speed
if:
(1) the operator is
approaching and crossing an intersection or railroad grade crossing; (2) the
operator is approaching and going around a curve;
(3) the operator is approaching a hill crest;
(4) the operator is traveling on a narrow or winding roadway; and
(5) a special hazard exists with regard to traffic, including pedestrians,
or weather or highway conditions.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165,
§ 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 30.109,
eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
§ 545.352. PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMITS.
(a) A speed in excess of the
limits established by Subsection (b) or under another provision of this
subchapter is prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable and
prudent and that the speed is unlawful.
Text of subsec.
(b) as amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 663, § 2 and Acts 1999, 76th
Leg., ch. 739, § 1
(b) Unless a special hazard exists that requires a slower speed for compliance
with Section 545.351
(b), the following speeds are lawful:
(1) 30 miles per hour in an
urban district on a street other than an alley and 15 miles per hour in an
alley;
(2) 70 miles per hour in daytime and 65 miles per hour in nighttime if the
vehicle is a passenger car, motorcycle, passenger car or light truck towing
a trailer bearing a vessel, as defined by Section 31.003, Parks and Wildlife
Code, that is less than 26 feet in length, passenger car or light truck
towing a trailer or semitrailer used primarily to transport a motorcycle, or
passenger car or light truck towing a trailer or semitrailer designed and
used primarily to transport dogs or livestock, on a highway numbered by this
state or the United States outside an urban district, including a
farm-to-market or ranch-to-market road;
(3) 60 miles per hour in daytime and 55 miles per hour in nighttime if the
vehicle is a passenger car or motorcycle on a highway that is outside an
urban district and not a highway numbered by this state or the United
States;
(4) 60 miles per hour outside an urban district if a speed limit for the
vehicle is not otherwise specified by this section; or
(5) outside an urban district: (A) 60 miles per hour if the vehicle is a
school bus that has passed a commercial motor vehicle inspection under
Section 548.201 and is on a highway numbered by the United States or this
state, including a farm-to-market road;
(B) 50 miles per hour if the
vehicle is a school bus that: (i) has not passed a commercial motor vehicle
inspection under Section 548.201; or (ii) is traveling on a highway not
numbered by the United States or this state; or (C) 60 miles per hour in
daytime and 55 miles per hour in nighttime if the vehicle is a truck, other
than a light truck, or if the vehicle is a truck tractor, trailer, or
semitrailer, or a vehicle towing a trailer other than a trailer described by
Subdivision (2), semitrailer, another motor vehicle or towable recreational
vehicle
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