Tex. Transportation Code § 545.0605: OPERATION OF MOTORCYCLES ON ROADWAY LANED FOR TRAFFIC.
Where this section sits in the code
- TRANSPORTATION CODE
- TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
- SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD
- CHAPTER 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES
- SUBCHAPTER B. DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY AND PASSING
(a) The operator of a motorcycle:
(1) is entitled to full use of a lane and, except as otherwise provided by Subdivision (2), a motor vehicle may not be driven in a manner that deprives a motorcycle of the full use of a lane;
(2) may operate the motorcycle two abreast in a single lane with another motorcycle; and
(3) may not;
(A) operate the motorcycle more than two abreast in a single lane with other motorcycles;
(B) operate the motorcycle between lanes of traffic moving in the same direction; or
(C) pass a motor vehicle while in the same lane as the vehicle being passed.
(b) Subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a police officer in the performance of the officer's official duties.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (H.B. 4122), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
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