{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 545.054","heading":"PASSING TO THE LEFT: SAFE DISTANCE.","body":"(a) An operator may not drive on the left side of the center of the roadway in passing another vehicle unless:\n(1) driving on the left side of the center of the roadway is authorized by this subtitle; and\n(2) the left side is clearly visible and free of approaching traffic for a distance sufficient to permit passing without interfering with the operation of the passed vehicle or a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction.\n(b) An operator passing another vehicle shall return to an authorized lane of travel:\n(1) before coming within 200 feet of an approaching vehicle, if a lane authorized for vehicles approaching from the opposite direction is used in passing; or otherwise\n(2) as soon as practicable.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm#545.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"708e1af8055e56113c00f729fb9897e365feacd2e00c672e0e2c8c402b4820a5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}