{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 545.056","heading":"DRIVING TO LEFT OF CENTER OF ROADWAY: LIMITATIONS OTHER THAN PASSING.","body":"(a) An operator may not drive to the left side of the roadway if the operator is:\n(1) approaching within 100 feet of an intersection or railroad grade crossing in a municipality;\n(2) approaching within 100 feet of an intersection or railroad grade crossing outside a municipality and the intersection or crossing is shown by a sign or marking in accordance with Section 545.055;\n(3) approaching within 100 feet of a bridge, viaduct, or tunnel; or\n(4) awaiting access to a ferry operated by the Texas Transportation Commission.\n(b) The limitations in Subsection (a) do not apply:\n(1) on a one-way roadway; or\n(2) to an operator turning left into or from an alley or private road or driveway.\n(c) The Texas Transportation Commission shall post signs along the approach to a ferry operated by the commission notifying operators that passing is prohibited if there is a standing line of vehicles awaiting access to the ferry.\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#545.056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"6e3b1b19aff1901423715829d688ecc07e497dfe6c27e0e333ea3b8167060a83","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}