{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.060","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 545.060","heading":"DRIVING ON ROADWAY LANED FOR TRAFFIC.","body":"(a) An operator on a roadway divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic:\n(1) shall drive as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane; and\n(2) may not move from the lane unless that movement can be made safely.\n(b) If a roadway is divided into three lanes and provides for two-way movement of traffic, an operator on the roadway may not drive in the center lane except:\n(1) if passing another vehicle and the center lane is clear of traffic within a safe distance;\n(2) in preparing to make a left turn; or\n(3) where the center lane is designated by an official traffic-control device for movement in the direction in which the operator is moving.\n(c) Without regard to the center of the roadway, an official traffic-control device may be erected directing slow-moving traffic to use a designated lane or designating lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction.\n(d) Official traffic-control devices prohibiting the changing of lanes on sections of roadway may be installed.\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#545.060","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"899b639638c53e86df4abfda856ae9ca7aff254ec07465333f4c512a96481727","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.059","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.0605"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}