{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.418","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 545.418","heading":"OPENING VEHICLE DOORS.","body":"A person may not:\n(1) open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic, unless the door may be opened in reasonable safety without interfering with the movement of other traffic; or\n(2) leave a door on the side of a vehicle next to moving traffic open for longer than is necessary to load or unload a passenger.\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 I. MISCELLANEOUS RULES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm#545.418","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"9b2122809e45a253493017ee2017622d8a13c55bfcc1220736a1a0d4a66e69c9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.417","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.419"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}