{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.502","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 547.502","heading":"VISIBLE WARNING DEVICES REQUIRED.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who operates, outside an urban district or on a divided highway, a truck, bus, or truck-tractor or a motor vehicle towing a house trailer shall carry in the vehicle:\n(1) at daytime:\n(A) at least two red flags at least 12 inches square; and\n(B) standards to support the flags; and\n(2) at nighttime:\n(A) at least three flares and at least three red-burning fusees;\n(B) at least three red electric lanterns; or\n(C) at least three portable red emergency reflectors.\n(b) A person who operates an explosive cargo vehicle at nighttime:\n(1) shall carry in the vehicle three red electric lanterns or three portable red emergency reflectors; and\n(2) may not carry in the vehicle a flare, fusee, or signal produced by flame.\n(c) A flare, electric lantern, or portable reflector must be visible and distinguishable at a distance of at least 600 feet at night under normal atmospheric conditions.\n(d) A portable reflector unit must be designed and constructed to reflect a red light clearly visible at all distances from 100 to 600 feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps.\n(e) A flare, fusee, electric lantern, portable reflector, or warning flag must be a type approved by the department.\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 547. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT","SUBCHAPTER J. PROVISIONS RELATING TO WARNING DEVICE REQUIREMENTS ON VEHICLES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm#547.502","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"ff19451b49d7bcc8c058775a6057b654717600be14bdce962e3e43130c513ebc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.501","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}