{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.503","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 547.503","heading":"DISPLAY OF HAZARD LAMPS.","body":"(a) The operator of a vehicle that is described by Subsection (b) and that is stopped on a roadway or shoulder shall immediately display vehicular hazard warning lamps that comply with Section 547.331, unless the vehicle:\n(1) is parked lawfully in an urban district;\n(2) is stopped lawfully to receive or discharge a passenger;\n(3) is stopped to avoid conflict with other traffic;\n(4) is stopped to comply with a direction of a police officer or an official traffic-control device; or\n(5) displays other warning devices as required by Sections 547.504-547.507.\n(b) This section applies to a truck, bus, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer at least 80 inches wide or at least 30 feet long.\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#547.503","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"12a4d7cbff42e9a83431f2d2e542e773cb16ac5d9fdf7c47d64d42e2f03048f0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.502","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}