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Texas Transportation Code - Section 545.055. Passing To The Left: Passing Zones

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§ 545.055. PASSING TO THE LEFT:  PASSING ZONES.  (a) An 
operator shall obey the directions of a sign or marking in 
Subsection (c) or (d) if the sign or marking is in place and clearly 
visible to an ordinarily observant person.
	(b)  An operator may not drive on the left side of the roadway 
in a no-passing zone or on the left side of any pavement striping 
designed to mark a no-passing zone.  This subsection does not 
prohibit a driver from crossing pavement striping, or the center 
line in a no-passing zone marked by signs only, to make a left turn 
into or out of an alley or private road or driveway.
	(c)  The Texas Transportation Commission, on a state highway 
under the jurisdiction of the commission, may:
		(1)  determine those portions of the highway where 
passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially 
hazardous;  and
		(2)  show the beginning and end of each no-passing zone 
by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway.
	(d)  A local authority, on a highway under the jurisdiction 
of the local authority, may:
		(1)  determine those portions of the highway where 
passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially 
hazardous;  and
		(2)  show the beginning and end of each no-passing zone 
by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.                    

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