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(A) A driver may operate a vehicle on an improved shoulder to the right of the main travelled portion of the roadway as long as necessary and when the operation may be done in safety only under the following circumstances:
(1) To stop, stand or park;
(2) To accelerate prior to entering the main travelled lane of traffic;
(3) To decelerate prior to making a right turn;
(4) To overtake and pass another vehicle that is slowing or stopped on the main travelled portion of the highway, disabled or preparing to make a left turn;
(5) To allow other vehicles to pass that are traveling at a greater speed;
(6) When permitted or required by an official traffic control device; or
(7) At any time to avoid a collision.
(B) A driver may operate a vehicle on the improved shoulder to the left of the main traveled portion of a divided or controlled-access highway when the operation may be done in safety only under the following conditions:
(1) To slow or stop when the vehicle is disabled and traffic or other circumstances prohibit the safe movement of the vehicle to the shoulder to the right of the main traveled portion of the roadway;
(2) When permitted or required by an official traffic control device; or
(3) To avoid a collision.
(C) The provisions of this section limiting the operation of vehicles on improved shoulders shall not apply to:
(1) Authorized emergency vehicles responding to calls;
(2) Police patrols;
(3) Vehicles and equipment actually engaged in work upon a highway but shall not apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such word; or
(4) Bicycles.
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat., Art. 6701d, § 54A
(A) When any other traffic may be affected by such movement, no person shall turn any vehicle without giving a signal of his intention to turn right or left. Such signal shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.
(B) No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear, when there is opportunity to give such signal.
(C) A stop or turn signal required by this section shall be given by means of the hand and arm or by a signal lamp or mechanical signal device of a type approved by the state department of public safety; provided however, that when the body of a vehicle or the body and load of a vehicle projects 24 inches or more to the left of the center of the steering wheel, or under any condition when a hand and arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear of the vehicle, the vehicle must be equipped with and the signals must be given by such turn-indicating lamp or device.
('68 Code, § 27-33) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat., Art. 6701d, §§ 68 and 69
All signals required by § 71.07, when given by hand and arm, shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner and such signals shall indicate as follows:
(A) Left turn. Hand and arm extended horizontally.
(B) Right turn. Hand and arm extended upward, except that a bicycle operator may signal from the right side of the vehicle with hand and arm extended horizontally.
(C) Stop or decrease speed. Hand and arm extended downward.
('68 Code, § 27-34) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat., Art. 6701d, § 70
(A) The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different street or highway. When two vehicles enter an intersection which is not controlled by a traffic sign or device from different streets at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.
(B) When two vehicles approach one another on the same street going in opposite directions and the driver of one of the vehicles desires to turn off such street, the vehicle which continues on the street in the original direction has the right-of-way over the turning vehicle. In the event both drivers desire to turn off, then the vehicle turning to the right has the right-of-way over the vehicle turning to the left.
('68 Code, § 27-35) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat., Art. 6701d, §§ 71 and 72
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