Texas Transportation Code

§ 545.418 — OPENING VEHICLE DOORS

TN § 545.418Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES · Art. I. MISCELLANEOUS RULES

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A person may not:

(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

(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.

Legislative history

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