Bill Text: TX SB442 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on certain highways during periods of traffic congestion.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Referred to Transportation [SB442 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB442-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 442 | |
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| relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on certain | ||
| highways during periods of traffic congestion. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 545.060, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) An operator on a roadway divided into two or more | ||
| clearly marked lanes for traffic: | ||
| (1) shall drive as nearly as practical entirely within | ||
| a single lane, except as provided by Subsection (e); and | ||
| (2) may not move from the lane unless that movement can | ||
| be made safely. | ||
| (e) The operator of a motorcycle operating on a | ||
| limited-access or controlled-access highway may operate the | ||
| motorcycle for a safe distance between lanes of traffic moving in | ||
| the same direction during periods of traffic congestion if the | ||
| operator operates the motorcycle: | ||
| (1) at a speed not more than five miles per hour | ||
| greater than the speed of the other traffic; and | ||
| (2) in traffic that is moving at a speed of 20 miles | ||
| per hour or less. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
