- (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, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.