Texas Transportation Code
* Chapter Five Assignment
This lesson is taken directly from Chapter One of the textbook and the "Texas Transportation Code," hereafter known as TC. The "Texas Transportation Code" is a section of the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook and it is online at http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol Directions: the following questions / statements require short answer or essay format responses. All responses should be submitted with the corresponding numbered question / statement. This assignment should be submitted with a heading that includes your name (as it appears on the class roster), chapter number, and date submitted. 1. In 200 to 300 words provide in your own words example of the terms ‘ negligence,” “mens rea,” …show more content…
and “strict liability” and how these terms may be applied to traffic law to traffic law. Negligence can be applied to traffic law in relation to not being responsible and causing harm or death due to negligence. Negligence can stem from not paying attention to the road and doing things to intentionally causing distractions. Mens rea can be applied to traffic law because operators are aware of the law but decides to break the law anyway. Such as disobeying the posted speed limits.
2. Provide one example of a serious traffic offense and one example of a petty traffic offense. What is the difference between serious and petty traffic offenses? Petty offenses are more of parking tickets and they usually don’t result In an arrest. Serious traffic offenses are usually fined as well as doing jail time such as reckless driving or vehicle homicide.
3. List which vehicles are subject to registration laws and which vehicles are not. Motor vehicle or motorized bicycle, trailer, semi-trailer, and pole trailer, when driven or moved upon a highway, and every mobile home or house trailer. Any vehicles that are utilized for off-road purposes don’t need a registration to include dirt bikes, snow mobiles, etc.
4. List the laws determining the purchase and display of registration plates and stickers.
Transportation Code Chapter 502 and 503.
5. List the requirements pertaining to motor vehicle insurance.
6. List the laws regulating the removal of motor vehicles.
Art. 786. [824] [484] [407] May regulate removal.- Nothing in this chapter is to be construed to prevent the commissioners court or the municipal authorities from adopting regulations relative to the removal of obstructions from public roads, streets or bridges, and to enforce the same by due process of law.
7. Explain the laws and procedures for obtaining a driver’s license.
The law is found in the Texas Administrative Code, Title 37 / 1.41 and utilizing the Texas Drivers Handbook.
8. List the laws restricting the obtaining of a driver’s license and special restrictions for certain drivers.
Sec.
521.022. RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATORS OF CERTAIN SCHOOL BUSES. (a) A person under 18 years of age may not operate a school bus for the transportation of students.(b) A person who is 18 years of age or older may not operate a school bus unless the person holds an appropriate class of driver's license for the vehicle being operated.(c) A person may not operate a school bus for the transportation of students unless the person meets the mental and physical capability requirements the department establishes by rule and has passed an examination approved by the department to determine the person's mental and physical capabilities to operate a school bus safely. A physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant may conduct the examination. An ophthalmologist, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may conduct the part of the examination relating to the person's vision. Each school bus operator must pass the examination annually.(d) A person may not operate a school bus for the transportation of students unless the person's driving record is acceptable according to minimum standards adopted by the department. A check of the person's driving record shall be made with the department …show more content…
annually
9. What are the special requirements for obtaining and/or losing a permit to drive a school bus.
School bus drivers are required to hold commercial driver's licenses (CDLs). Obtaining these endorsements entails passage of driving tests and written exams.
10. Define the laws governing fictitious or altered drivers’- licenses.
11. Explain how people lose their driving privileges through revocation or suspension.
Suspension for Medical Reasons, Criminal Mischief, Fraudulent records, and Sex Offenders.
* Chapter Five Definitions
Define the following key terms: 1. Authorized emergency vehicle: a public or private ambulance operated by a person who has been issued a license.
2. Civil liability: potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-enforcement in a lawsuit, as distinguished from criminal liability, which means open to punishment for a crime.
3. Crosswalk: A path marked off on a street to indicate where pedestrians should cross.
4. Drive: Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
5. Expressway: the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane dividers, etc., for high-speed traffic.
6. Fictitious/altered license or permit
7. Fraudulent license: the use of another person’s identity, the submission of counterfeit identity documents, and all other activities intended to obtain a driver's license or identification card by a person or for a person who is not eligible for issuance of such a document.
8. Freeway: a divided major roadway with full control of access and with no crossings at grade.
9. Gross vehicular weight rating (GVWR): the maximum weight value of a vehicle as specified by the manufacturer.
10. HazMat: Hazardous materials and items.
11. Highway: any road open and dedicated to the public for use.
12. Intersection: a road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade.
13. Laned roadway: whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic.
14. Motor vehicle: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trolleys. POV.
15. Motor vehicle insurance: a contract by which the insurer assumes the risk of any loss the owner or operator of a car may incur through damage to property or persons as the result of an accident.
16. Motorcycle: a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle.
17. Motorized pedal cycles: a bicycle with an attached motor and transmission used either to power the vehicle unassisted, or to assist with pedaling.
18. Negligence: a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances.
19. Operate: Control the functioning of a machine, process, or system. In this case a motor vehicle.
20. Owner: a person or party who possesses or has an item belonging to oneself or itself.
21. Passenger car: a road motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons (including the driver).
22. Peace officer: any public-sector employee or agent whose duties involve the enforcement of laws.
23. Pedestrian: a person who goes or travels on foot as in walking.
24. Petty offense: A minor crime, the maximum punishment for which is generally a fine or a short term in a prison or a house of correction.
25. Right-of-way: a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle to proceed ahead of another.
26. Roadway: part of a road intended for vehicles, in contrast to the sidewalk or median.
27. Serious traffic violation
28. Shoulder: a reserved area by the verge of a road or motorway, generally it is kept clear of motor vehicle traffic.
29. Sidewalk: a path along the side of a road that may accommodate moderate changes in grade and is normally separated from the vehicular section by a curb.
30. Stop: to hinder or prevent the passage of one or a thing.
31. Traffic control signal: a visual warning signal used to control the flow of traffic at intersections.
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Part 2: Traffic Code Assignment •&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ; Please note that you have been provided a copy of the "Texas Transportation Code" in the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook.
This is for the purposes of illustration only. As with any such code, it changes constantly. Additionally, if you do become employed as a police officer, it may not be in Texas, and so, of course the traffic laws will vary. Go to the U.S. Department of Transportation website at http://www.dot.gov/ for general information and for links to state transportation departments. The "Texas Transportation Code," hereafter known as TC. The "Texas Transportation Code" is a section of the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook and it is online at http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol For our assignments concerning Texas traffic and penal laws you will rely on the Traffic Code, Penal Code. Look up the following items for review and be prepared to test on these items on your next exam. For this assignment List the page number, chapter number, and define the term / law. If you develop questions about items on this list please ask me. 1. Name the test(s) required for a moped license in
Texas?
2. Who may be exempt from driver’s license requirements in Texas?
3. List the restrictions that might appear on a Texas driver’s license.
4. In Chapter 541.001 “engine displacement of motor driven cycle- formally 125cc has been changed to __?
Chapter Six Assignment
This lesson is taken directly from Chapter One of the textbook and the "Texas Transportation Code," hereafter known as TC. The "Texas Transportation Code" is a section of the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook and it is online at http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol Directions: the following questions / statements require short answer or essay format responses. All responses should be submitted with the corresponding numbered question / statement. This assignment should be submitted with a heading that includes your name (as it appears on the class roster), chapter number, and date submitted.
1. What is the difference between attempting to flee and/or elude a police officer and failing to stop for an emergency vehicle? Explain your response in 200 words or less.
2. When may authorized emergency vehicle violate elements of the traffic law?
3. List instances when traffic laws may be applied to people using animals for transportation.
4. Describe how local governments may regulate traffic laws.
5. What are the various legal requirements regarding obedience to traffic signs and signals?
6. List the legal requirements for motorists involved in crashes.
7. Compare and contrast 200 words or less the various elements and differences between general speed restrictions and statutory speed restrictions.
8. Describe in specific detail the differences between speeding, aggravated speeding, reckless driving, and drag or street racing.
9. What are the speeding and yielding requirements for driving through construction or maintenance zones?
10. Describe the main requirements for driving on the roadway relative to lane usage, one-way traffic, multilane roadways, and access-controlled roadways.
11. What are the legal requirements for passing and overtaking other vehicles and under what conditions passing and overtaking is restricted?
12. What driving behavior constitutes following too closely and what the accepted guidelines are for determining when a vehicle is following too closely?
13. List the correct procedures and requirements for making lawful and proper turns and the proper signaling requirements for turning, stopping, and starting.
14. Explain in detail the legal requirements concerning yielding the right-of-way to other vehicles and/or pedestrians at intersections; yielding when turning; yielding when entering streets or highways; and yielding when encountering emergency vehicles or school buses.
15. What are the rights and duties of pedestrians at crosswalks, traffic signals, railroad grade crossings, and when walking on a roadway?
16. List the common legal requirements regarding the equipment of motor vehicles including lights, brakes, mirrors, windshields and windows, horns and warning devices, as well as safety belts and child restraints.
Define the following key terms: Chapter Six Definitions
Define the following key terms: 1. 3 second rule: a simple way to double-check that you are driving at a safe following distance. Count to three in one-thousands.
2. Backing vehicle: when a vehicle is moving backwards or reversing.
3. Brakes: a mechanical device which inhibits motion and its opposite component is a clutch.
4. Construction/maintenance zones
5. Drag (street) racing: a form of unsanctioned and illegal motor racing which takes place on public roads.
6. Drawing
7. Equipment violations: a violation of a statute, ordinance or rule relating to traffic movement and control that involves equipment, vehicles or their drivers or owners or pedestrians, and miscellaneous offenses not categorized as moving or parking violations.
8. Failing to stop: when an accident involving a vehicle has occurred and the owner of the vehicle fails to stop at the scene, and when he or she is required to do so, does not exchange or provide their details.
9. Failure to yield right-of-way:
10. Flashing signals
11. Fleeing / eluding: when a police officer gives you a visual or audible signal to stop, whether by hand, voice, emergency light or siren, and you don't obey.
12. Following too closely: situations in which one vehicle is following another vehicle so closely that even if the following driver is attentive to the actions of the vehicle ahead he/she could not avoid a collision in the circumstance when the driver in front brakes suddenly.
13. Horn / warning devices: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise.
14. Improper starting: failure to signal, failure to yield to others, proceeding in improper direction, driving on a prohibited way (sidewalk), and excessive noise (squeeling tires), many of which may be separate violations.
15. Improper turn: making an illegal right of left turn at a traffic light, usually applied when a driver fails to make an appropriate turn at a traffic signal or intersection.
16. Lamp:
17. Lane usage:
18. Leaving the scene of an accident (crash): when being the operator or driver of a vehicle on the highway or on any publicly or privately owned parking lot or parking facility generally open for use by the public and knowing that an injury has been caused to a person or damage has been caused to property, due to his culpability or to accident, he leaves the place of the injury, damage or accident without stopping and giving his information.
19. Mirrors: reflective glass utilized to help prevent accidents, injury and increase safety throughout the vehicle when driving.
20. Minimum speed regulations: A person may not drive a motor vehicle at a speed slow enough to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
21. Overtaking / passing: the act of one vehicle going past another slower moving vehicle, travelling in the same direction, on a road.
22. Pedestrians rights / duties: a pedestrian has the right to travel anywhere upon the public roads and highways. Most restrictions will be placed on the conduct of a pedestrian in crossing, walking along, or using public ways.
23. Prima facie: at first sight, before closer inspection.
24. Private property: the ownership, control, employment, ability to dispose of, and bequeath land, capital, and other forms of property by persons and privately-owned firms.
25. Railroad crossing: where a railway line is intersected by a road or path on one level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel.
26. Reckless driving: when a person drives a vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.
27. Reckless homicide: the act of killing another person by a reckless act using a motor vehicle. Most reckless homicides occur from DUI’s.
28. Rotary traffic islands: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
29. School bus: overtaking /passing: The driver of a vehicle upon a highway, upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children, shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus, and the driver shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion or is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
30. School zones: an area on a street near a school or near a crosswalk leading to a school that has a likely presence of younger pedestrians.
31. Seat safety belts: a safety harness designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result from a collision or a sudden stop.
32. Signaling turning: a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn.
33. Speed restrictions: No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and without having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing.
34. Statutory speed restrictions: Most speed limits are set by the legislatures of states and territories as law statutes. States generally allow a statewide transportation agency and lesser authorities to change speed limits.
35. U-turn: performing a 180 degree rotation to reverse the direction of travel and it’s called a "U-turn" because the maneuver looks like the letter U.
36. Windshield / windows: a type of treated glass, which consists of two (typically) curved sheets of glass with a plastic layer laminated between them for safety, and are bonded into the window frame.
Part 2: Traffic Code Assignment
•&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ; Please note that you have been provided a copy of the "Texas Transportation Code" in the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook. This is for the purposes of illustration only. As with any such code, it changes constantly. Additionally, if you do become employed as a police officer, it may not be in Texas, and so, of course the traffic laws will vary. Go to the U.S. Department of Transportation website at http://www.dot.gov/ for general information and for links to state transportation departments. The "Texas Transportation Code," hereafter known as TC. The "Texas Transportation Code" is a section of the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook and it is online at http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol For our assignments concerning Texas traffic and penal laws you will rely on the Traffic Code, Penal Code. Look up the following items for review and be prepared to test on these items on your next exam. For this assignment List the page number, chapter number, and define the term / law. If you develop questions about items on this list please ask me. 1. Define “driver.”
2. The penalty for first offense of not carrying and exhibiting a driver’s license on demand to a Texas peace officer is _____?
3. Traffic control devices are used to ____ traffic.
4. A new Texas resident who holds a driver’s license from another state has ____ days to obtain a Texas driver’s license.
This lesson is taken directly from Chapter One of the textbook and the "Texas Transportation Code," hereafter known as TC. The "Texas Transportation Code" is a section of the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook and it is online at http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol Directions: the following questions / statements require short answer or essay format responses. All responses should be submitted with the corresponding numbered question / statement. This assignment should be submitted with a heading that includes your name (as it appears on the class roster), chapter number, and date submitted. 1. In 200 to 300 words provide in your own words example of the terms ‘ negligence,” “mens rea,” …show more content…
and “strict liability” and how these terms may be applied to traffic law to traffic law. Negligence can be applied to traffic law in relation to not being responsible and causing harm or death due to negligence. Negligence can stem from not paying attention to the road and doing things to intentionally causing distractions. Mens rea can be applied to traffic law because operators are aware of the law but decides to break the law anyway. Such as disobeying the posted speed limits.
2. Provide one example of a serious traffic offense and one example of a petty traffic offense. What is the difference between serious and petty traffic offenses? Petty offenses are more of parking tickets and they usually don’t result In an arrest. Serious traffic offenses are usually fined as well as doing jail time such as reckless driving or vehicle homicide.
3. List which vehicles are subject to registration laws and which vehicles are not. Motor vehicle or motorized bicycle, trailer, semi-trailer, and pole trailer, when driven or moved upon a highway, and every mobile home or house trailer. Any vehicles that are utilized for off-road purposes don’t need a registration to include dirt bikes, snow mobiles, etc.
4. List the laws determining the purchase and display of registration plates and stickers.
Transportation Code Chapter 502 and 503.
5. List the requirements pertaining to motor vehicle insurance.
6. List the laws regulating the removal of motor vehicles.
Art. 786. [824] [484] [407] May regulate removal.- Nothing in this chapter is to be construed to prevent the commissioners court or the municipal authorities from adopting regulations relative to the removal of obstructions from public roads, streets or bridges, and to enforce the same by due process of law.
7. Explain the laws and procedures for obtaining a driver’s license.
The law is found in the Texas Administrative Code, Title 37 / 1.41 and utilizing the Texas Drivers Handbook.
8. List the laws restricting the obtaining of a driver’s license and special restrictions for certain drivers.
Sec.
521.022. RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATORS OF CERTAIN SCHOOL BUSES. (a) A person under 18 years of age may not operate a school bus for the transportation of students.(b) A person who is 18 years of age or older may not operate a school bus unless the person holds an appropriate class of driver's license for the vehicle being operated.(c) A person may not operate a school bus for the transportation of students unless the person meets the mental and physical capability requirements the department establishes by rule and has passed an examination approved by the department to determine the person's mental and physical capabilities to operate a school bus safely. A physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant may conduct the examination. An ophthalmologist, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may conduct the part of the examination relating to the person's vision. Each school bus operator must pass the examination annually.(d) A person may not operate a school bus for the transportation of students unless the person's driving record is acceptable according to minimum standards adopted by the department. A check of the person's driving record shall be made with the department …show more content…
annually
9. What are the special requirements for obtaining and/or losing a permit to drive a school bus.
School bus drivers are required to hold commercial driver's licenses (CDLs). Obtaining these endorsements entails passage of driving tests and written exams.
10. Define the laws governing fictitious or altered drivers’- licenses.
11. Explain how people lose their driving privileges through revocation or suspension.
Suspension for Medical Reasons, Criminal Mischief, Fraudulent records, and Sex Offenders.
* Chapter Five Definitions
Define the following key terms: 1. Authorized emergency vehicle: a public or private ambulance operated by a person who has been issued a license.
2. Civil liability: potential responsibility for payment of damages or other court-enforcement in a lawsuit, as distinguished from criminal liability, which means open to punishment for a crime.
3. Crosswalk: A path marked off on a street to indicate where pedestrians should cross.
4. Drive: Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
5. Expressway: the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane dividers, etc., for high-speed traffic.
6. Fictitious/altered license or permit
7. Fraudulent license: the use of another person’s identity, the submission of counterfeit identity documents, and all other activities intended to obtain a driver's license or identification card by a person or for a person who is not eligible for issuance of such a document.
8. Freeway: a divided major roadway with full control of access and with no crossings at grade.
9. Gross vehicular weight rating (GVWR): the maximum weight value of a vehicle as specified by the manufacturer.
10. HazMat: Hazardous materials and items.
11. Highway: any road open and dedicated to the public for use.
12. Intersection: a road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade.
13. Laned roadway: whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic.
14. Motor vehicle: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trolleys. POV.
15. Motor vehicle insurance: a contract by which the insurer assumes the risk of any loss the owner or operator of a car may incur through damage to property or persons as the result of an accident.
16. Motorcycle: a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle.
17. Motorized pedal cycles: a bicycle with an attached motor and transmission used either to power the vehicle unassisted, or to assist with pedaling.
18. Negligence: a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances.
19. Operate: Control the functioning of a machine, process, or system. In this case a motor vehicle.
20. Owner: a person or party who possesses or has an item belonging to oneself or itself.
21. Passenger car: a road motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons (including the driver).
22. Peace officer: any public-sector employee or agent whose duties involve the enforcement of laws.
23. Pedestrian: a person who goes or travels on foot as in walking.
24. Petty offense: A minor crime, the maximum punishment for which is generally a fine or a short term in a prison or a house of correction.
25. Right-of-way: a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle to proceed ahead of another.
26. Roadway: part of a road intended for vehicles, in contrast to the sidewalk or median.
27. Serious traffic violation
28. Shoulder: a reserved area by the verge of a road or motorway, generally it is kept clear of motor vehicle traffic.
29. Sidewalk: a path along the side of a road that may accommodate moderate changes in grade and is normally separated from the vehicular section by a curb.
30. Stop: to hinder or prevent the passage of one or a thing.
31. Traffic control signal: a visual warning signal used to control the flow of traffic at intersections.
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Part 2: Traffic Code Assignment •&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ; Please note that you have been provided a copy of the "Texas Transportation Code" in the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook.
This is for the purposes of illustration only. As with any such code, it changes constantly. Additionally, if you do become employed as a police officer, it may not be in Texas, and so, of course the traffic laws will vary. Go to the U.S. Department of Transportation website at http://www.dot.gov/ for general information and for links to state transportation departments. The "Texas Transportation Code," hereafter known as TC. The "Texas Transportation Code" is a section of the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook and it is online at http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol For our assignments concerning Texas traffic and penal laws you will rely on the Traffic Code, Penal Code. Look up the following items for review and be prepared to test on these items on your next exam. For this assignment List the page number, chapter number, and define the term / law. If you develop questions about items on this list please ask me. 1. Name the test(s) required for a moped license in
Texas?
2. Who may be exempt from driver’s license requirements in Texas?
3. List the restrictions that might appear on a Texas driver’s license.
4. In Chapter 541.001 “engine displacement of motor driven cycle- formally 125cc has been changed to __?
Chapter Six Assignment
This lesson is taken directly from Chapter One of the textbook and the "Texas Transportation Code," hereafter known as TC. The "Texas Transportation Code" is a section of the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook and it is online at http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol Directions: the following questions / statements require short answer or essay format responses. All responses should be submitted with the corresponding numbered question / statement. This assignment should be submitted with a heading that includes your name (as it appears on the class roster), chapter number, and date submitted.
1. What is the difference between attempting to flee and/or elude a police officer and failing to stop for an emergency vehicle? Explain your response in 200 words or less.
2. When may authorized emergency vehicle violate elements of the traffic law?
3. List instances when traffic laws may be applied to people using animals for transportation.
4. Describe how local governments may regulate traffic laws.
5. What are the various legal requirements regarding obedience to traffic signs and signals?
6. List the legal requirements for motorists involved in crashes.
7. Compare and contrast 200 words or less the various elements and differences between general speed restrictions and statutory speed restrictions.
8. Describe in specific detail the differences between speeding, aggravated speeding, reckless driving, and drag or street racing.
9. What are the speeding and yielding requirements for driving through construction or maintenance zones?
10. Describe the main requirements for driving on the roadway relative to lane usage, one-way traffic, multilane roadways, and access-controlled roadways.
11. What are the legal requirements for passing and overtaking other vehicles and under what conditions passing and overtaking is restricted?
12. What driving behavior constitutes following too closely and what the accepted guidelines are for determining when a vehicle is following too closely?
13. List the correct procedures and requirements for making lawful and proper turns and the proper signaling requirements for turning, stopping, and starting.
14. Explain in detail the legal requirements concerning yielding the right-of-way to other vehicles and/or pedestrians at intersections; yielding when turning; yielding when entering streets or highways; and yielding when encountering emergency vehicles or school buses.
15. What are the rights and duties of pedestrians at crosswalks, traffic signals, railroad grade crossings, and when walking on a roadway?
16. List the common legal requirements regarding the equipment of motor vehicles including lights, brakes, mirrors, windshields and windows, horns and warning devices, as well as safety belts and child restraints.
Define the following key terms: Chapter Six Definitions
Define the following key terms: 1. 3 second rule: a simple way to double-check that you are driving at a safe following distance. Count to three in one-thousands.
2. Backing vehicle: when a vehicle is moving backwards or reversing.
3. Brakes: a mechanical device which inhibits motion and its opposite component is a clutch.
4. Construction/maintenance zones
5. Drag (street) racing: a form of unsanctioned and illegal motor racing which takes place on public roads.
6. Drawing
7. Equipment violations: a violation of a statute, ordinance or rule relating to traffic movement and control that involves equipment, vehicles or their drivers or owners or pedestrians, and miscellaneous offenses not categorized as moving or parking violations.
8. Failing to stop: when an accident involving a vehicle has occurred and the owner of the vehicle fails to stop at the scene, and when he or she is required to do so, does not exchange or provide their details.
9. Failure to yield right-of-way:
10. Flashing signals
11. Fleeing / eluding: when a police officer gives you a visual or audible signal to stop, whether by hand, voice, emergency light or siren, and you don't obey.
12. Following too closely: situations in which one vehicle is following another vehicle so closely that even if the following driver is attentive to the actions of the vehicle ahead he/she could not avoid a collision in the circumstance when the driver in front brakes suddenly.
13. Horn / warning devices: a device on an automobile for making a warning noise.
14. Improper starting: failure to signal, failure to yield to others, proceeding in improper direction, driving on a prohibited way (sidewalk), and excessive noise (squeeling tires), many of which may be separate violations.
15. Improper turn: making an illegal right of left turn at a traffic light, usually applied when a driver fails to make an appropriate turn at a traffic signal or intersection.
16. Lamp:
17. Lane usage:
18. Leaving the scene of an accident (crash): when being the operator or driver of a vehicle on the highway or on any publicly or privately owned parking lot or parking facility generally open for use by the public and knowing that an injury has been caused to a person or damage has been caused to property, due to his culpability or to accident, he leaves the place of the injury, damage or accident without stopping and giving his information.
19. Mirrors: reflective glass utilized to help prevent accidents, injury and increase safety throughout the vehicle when driving.
20. Minimum speed regulations: A person may not drive a motor vehicle at a speed slow enough to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
21. Overtaking / passing: the act of one vehicle going past another slower moving vehicle, travelling in the same direction, on a road.
22. Pedestrians rights / duties: a pedestrian has the right to travel anywhere upon the public roads and highways. Most restrictions will be placed on the conduct of a pedestrian in crossing, walking along, or using public ways.
23. Prima facie: at first sight, before closer inspection.
24. Private property: the ownership, control, employment, ability to dispose of, and bequeath land, capital, and other forms of property by persons and privately-owned firms.
25. Railroad crossing: where a railway line is intersected by a road or path on one level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel.
26. Reckless driving: when a person drives a vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.
27. Reckless homicide: the act of killing another person by a reckless act using a motor vehicle. Most reckless homicides occur from DUI’s.
28. Rotary traffic islands: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
29. School bus: overtaking /passing: The driver of a vehicle upon a highway, upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped on the highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school children, shall stop the vehicle before reaching such school bus, and the driver shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion or is signaled by the school bus driver to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
30. School zones: an area on a street near a school or near a crosswalk leading to a school that has a likely presence of younger pedestrians.
31. Seat safety belts: a safety harness designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result from a collision or a sudden stop.
32. Signaling turning: a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn.
33. Speed restrictions: No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and without having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing.
34. Statutory speed restrictions: Most speed limits are set by the legislatures of states and territories as law statutes. States generally allow a statewide transportation agency and lesser authorities to change speed limits.
35. U-turn: performing a 180 degree rotation to reverse the direction of travel and it’s called a "U-turn" because the maneuver looks like the letter U.
36. Windshield / windows: a type of treated glass, which consists of two (typically) curved sheets of glass with a plastic layer laminated between them for safety, and are bonded into the window frame.
Part 2: Traffic Code Assignment
•&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ;&νβσπ; Please note that you have been provided a copy of the "Texas Transportation Code" in the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook. This is for the purposes of illustration only. As with any such code, it changes constantly. Additionally, if you do become employed as a police officer, it may not be in Texas, and so, of course the traffic laws will vary. Go to the U.S. Department of Transportation website at http://www.dot.gov/ for general information and for links to state transportation departments. The "Texas Transportation Code," hereafter known as TC. The "Texas Transportation Code" is a section of the Texas Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook and it is online at http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol For our assignments concerning Texas traffic and penal laws you will rely on the Traffic Code, Penal Code. Look up the following items for review and be prepared to test on these items on your next exam. For this assignment List the page number, chapter number, and define the term / law. If you develop questions about items on this list please ask me. 1. Define “driver.”
2. The penalty for first offense of not carrying and exhibiting a driver’s license on demand to a Texas peace officer is _____?
3. Traffic control devices are used to ____ traffic.
4. A new Texas resident who holds a driver’s license from another state has ____ days to obtain a Texas driver’s license.