Tex. Transp. Code Section 547.302
Duty to Display Lights

A vehicle shall display each lighted lamp and illuminating device required by this chapter to be on the vehicle:

(1)

at nighttime; and

(2)

when light is insufficient or atmospheric conditions are unfavorable so that a person or vehicle on the highway is not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead.

(b)

A signaling device, including a stoplamp or a turn signal lamp, shall be lighted as prescribed by this chapter.

(c)

At least one lighted lamp shall be displayed on each side of the front of a motor vehicle.

(d)

Not more than four of the following may be lighted at one time on the front of a motor vehicle:

(1)

a headlamp required by this chapter; or

(2)

a lamp, including an auxiliary lamp or spotlamp, that projects a beam with an intensity brighter than 300 candlepower. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Accessed:
Jun. 5, 2024

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Location: https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._transp._code_section_547.302

Original Source: Section 547.302 — Duty to Display Lights, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­547.­htm#547.­302 (last ac­cessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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