TCOLE Traffic Laws and Enforcement 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Texas Transportation Code defines 'reckless driving' as driving with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of:
- Other drivers only
- Pedestrians only
- Persons or property (Correct answer)
- Law enforcement officers
Correct answer: Persons or property
Reckless driving in Texas is defined as operating a vehicle with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.
Question 2: Under Texas law, when must a vehicle's headlights be illuminated?
- Only between midnight and 5 a.m.
- From one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise
- Whenever visibility is less than 500 feet
- From 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise and when wipers are in use (Correct answer)
Correct answer: From 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise and when wipers are in use
Texas requires headlights from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise and any time windshield wipers are in use due to weather.
Question 3: A driver in Texas is convicted of a second DWI within five years of the first. The mandatory minimum jail sentence is:
- 72 hours
- 30 days (Correct answer)
- 3 days
- 180 days
Correct answer: 30 days
A second DWI conviction in Texas carries a mandatory minimum of 30 days in jail.
Question 4: Texas law requires drivers to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk when the pedestrian is:
- Only when the pedestrian has a walk signal
- In the driver's half of the roadway or approaching and close enough to be in danger (Correct answer)
- Already past the center of the street
- Only at marked crosswalks with painted lines
Correct answer: In the driver's half of the roadway or approaching and close enough to be in danger
Drivers must yield when a pedestrian is in their half of the roadway or close enough to be endangered if the vehicle proceeds.
Question 5: Under the Move Over law in Texas, what must a driver do when approaching a tow truck stopped on a highway with amber lights flashing?
- Slow to 20 mph and proceed
- Move to a non-adjacent lane or slow to 20 mph below the posted speed limit (Correct answer)
- Stop completely until the tow truck moves
- Flash headlights and proceed at normal speed
Correct answer: Move to a non-adjacent lane or slow to 20 mph below the posted speed limit
Texas Move Over law requires drivers to change to a non-adjacent lane or, if unsafe, reduce speed to 20 mph below the posted limit.
Question 6: A vehicle's operator in Texas is required to carry proof of financial responsibility. The minimum liability coverage for bodily injury per person is:
- $15,000 (Correct answer)
- $30,000
- $25,000
- $50,000
Correct answer: $15,000
Texas minimum liability insurance is 30/60/25 — $30,000 per person is incorrect; $30,000 per occurrence / $15,000 per person is the correct per-person figure under 30/60/25 split.
Question 7: Under Texas law, a person commits the offense of evading arrest in a motor vehicle if they intentionally flee from a peace officer who is:
- In an unmarked vehicle only
- Lawfully attempting to arrest or detain them (Correct answer)
- On foot and cannot pursue
- Using lights but not a siren
Correct answer: Lawfully attempting to arrest or detain them
Evading arrest in a vehicle occurs when a person intentionally flees from a peace officer who is lawfully attempting to arrest or detain them.
TCOLE Traffic Laws and Enforcement 3
Texas Transportation Code defines 'reckless driving' as driving with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of: