TCOLE Traffic Laws and Enforcement 3

Question 1

Texas Transportation Code defines 'reckless driving' as driving with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of:

Accepted Answer

Persons or property

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

From 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise and when wipers are in use

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

30 days

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

In the driver's half of the roadway or approaching and close enough to be in danger

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Move to a non-adjacent lane or slow to 20 mph below the posted speed limit

Answer

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.

TCOLE - Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Practice Test