# Tex. Transportation Code § 545.055

> Texas · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.055

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Transportation Code § 545.055
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 545 / Section 545.055

## Text

Sec. 545.055. PASSING TO THE LEFT: PASSING ZONES. (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.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.001 § 545.001. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.001.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.002 § 545.002. OPERATOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.002.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.051 § 545.051. DRIVING ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.051.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.052 § 545.052. DRIVING PAST VEHICLE MOVING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.052.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.053 § 545.053. PASSING TO THE LEFT; RETURN; BEING PASSED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.053.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.054 § 545.054.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.054.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.055 § 545.055.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.055.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.056 § 545.056.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.056.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.057 § 545.057. PASSING TO THE RIGHT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.057.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.058 § 545.058. DRIVING ON IMPROVED SHOULDER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.058.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.059 § 545.059. ONE-WAY ROADWAYS AND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLANDS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.059.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.060 § 545.060. DRIVING ON ROADWAY LANED FOR TRAFFIC.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.060.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.061 § 545.061. DRIVING ON MULTIPLE-LANE ROADWAY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.061.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 545.062 § 545.062. FOLLOWING DISTANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C545_S545.062.md)

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