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jmorris wrote:

Keith B wrote:

bronco78 wrote:What was the violation cited for? "Passing Marked Stop" What is the statute number?

Would be great if you could post a clear picture of the citation (understand you might want to redact your personal info)


Thanks

This is a stop sign violation where you end up stopping, but you roll passed the marked stop line on the pavement.

§544.010 - STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS
(a) Unless directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic-control signal, the operator of a vehicle or streetcar approaching an intersection with a stop sign shall stop as provided by Subsection (c).
(b) If safety requires, the operator of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall stop as provided by Subsection (c).
(c) An operator required to stop by this section shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection. In the absence of a crosswalk, the operator shall stop at a clearly marked stop line. In the absence of a stop line, the operator shall stop at the place nearest the intersecting roadway where the operator has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway.

The stop line is probably either one of the most unknown or ignored items in the code. There's an intersection on 1604 in San Antonio where many heavy trucks or semi's make a left turn onto the 1604 on-ramp. The stop line has been moved back about two car lenghts so that the trucks can make the turn. Yet two-three times a week there's a truck tangling with a car that's pulled all the way up.