rm9792 wrote:Best one so far was HPD and "Your headlights are too bright.", followed by "changed lanes within 100' of an intersection". FYI, 1 lane went into 2 and this was only for about 60' so by his logic no one ever uses the 2d lane or gets to turn right.
When I started the academy I thought that it was illegal to change lanes before an intersection.... it ain't!
§ 545.151. VEHICLE APPROACHING OR ENTERING
INTERSECTION. (a) An operator approaching an intersection:
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the
intersection:
(A) in obedience to an official traffic-control
device, including a stop sign or yield right-of-way sign; or
(B) if a traffic-control signal is present but
does not display an indication in any of the signal heads; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection
can be safely entered without interference or collision with
traffic using a different street or roadway.
(b) An operator on a single-lane or two-lane street or
roadway who approaches an intersection that is not controlled by an
official traffic-control device and that is located on a divided
highway or on a street or roadway divided into three or more marked
traffic lanes:
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the
intersection to a vehicle on the other street or roadway that is
within the intersection or approaching the intersection in such
proximity as to be a hazard; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection
can be safely entered without interference or collision with
traffic using a different street or roadway.
(c) An operator on an unpaved street or roadway approaching
an intersection of a paved street or roadway:
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the
intersection to a vehicle on the paved street or roadway that is
within the intersection or approaching the intersection in such
proximity as to be a hazard; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection
can be safely entered without interference or collision with
traffic using the paved street or roadway.
(d) Except as provided in Subsection (e), an operator
approaching an intersection of a street or roadway that is not
controlled by an official traffic-control device:
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the
intersection to a vehicle that has entered the intersection from
the operator's right or is approaching the intersection from the
operator's right in a proximity that is a hazard; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection
can be safely entered without interference or collision with
traffic using a different street or roadway.
(e) An operator approaching an intersection of a street or
roadway from a street or roadway that terminates at the
intersection and that is not controlled by an official
traffic-control device or controlled as provided by Subsection (b)
or (c):
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the
intersection to another vehicle that has entered the intersection
from the other street or roadway or is approaching the intersection
on the other street or roadway in a proximity that is a hazard; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection
can be safely entered without interference or collision with the
traffic using the other street or roadway.
(f) An operator who is required by this section to stop and
yield the right-of-way at an intersection to another vehicle and
who is involved in a collision or interferes with other traffic at
the intersection to whom right-of-way is to be given is presumed not
to have yielded the right-of-way.