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Term
THE PERIOD BEGINNING 1/2 HOUR BEFORE SUNRISE TO 1/2 HOUR AFTER SUNSET DEFINES WHAT?
Definition

TRANSPORTATION 541.401 (1)

 

 

DAY TIME

Term

AN OPERATOR MAY NOT STAND OR PARK A VEHICLE WITHIN HOW MANY FEET OF A FIRE HYDRANT?

 

Definition

Transportation 545.302 (b) (2)

 

15 Feet 

 

Term
A motor vehicle used to transport persons and designed to accommodate more than 10 passengers,including the operator,other than a taxicab,designed and used to transport persons for compensation.
Definition

Transportation 541.201(3)(A)(B)

 

Bus

Term
A motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, used to transport persons and designed to accommodate 10 or fewer passengers, including the operator.
Definition

Transportation 541.201(12) 

 

passenger Car

Term
The portion of a highway, other than the berm or shoulder that is improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. If a highway includes at least two separate roadways,the term applies to each roadway separately.
Definition

Transportation 541.301(11)

 

Roadway

Term
vehicles of the fire department, police, public and private ambulances that have permits from the state board of health, volunteers while answering a call, blood or tissue banks.
Definition

Transportation 541.201(1)

 

authorized emergency vehicle

Term

A device propelled by human power, having two tendem wheels either of which is more than 14 in. in diameter

 

Definition

Transportation 541.201(2)

 

Bicycle

Term
A motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implements to draw an implement of husbandy, including a plow or moving machine.
Definition

Transprotation 541.201(4)

 

Farm Tractor

Term
A bus designed to accommodate more than 15 passangers, including the operator, that is owned, operated, rented,or leased by a school district and used to transport public school students on a school-related activity trips.
Definition

Transportation 541.201(15)

 

School activity bus

Term
A motor vehicle that was manufactured in compliance with the federal motor vehicle safety standards for school buses.... goes to and from school.
Definition

Transportation 541.201(16)

 

School Bus

Term
A vehicle with or without motive power other than a pole trailer designed for carrying people or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and its load rest on or is carried by another vehicle.
Definition

Transportation 541.201(17)

 

Semitrailer

Term
Every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of people or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including but not limited to ditch digging, well boring and road construction apparatus or machinery.
Definition

Transportation 541.201(18)

 

Special mobile equipment

Term

A vehicle with or without motive power other than a pole trailer designed for carrying people or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests on the towing vehicle.

Definition

Transportation 541.201(19)

 

Towable recreational vehicle

Term
Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constucted as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
Definition

Transportation 541.201(22)

 

Truck Tractor

Term
Every device in, on, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway except devices used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.
Definition

Transportation 541.201(23)

 

Vehicle

Term
Other than a pole trailer, with or without motive power, is drawn by motor vehicle and to transport persons or property; no part of the vehicle wight shall rest on the motor vehicle.
Definition

Transportation 541.001(20)(a)(b)

 

Trailer

 

Term
An individual, firm partnership, association, or corporation.
Definition

Transportation 541.001(4)

 

Person

Term
A responsible person over the age 18 who is designated by a local authority to direct traffic in school crossing zones for the protection of children going to and leaving from a public or private primary or seconduary school, or any combination thereof.
Definition

Transportation 541.001(5) 

 

School crossing guard

Term
Pedestrians,ridden or herded animals,vehicles, streetcars, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel.
Definition

Transportation 541.301(A)

 

Traffic

Term
A street that is not used primarily for through traffic and that provides access to rear entrances of buildings or lots along a street.
Definition

Transportation traffic areas 541,302(1)

 

Alley

Term
A part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs from the edges of the traversable roadway.
Definition

Transportation Traffic areas 541.302(2)

 

Crosswalk

Term

A paved shoulder

 

Definition

Transportation Traffic areas 541.302(6)

 

Improved shoulder

Term
A traffic lane to which access is controlled, permitting uninterrupted flow of throug traffic.
Definition

Transportation Traffic areas 541.302(4)

 

Freeway main lane

Term
The portion of a highway that is contiguous to the roadway, designed or ordinarily used for parking; set off from the roadway by different design, constuction, or marking; not intended for normal vehicular travel.
Definition

Transportation Traffic areas

541.302(15)

 

Shoulder

Term
A highway, steet, or roadway where owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same, except at such points and in such manner as the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, steet, or roadway determines.
Definition

Transportation Traffic areas 541.302(8)

 

Limited-access or controlled access highway

Term
A way or place in private owership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having expressed or implied permission from the owner but not by other people.
Definition

Transportation Traffic areas 541.302(9)

 

private road or driveway

 

 

Term
An interconnecting roadway or a traffic interchange, or any connection between highways at different levels or between parallel highways,on which vehicles may enter or leave a designated roadway.
Definition

Transportation Traffic areas 541.302(10)

 

Ramp

Term
The area in a roadway officially designated for exclusive pedestrian use and that is protected or so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be visible at all times while so designated.
Definition

Transportation Traffic areas 541.302(12)

 

Safety zone

Term
A reduced speed zone designated on any street by a local authority to facilitate safty crossing of the street by children going to or leaving from a public or private elementary or secondary school, or any combination thereof at a time when the reduced speed limit applies.
Definition

Transportation Traffic areas 541.302(13)

 

school crossing zone

Term
A crosswalk,designated on a street by al local authority to facillitate safe crossing of the street by children going to or leaving a public or private elementary or secondary school.
Definition

Transprotation Traffic areas 541.302(14)

 

school crosswalk

Term
That portion of a street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for pedestrian use.
Definition

Transportation Traffic areas 541.301(16)

 

sidewalk

Term
A roadway that is divided into at least two clearly marked lanes for vehicular travel.
Definition

Transportation 541.302(7)

 

Lane roadway

Term
Department of public safety acting directly or through its authorized officers and agents.
Definition

Transportation 541.002(1)

 

Department

Term
A public safety director
Definition

Transportation 541.002(2)

 

Director

Term

A county,municipality, or other local entity authorized to enact traffic laws under the laws of this state or a school district created under the laws of this state only when it is designating school crossing guards for schools operated by the district.

 

 

Definition

Transprotation 541.002(3)

 

Local authority

Term
An officer authorized to direct traffic or arrest persons who violate traffic regulations.
Definition

Transprotation 541.002(4)

 

Police Officer

Term
Sign, signal, marking, or device that is consistent with this subtitle, place or erected by a public body or officer having jurisdiction and used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic.
Definition

Transportation 541.304(1)

 

Official Traffic-Control device

Term
A manual, electric, or mechanical device that alternately directs traffic to stop and to proceed.
Definition

Transportation 541.304(3)

 

Traffic control signal

Term
A sign, signal, or device erected by a railroad, public body, or public officer to notify traffic of railroad tracks or an approching railroad train.
Definition

Transprotation 541.304(2)

 

Railroad sign or signal

Term
A chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly inteded for sue or use to produce and explosion.
Definition

Transportation 541.401(2)

 

Explosive

Term
A liquid that has a flash point of not more than 70 derees farenheit as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed cup test device.
Definition

Transportation 541,401(3)

 

Flammable liquid

Term
The weight of a vehicle and the weight of its load.
Definition

Transportation 541.401(4)

 

Gross vehicle weight

Term

The period beginning 1/2 hr after sunset and ending 1/2 hr before sunrise.

 

Definition

Transportation  541.401(5) 

 

Nighttime

Term

To stand on occupied or unoccupied vehicle, other thant temporarily while loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.

 

Definition

Transportation 541.401(6)

 

Park or parking

Term
An injury to any part of the human body and that requires treatment
Definition

Transportation 541.401(7)

 

Personal injury

Term
The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian that is approching from a direction at a speed, and within a proximity that could cause a collision unless one grants procedence to the other.
Definition

Transportation 541.401(8)

 

Right-or-way

Term
To halt and occupied or unoccupied vehicle, other than temporarily while receiving or discharging passengers.
Definition

Transportation 541.401(9)

 

Stand or Standing

Term
When required to completely cease movement and when prohibited, to hault, including momentarily haulting,and occupied or unoccupied vehicle, unless necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the directions of a police officer or a traffic control sign or signal.
Definition

Transprotation 541.401(10)

 

Stop or stopping

Term
A device that reduces noise using a mechanical design, including a series of chambers or baffle plates, to receive exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine or turbine wheels to receive exhaust gas from a diesel engine.
Definition

Equipment 541.203(3)

 

Muffler

Term
Territory adjacent to a highway if buildings used for business or industial purposes; hotel, bank, office buildig,railroad station; located whithin a 600 ft segment along the highway and withing that segment the buildings occupy at least 300 ft if frontage one or both sides of highway collectively.
Definition

Transportation 541.102(1)

 

business district

Term
territory other than a business district, adjacent to and including a highway, if at least 300ft of the highway frontage is primarily improved with residences or buildings used for business purposes and Residences.
Definition

Transportation 541.102(2)

 

Residence distict

Term
Territory adjacent to and including a highway, if the territory is not in a municipality and is improved with strctures that are used for business, industy, or dwelling houses and located at intervals of less than 100 ft. for a distance of at least 1/4 mile on either side of the highway.
Definition

Transportation 541.102(3) 

 

Urban distict

Term
A divided controlled access highway for through traffic.
Definition

Transportation 541.302(3)

 

Freeway

Term
A person arrested for a violation punishable as a misdemeanor shall be immediately taken before a magistrate. if the person is arrested for failure to stop in the event of an accident causing damage to property must be taken before what magistrate?
Definition

tansportation 543.002

 

One with jurisdiction of the offense, county offense was committed in, nearest or most accessible to the place of arrest.

Term
A person may not, without lawful authority, alter, injure knock down, or remove or attempt to alter, injure, knock down, or remove an ________ device or ______ or signal.
Definition

Interference with traffic control device or railroad

sign or signal.

 

 

official traffic control, railroad sign

 

Term
If a lane direction control signal is placed over an individual lane of a highway, a vehicle ___ travel in a lane over which a green signal is shown but____ enter or travel in a lane over which a red signal is shown.
Definition

Transportation 544.009

 

May, May Not

Term
A person may place, maintain, or display on or in view of a highway and unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device that imitates or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal that attempts to direct the movement of traffic? T/F
Definition

Transportation 544.006 

 

False

Term
An operator may not turn the vehicel to move in the opposite direction when approching a curve or the crest of a grade if the vehicle approaching from either direction  is within how many ft?
Definition

Transportation 545.102 

 

500FT

Term
When passing to the left of another vehicle safely you must have a ____ ___ and free of approaching traffic for a distance sufficent to permit passing without interfering any lane of tavel before coming within ____ ft of the approching vehicle.
Definition

Transportation 545.054

 

Clearly visible, 200 Ft

Term
You must give a what, before stopping or suddently decreasing your speed of the vehicle?
Definition

Transportation 545.105

 

Stop signal

Term
After stopping at an intersection you shall yield what to the car in the intersection?
Definition

Transportation 545.153

 

Right of Way

Term
An operator may not except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger, stand or park an occupied or unoccupied vehicle in front of a ____ or ___ driveway, with in how many ft. of a fire hydrant, within how many ft of a crosswalk at an intersection?
Definition

Transportation 545.302(1)(2)(3)

 

Public or private, 15 ft and 20 ft.

Term
whithin how many ft. can you park a vehicle of a flashing signal, stop sign, or traffic signal located at the side of a roadway.
Definition

Transprotation 545.302(4)

 

30 ft

Term
within how many ft can you park a vehicle of a driveway entrance to a fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to a fire station within ___ ft of the entrance, if the entrance is properly marked with a sign?
Definition

Transportation 545.302(5)

 

20 ft

Term
what is the speed limit in a urban district?
Definition

tansportation 545.352(b)(1)

 

30 Miles per hour

Term
what is the speed limit in an alley?
Definition

Transportation 545.352(b)(1) 

 

15 Miles per hour

Term
what is the speed limit for a school bus that has passes a commercial motor vehicle inspection?
Definition

Transprotation 545.352(4)(A)

 

60 mph

Term
What is the speed limit for a school bus that has not passed a commercial motor vehicle inspection?
Definition

Transprotation 545.352(4)(B)

 

50 miles per hour

Term
you can stop no closer than ___ ft. or farther than ___ ft from the nearest rail of the railroad and proceed only with due care.
Definition

Transprotation 545.252

 

15 ft and 50 ft

Term
an operator, unless on official business, may not follow closer than___ ft. and operator may not follow closer than ____ ft of an ambulance that is flashing fred lights unless the operator is on official business.
Definition

Transportation 545.405(a)(b)

 

500 ft , 500 ft

Term
when transporting a child who is younger than ___ yrs. of age unless the child is taller than ___ ft ___ inches. the fine is no less than ___ and not more than ___.
Definition

Transportation 545.412(a)(b)

 

8 yrs old, 4 ft 9 in 

fineis $25-$250

Term
a person commits an offense of the person drives a vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property. what is the charge, fine and jail time.
Definition

transprotation 545.401

 

reckless drving is the offence,

 

$200 fine

 

30 days in jail

Term
when an operator is pulling another vehicle and using a chain, rope, or cable to connect the vehicle shall display on the connection a ___ flag or cloth not Less ____ inches square.
Definition

Transportation 545.409(b)

 

White flag, 12 in square

Term
an operator may not drive on the left side of the roadway in a _____ zone or on the left side of any pavement striping desighned to mark a no-passig zone.
Definition

transportation 545.055(b)

 

no passing zone

Term
when an operator stops or parks on a one-way roadway shall he/she sall do what?
Definition

tansprotation 545.303(b)

 

wheels must be parallel with curb; edge of the tire must  be within 18 inches of the curb.

Term
An operator may not, without the consent of the fire department____ drive over an unprotected hose of a fire department if the hose is on a street or privat driveway and is intended for use at a fire or alarm of fire.
Definition

Transportation 545.408 

 

official in command

Term
When authorized emergency vehicle is approaching with audible and visual signals you shall yield the ____ and immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the ____ hand of the edge or curb of the roadway.
Definition

Transportation 545.158 

 

Right of way to the right

Term
Upon emerging from an alley,driveway, or building in a vehicle you shall___ before moving on a side walk,yeild the ___ _ ____ to a pedestrian and upon entering the roadway, and ____ the right of way to an approaching vehicle.
Definition

Transportation 545.256

 

Stop, Right of way, Yield

Term
While transporting a child under the age _____ or shorter than ___ ft___ in. must be in a safety car sit . what is the fine of the offense?
Definition

Transportation 545.412

 

 

4 ft 9 inches, not less than $25 not more than $250

Term

A person commits an offense if he/she is ___ yrs and doesn't wear a seat belt.

A person commits an offense if he/she allwos a child who is younger than____ yrs to ride in a vehicle and not wear a seat belt.

Definition

Transportation 545.413(b-1)

 

15 years old

 

17 years old

Term
A person commits an offense if he/she operates a motor vehicle and willfully fails or ___ to bring the vehicle to a stop of flees, or ___ to elude, a pursuing police vehicle when given a visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop. what are the signals?
Definition

Transportation 545.421(a)(b)

 

Refuses, Attempts

 

Hands, Voices, Emergencylights, or sirens

Term

A person commits a offense if he/she participate in any manner of racing. 

 

What is the charge and offense?

Definition

Transportation 545.420

 

Racing on Highway 

MB- 1st 

MA- 2nd, operating while intoxicated, possession of an open container.

State Jail felony- 3rd

Felony 3- result of the offense, and idividual suffered bodily injury. 

Felony 2- Suffered Serious bodily injury or death.

Term

An operator of a motorcycle can only carry another person if it is designed to carry more than ___ person and equiped with footrests and handholds for use by the passenger.

 

What is the minimum age limit for passengers and the exception and fine amounts?

Definition

Transportation 545.416

 

Carry more than 1 person

 

Minimum age is 5

 

Its not prohibited for an operator to carry a person younger than 5 who is seated in a sidecar attached to the motorcycle.

 

Fines not less than $100 or more than $200

Term
When approaching an intersection, railroad grade crossing, bridge, viaduct, or tunnel you must be how may feet away before you can pass?
Definition

Transprotation 545.056 

 

 

100 Feet way 

Term

When shall an operator use the turn signal?

 

How many feet does an operator need to activate his/her signal befor turning?

 

When are you not supposed to use your signal?

Definition

Transportation 545.104 

 

When turning, when changing lanes,Starting from a parked position.

 

Need 100 feet of notice.

 

when the vehicle is parked, or "do not pass"

 

Term

An operator approaching a school bus from either direction shall stop before ____ it, if operating a visual signal. 

 

Except when you're on separate ___ or _____.

Definition

Transprotation 545.006

 

Before reaching the shool bus

 

Separate Roadway or Highway

 

 

Term

An operator may drive on an improved shoulder to ___,__ or ___.

 

To accelerate before entering traffic, decelerate before making a ___ turn.

 

Pass a vehicle that is slowing or stopping to make a ___ turn.

Allow another vehicle to pass official traffic control device, or to avoid a collision.

Definition

Transprotation 545.058

 

Stop, Stand, or Park

 

Right turn

 

Left turn

Term
An operator approching a railroad grade crossig shall stop not closer than ___ feet or farther than ____ feet from the nerest rail if, rails sign warns of approach train. crossing gate is lowered, railroad engine approaching emits a signal from approximately ___ feet.
Definition

Transportation 545.251

 

Not closer than 15 feet

 

Farther than 50 feet

 

Signal from approximately 1500 feet.

Term

A motor bus carrying passengers for hire shall stop the vehicle not closer than 15 feet or farther than 50 feet from the nearest rail of the railroad to ____ and ____ both directions along the track.

 

While crossing the tracks you cannot manually _____ gears.

Definition

Transportation 545.253

 

Listen, Look

 

Shift Gears

Term
The time specified in the notice to appear must be at least _____ days after the date of arrest unless the person arrested demands an earlier hearing.
Definition

 Tranportation 543.006

 

At least 10 days

Term

The operator shall stop at a _____ flashing light, at the line, cross walk or before going into the intersection.

 

The operator approaching a ___ light may proceed through an intersection with caution.

Definition

Transprotation 544.008

 

 

Red flashing light

 

yellow light

Term

Spotlamps permitted: how many?

 

The beam shall not strilke any part of what?

Definition

Transprotation 547.327

 

Not more than 2 spot lamps

 

Windshield, window, mirrow, or occupants in a vehicle in use.

Term

Auxiliary passing lamps permitted: How many?

 

What is the required Height?

Definition

Transprortation 547.329

 

Not more than 2 

 

24 inches to 42 inches 

Term

Auxilary driving lamps permitted: How many?

 

What is the required height?

Definition

 Transportation 547.330

 

Not more than 2

 

16 inches to 42 inches

Term
A school bus shall be equipped with a ___ mirror (view area in front of bus) signal lamps that are mounted high and widely spaced as practicable; _____ alternately flashig red lights in the front and ____ in the back (same level) and emit a light visible at ___ feet in normal sinlight.
Definition

Transportation 547.701

 

Convex mirror (curved mirror)

 

 2 alternately flashing red lights in fron and back

 

500 feet visible light

 

 

Term
Unless a provision is specifically made applicable, this chapter and the rules of the department adopted under this chapter do not apply to what?
Definition

Transportation  547.002

 

 Implement of husbandy, road machinery, road roller, farm tractor, bicycle, and bicyclist.

Term
Chapter 547 defines what?
Definition

Transprotation Chapter 547

 

Vehicle Equipment

Term

Tail Lamps requred: How many before and after 1960?

 

What is the height requirement and how far apart?

 

Shall emit a red light at how many feet away? 

 

What color is the license plate light and what is the feet away to clearly read it?

Definition

Transprotation 547.322

 

1 tail lamp befor 1960 and 2 after 1960

 

hight of 15-72 inches and as wide as practicable emmiting lighting visible at 1000 feet.

 

LP light shall be white and shall be visable at 50 feet.

 

 

Term

Stop lamps requred: How many before and after 1960?

 

What is the color and the distance it shall be visable.

Definition

Transportation 547.322

 

1 before 1960 and 2 after 1960 

 

A stoplamp shall emit a red or amber light 

visible from 300 feet.

Term

Turns signal lamps requirements:

 

How and where are they mounted?

 

What color?

 

What is the distance they must be visible?

Definition

Transportation 547.324

 

Mounted in the front and back at the same level, spaced as widly apart as practicable.

 

color in the front is white or amber,

color in the back is red or aber.

 

visible from 300 feet for back lamps

visible from 500 feet for fromt lamps

 

Term
Head lights must shine up to ____ feet on bright and ____ feet on the lowermost beam. Operator shall turn brights off at _____ approching oncoming operators.
Definition

Transprotation 547.333

 

450 feet visible on high beam

150 feet visible on lower beam

 

Turn high beam off at 300 feet when approching from the rear.

 

Turn high beam off at 500 feet when opproching on comming traffic.

Term

Lighting requirments on parked vehicles:

 

Vehicles must emit _____ or ____ light visible up to _____ feet in front and ______ color light up to ______ in the rear.

Definition

Transprotation 547.383

 

Emit white or amber light visible up to 1000 feet from the front.

 

Emit Red color light visible up to 1000 from the rear.

Term
An authorized emergency vehicle may, proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign after slowing as necessary for safe operation; exceed a maximum speed limit, as long as the operator does not endanger life or property.
Definition

Transportation 

546.001

 

 

Permissible Conduct

Term

A person under ____ years cannot operate a school bus for the transportation of students. 

 

A person ____ years and older can with the appropriate class drivers license.

Definition

Transprotation 521.022

 

18 years old

 

18 years old

 

Term
An operator of a motor vehicle that is a new resident to Texas has how many days to change his/her drivers license?
Definition

Transportation 

521.029(a)

 

90 Days

Term
After moving to a new address, how many days do you have to change it on your drivers license?
Definition

Transportation 521.054(b)

 

30 Days

 

Term

Hardship license are given for unusual economic hardship, illness of a family member, enrolled in a vocational education progarm and requires a drivers license to participate. 

 

What is the age requirement?

 

To be eligible to take drivers training you must be _____?

 

 

Definition

 Transortation 521.223

 

15 years old and passed a drivers education course.

 

14 years old to be eligible for drives ed.

 

Term

How many days after your vehicles license plate expires do you have to renew it?

 

 

Definition

Transportation 502.407

 

5 days to renew LP

Term
A fictitious registration is a class ___ misdemeanor?
Definition

Transportation 502.407(a)(4)(d)

 

Misdemeanor B

Term
A buyers tag is valid up to the _____ day of the pruchase.
Definition

Transportation 503.063(b)(2)

 

60 th day 

Term
A drive-a-way operator who has been issued a drive-a-way in transit license shall display the operators in transit license plates on each transported motor vehichle from the vehicle point of _____ to its point of ______.
Definition

Transportation 503.069(b)

 

Origin, Destination 

 

 

Term
A pedestrian has the right of way when there is a ____ crosswalk or _____ at an intersection, pedestrian tunnels or overhead crossing. But adjacent intersections that signals are operational pedestrian has to use the _____ crosswalks.
Definition

Transprotation 552.005

 

Marked, Unmarked, Marked

Term

A class A  commercial DL has a gross whight rating of _____ LBS or more.

 

Gross wight of the vehicle being towed exceeds ______ LBS.

Definition

Transportation 522.041(a)(b)

 

26,001 LBS

 

10,000 LBS

Term
When operating a bicycle it must have___ capable of making a skid. If riding at night it must have a _____light visible from _____ feet in the front and a _____ reflector visible when directly in front of upper beams of a motor vechicle from_____feet on the back or a _____ light visible at _____ feet.
Definition

Transportation 551.104

 

Brakes , white light, visible from 500 feet, red reflector, visible from 50-300 feet or a red light visibible from 500 feet.

Term
An operator that is involved in a accident and a report has been completed. What is the damage value in order to file to DPS? and in what time frame shall it be submited?
Definition

Transportation 550.061(b)

 

$1,000 Property damage

 

It shall be submited to DPS within 10 days.

 

Term
A pedestrian has the right of way to walk across the intersection when the crosswalk sign shows_____; the pedestrian shall not walk across when the sign shows____ or ______.
Definition

Transprotation 552.002

 

Walk, Dont walk, or wait

Term
A person who removes a _______ or ______ vehicle from a highway shall remove glass or another injurious substance dropped on the highway from the accident.
Definition

Transportation 600.001(b)

 

Wrecked, Damaged

Term
What are is the Standard Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance form.
Definition

Transportation 601.081 

 

1. the name of the insurer

2. the insurance policy number

3. the plicy period

4. the name and address of each insured

5.the policy limits 

6. the make and model for each covered vehicle

7. the required disclosure

Term
A passenger vehicle may not carry anything extendig over ______ inches of the left fender and _____ inches over the right fenders.
Definition

Transportation 621.201(c)

 

 

3 inches on the left

 

6 inches on the right

Term
A person may not operate an all terrain vehicle on public property or a beach if the ______ arrester has been removed or modified; unless its closed course competition event.
Definition

Transportation 663.033(c)(2)

 

 

SPARK ARRESTER

Term
A motor vehicle is considered abandoned when inoperable, more than 5 yrs and left unattended on public property for more than _______hours; remained illegally on public property or an private property without consent of ower or on the right of way of a highway for _____ hours.
Definition

Transportation 683.002

 

48 HRS

and 

48 HRS

Term
A motor vehicle left unattended for more than ____ hours on the right of way of a turnpike(toll road) is considered an abandoned motor vehicle.
Definition

Transportation 683.002(a)(5)

 

24 hours

Term
If a person refused to submit to the specimen his DL automaticaly is suspended for not less than _______ days and the officer may file a warrant for the speciment. If 21 or older and submits and your over 0.08 BAC your DL is suspended for not less than ___ days. If 21 or younger and over 0.08 BAC your DL is suspended for how many days?
Definition

Transprotation 724.015

 

Not less than 180 day.

 

Not less than 90 days for older than 21yrs.

 

 Not less than 60 days for youger than 21 yrs.

Term

This is the defenition of what? 

Decay able waste (animal and vegetable waste from markets) nondecayable (solid waste) like combustibles like glass, tin, aluminum that will not burn at 1800 derees.

Definition

HSC

365.001(6)

 

 

Litter

Term
The people shall be secure in their persons,_____,_____ and ____ from all unreasonable seizures or searches. No warrant to search or seize any place, person or thing shall issue without describing them as near as maybe, nor without ____ ____ supported by oath or affirmation.
Definition

CCP 1.06

 

HOuses, Papers, Possessions

 

Probable Cause

 

 

Term
The defendant, upon a trial , shall be confronted with the witness, except in certain cases provided for in this code where ____ have been taken.
Definition

CCP 1.25 

 

Disposition (final settlement of a matter)

Term
District Courts and criminal district courts have jurisdiction in criminal cases of the grade of ___, of all misemeanors involving officia____, and of misdemeanor cases ____ to the district court.
Definition

CCP 4.05

 

Felony

 

Misconduct

 

Transferred

Term

Fradulent use or possesion of identifying information charges are:

 

Less than 5 items ______, 5-10_____, 10-50______

more than 50______. 1-3 increased to next higher if commited on elderly or facillitate an offense.

Definition

PC 32.51 (c)

 

SJF- <5

 

F3- 5-10

 

F2- 10-50

 

F1- >50

 

 

Term
A person commits an offense if he intentionally flees from a peace officer that is attempting a lawful arrest. Not in a vehicle and is the first time what is the charge.
Definition

PC 38.04(b)

 

Evading Arrest

 

MA

Term
A person commits an offese if he intentionally flees from a peace officer that is attempting a lawful arrest. Has a previous under this section or used a motor vehicle with no previous convictions, what is the CHarge?
Definition

PC38.04(1)(A)(B)

 

Evading arrest - SJF

Term
A person commits an offense if he intentioally flees from a peace officer that is attempting a lawful arrest. used a vehicle with previous convictions or caused serious bodily injury while fleeing.
Definition

Pc 38.04(2)(A)(B)

 

Evading Arrest 

 

F3

Term

A person commits an offense if he intentionally flees from a peace officer that is attempting a lawful arrest. If someone dies as a direct result or an attempt to flee.

 

 

 

Definition

PC 38.04(3)

 

Evading Arrest 

 

F2

 

Term

Alcohol Consentration means the number of grams of alcohol per 

 

? Litters of breath

 

? Milliliters of unine

 

? Milliliters of Blood

Definition

PC 49.01(1)

 

210

 

67

 

100

Term

Not having the normal use of mental or physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a controlled substance, or any othe substance in the body; or having an alcohol consentration of 0.08 or more. 

 

What is this Defining?

Definition

PC 49.01(2)

 

 

INTOXICATED

Term

A graph on which three or more scales are arranged so that a straight line drawn through values on any two will cross the third at a corresponding value

 

 

Definition

Traffic Lo 9.2.4

 

Nomograph

Term
What are the six Major catagories of Controlled substances?
Definition

HSC 13.1.2

 

Narcotics

Depresants

Stimulants

Hallucinogens

Marihuana

Stimulated Controlled Substances

 

Term
The statutory authority for the commision to establish rules that law enfrocement agencies and officer must follow.
Definition

Professional Policing 2.1.4

 

The Occupational Code

Term

Dubble Jeopordy, witness against self, due process, self incrimination,

Case Law-miranda v arizona-

14 day rule Maryland v Shatzer-

Florida V. Powell

Definition

USTX

4.1.6 

 

Constitutional Amendment V (5)

Term
This acts shall be known, and may be cited as the Code of Criminal Procedure
Definition

CCP 6.1.1

 

Short Title

Term
The effective date of the CCP is what?
Definition

CCP 6.1.1

 

January 1, 1966

Term
What are the objects of the CCP?
Definition
Prevent crime, Prevent escape, Speedy trial, Bring evidence to trial, Fair and impartial tiral, Execution of the sentnce.
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