01/04/2023
Welcome to the very first Traffic Tip Tuesday of the New Year, McKinney!
Did you know that driving around town with your high beams (your "brights") on, all day and all night might just be a sign that you need to brush up on the Texas Transportation Code?!
We are here to help! 🙌
FAILURE TO DIM HEADLIGHTS IS A MOVING VIOLATION.
ALSO, FAILURE TO DIM HEADLIGHTS WHILE FOLLOWING
Texas Transportation Code Sec. 547.333. MULTIPLE-BEAM LIGHTING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED. (a) Unless provided otherwise, a headlamp, auxiliary driving lamp, auxiliary passing lamp, or combination of those lamps mounted on a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle:
A person who operates a vehicle on a roadway or shoulder shall select a distribution of light or composite beam that is aimed and emits light sufficient to reveal a person or vehicle at a safe distance ahead of the vehicle, except that:
(1)
an operator approaching an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet shall select:
(A)
the lowermost distribution of light or composite beam, regardless of road contour or condition of loading; or
(B)
a distribution aimed so that no part of the high-intensity portion of the lamp projects into the eyes of an approaching vehicle operator; and
(2)
an operator approaching a vehicle from the rear within 300 feet may not select the uppermost distribution of light.
