An operator may not turn the vehicle to move in the opposite direction when approaching a curve or the crest of a grade if the vehicle is not visible to the operator of another vehicle approaching from either direction within 500 feet.
Tex. Transp. Code § 545.102
TURNING ON CURVE OR CREST OF GRADE
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Trahan v. State (2000)
Most recently applied in 452 F. App'x 510 - United States v. Gustavo Garza (December 2011)
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.