GHSA maintains data on state laws surrounding a number of highway safety issues. Below is information regarding laws in the state of Texas. For more information, consult the State Highway Safety Office.
Helmets required for all riders under 21 as well as those who have not completed a safety course or have no medical insurance (secondarily enforced). Universal helmet law repealed 1997.
6 years
85 and over: renewal every 2 years 79 and over: no electronic or mail renewal
75; 80 or 85 on specified segments
75; 80 or 85 on specified segments
75
75
75
75
90 days if .08 or greater; 180 days for refusal
Yes
Mandatory for repeat convictions and first-time offenders with a BAC of greater than .15
Yes
Yes
0.15
Under 8 yrs or under 57" tall
8 yrs or older or over 57"
18 years
15
6
30 (10)
16
Midnight - 5 a.m. (secondary enforcement)
No more than 1 under 21 (secondary enforcement)
Primary
7 and under who are over 57" 8 and over
All
Yes, with minor passengers. Primary law.
Drivers under 18. Primary law.
All drivers. Primary law.
Yes, in school crossing zones and on public school property only. Primary law.
Prohibited
n/a
Prohibited
n/a
None
Illegal
None
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Pedestrian traffic deaths nationwide dropped for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary data released last month. But pedestrian deaths still remain at near historic highs, leaving many transportation officials and safety advocates searching for why the numbers have been climbing and what to do about it. Speaking at an Amazon Web Services conference this week, Mike Arellano, deputy district director for the Texas Department of Transportation’s Austin District, said he receives “sobering” traffic fatality reports at 5 a.m.
Autonomous technology developer Zoox is continuing its expansion of driverless robotaxi rides across two new cities in the US. This week, the company announced plans to start testing in Miami, Florida, and Austin, Texas, as it looks to begin commercial ride-hailing operations in the cities it’s already established in.
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$125,000 in grants to Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, Oregon and Texas will provide safer walking, biking and scooting options for youth in underrepresented communities
GHSA has awarded a total of $125,000 from the National Road Safety Foundation to five states to partner with community-based groups to implement safe youth mobility programs focusing on walking, biking and/or riding a scooter. This is the third consecutive year that GHSA and NRSF have provided funding to State Highway Safety Offices for youth safety initiatives in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas with limited financial resources.
For the first time on public roads, Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology has been used to request a green light for passenger vehicles. The application was developed by Applied Information® for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and demonstrated using the TravelSafely smartphone app, an Audi e-tron® Sportback equipped with C-V2X Direct and a cellular network-connected RAM® pickup truck using HAAS Alert’s Safety Cloud® technology.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) used a grant from GHSA, ride-hailing company Lyft and Responsibility.org to promote and encourage safe transportation alternatives in the Houston area, which has the nation’s highest number of impaired driving fatalities.
Dallas’ nearly three-year ban of electric rental scooters will lift Wednesday, letting loose a comparative trickle of two-wheelers on city streets. (The city hopes the optimal word there is “streets.”)
Wearing a seat belt, Fischer added, is “the most effective and simplest thing we can do to bring down fatalities. We really need to think about that.”
