For U Texas ppl: New Laws as of 9/1/03
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For U Texas ppl: New Laws as of 9/1/03
SB 45 makes it a state jail felony to drive while intoxicated with a passenger younger than 15.
Having a video display that is visible from the driver’s seat is illegal. SB 209 expands the definition of video receiving equipment to include digital videodisc players, videocassette players or similar equipment. This equipment may be used only if it is located so that the video display is not visible from the operator’s seat.
HB 1326 automatically suspends for one year the driver license of anyone convicted of illegally racing on a public roadway. Before the license can be reinstated, the driver would have to complete 10 hours of community service. The punishment for illegal racing increases to a Class B misdemeanor. The law also increases the punishment for drivers who are racing drunk, who have open containers of alcohol in the vehicle when racing, who seriously injure or kill someone during the race or who have been convicted multiple times of illegal racing. Those offenses range from a Class A misdemeanor to a second-degree felony.
SB 439 makes it illegal to add reflective material, lights, emblems or anything else that changes the color of the license plate or makes it difficult to read the letters on the license plate. The name of the state where the vehicle is registered must be visible. This includes license tag frames, lighted/Indiglo license tag frames, and license tag covers.
Just thought I'd make your lives just a little more miserable by posting some of the crap laws they make in the Lone Star State.
What a load of CRAP on the last one. :madfawk: Sometimes, I really hate living in Texas.
Having a video display that is visible from the driver’s seat is illegal. SB 209 expands the definition of video receiving equipment to include digital videodisc players, videocassette players or similar equipment. This equipment may be used only if it is located so that the video display is not visible from the operator’s seat.
HB 1326 automatically suspends for one year the driver license of anyone convicted of illegally racing on a public roadway. Before the license can be reinstated, the driver would have to complete 10 hours of community service. The punishment for illegal racing increases to a Class B misdemeanor. The law also increases the punishment for drivers who are racing drunk, who have open containers of alcohol in the vehicle when racing, who seriously injure or kill someone during the race or who have been convicted multiple times of illegal racing. Those offenses range from a Class A misdemeanor to a second-degree felony.
SB 439 makes it illegal to add reflective material, lights, emblems or anything else that changes the color of the license plate or makes it difficult to read the letters on the license plate. The name of the state where the vehicle is registered must be visible. This includes license tag frames, lighted/Indiglo license tag frames, and license tag covers.
Just thought I'd make your lives just a little more miserable by posting some of the crap laws they make in the Lone Star State.
What a load of CRAP on the last one. :madfawk: Sometimes, I really hate living in Texas.
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I have no problem with the first two, but the last one I do have a problem with. Now I can't even have a thin chrome frame on the back of the car. What's next? Big digital numbers on the back of your car that state what speed you're going?