Texas Statutes
Subchapter H. Speed Restrictions
Section 545.363. Minimum Speed Regulations

Sec. 545.363. MINIMUM SPEED REGULATIONS. (a) An operator may not drive so slowly as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
(b) When the Texas Transportation Commission, the Texas Turnpike Authority, the commissioners court of a county, or the governing body of a municipality, within the jurisdiction of each, as applicable, as specified in Sections 545.353 to 545.357, determines from the results of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on a part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the commission, authority, county commissioners court, or governing body may determine and declare a minimum speed limit on the highway.
(c) If appropriate signs are erected giving notice of a minimum speed limit adopted under this section, an operator may not drive a vehicle more slowly than that limit except as necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Structure Texas Statutes

Texas Statutes

Transportation Code

Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic

Subtitle C - Rules of the Road

Chapter 545 - Operation and Movement of Vehicles

Subchapter H. Speed Restrictions

Section 545.351. Maximum Speed Requirement

Section 545.352. Prima Facie Speed Limits

Section 545.353. Authority of Texas Transportation Commission to Alter Speed Limits

Section 545.3531. Authority of District Engineer to Temporarily Lower Speed Limit at Highway Maintenance Activity Site

Section 545.3535. Authority of Texas Transportation Commission to Alter Speed Limits on Certain Roads

Section 545.354. Authority of Regional Tollway Authorities to Alter Speed Limits on Turnpike Projects

Section 545.355. Authority of County Commissioners Court to Alter Speed Limits

Section 545.356. Authority of Municipality to Alter Speed Limits

Section 545.3561. Authority of Municipality or County to Temporarily Lower Speed Limit at Vehicular Accident Reconstruction Site

Section 545.357. Consideration of Speed Limits Where Certain Schools Are Located

Section 545.358. Authority of Commanding Officer of United States Military Reservation to Alter Speed Limits

Section 545.359. Conflicting Designated Speed Limits

Section 545.360. Duty of Texas Transportation Commission and State Board of Education to Provide Information and Assistance

Section 545.361. Special Speed Limitations

Section 545.362. Temporary Speed Limits

Section 545.3625. Confidentiality of Violation Information: Fuel Conservation Speed Limit

Section 545.363. Minimum Speed Regulations

Section 545.364. Speed Limit Signs After Construction or Maintenance Work Zone

Section 545.365. Speed Limit Exception for Emergencies; Municipal Regulation