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
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 545.355. Authority of County Commissioners Court to Alter Speed Limits
Section 545.356. Authority of Municipality to Alter Speed Limits
Section 545.357. Consideration of Speed Limits Where Certain Schools Are Located
Section 545.359. Conflicting Designated Speed Limits
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