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by Soccerdad1995
Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:21 am
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: Don't need to show LTC to LEO when carrying.
Replies: 45
Views: 27756

Re: Don't need to show LTC to LEO when carrying.

mojo84 wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:18 am
crazy2medic wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:36 am Left! Apparently it's only for passing even though I wasn't the only one driving in the left lane!
That's been a law for a long time. People driving in the left lane and slowing down traffic is a big issue around here. Glad he brought it to your attention and you got off with a warning.

www.txdot.gov/driver/share-road/highway-driving.html
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I believe that was the law when I took my first drivers license test (1986 in Oregon), and it has consistently been the law ever since in all of the places I have lived, including 6 different states, and one foreign country (it's a huge deal in Germany). It's one of the most consistent traffic laws that you will ever find, and for good reason. People who misuse the left lane by driving in it instead of correctly using it for passing only cause very dangerous situations. I have personally witnessed 2 fatal accidents that have been a direct result of this practice.
by Soccerdad1995
Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:14 pm
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: Don't need to show LTC to LEO when carrying.
Replies: 45
Views: 27756

Re: Don't need to show LTC to LEO when carrying.

ELB wrote: Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:00 pm This is the statute as it is currently displayed by texas.gov site.

Sec. 411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder display identification, the license holder shall display both the license holder's driver's license or identification certificate issued by the department and the license holder's handgun license.


Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 10.01(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 9.17(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 12A.02, eff. September 1, 2009.
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs ... GV.411.htm
As far as I know, there is no legal requirement to obtain either a DL or an "identification certificate" so it could be entirely impossible for one to comply with this law as written.

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