Failure to Maintain a Single Lane Traffic Ticket
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THE ISSUE:
City Of Dallas Traffic Ticket Lawyer
Many police officers use certain provisions of the Texas Transportation Code to justify pulling someone over illegally. For example, if you are out after midnight, a typical reason for an officer to pull you over is failing to maintain a single lane. The problem with this violation is that everybody fails to maintain a single lane. It is virtually impossible to drive any length without touching the lines on either side of a lane. So the question becomes, is it legal for a police officer to issue a traffic ticket for simply failing to maintain a single lane?
THE CASE LAW:
Case law suggests that the failure must also be dangerous to other drivers. Failing to maintain a lane alone is not enough to rise to the level of a traffic violation — Hernandez. 983 sw2d 867 (austin 1998) is a case on point. Lot of progeny. Failure to maintain a single lane is not traffic offense unless there is dangerous. “Driving is, in and of itself, a controlled weaving. “The history of the relevant statutory provision seems to indicate that, with respect to a vehicle’s straying over a lane marker, a traffic violation occurs only when the vehicle’s movement is in some way unsafe.”
CONCLUSION:
Dallas Traffic Attorney
If you have been issued a traffic ticket for failing to maintain a single lane in Dallas or any of the surrounding communities, call a legal professional to discuss your options.
