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Texas Moving Violations
The Violations You Want to Avoid
You Have to Take a Class C Moving Violation Seriously
The following chart shows all of the violations considered moving violations in Texas. If you have a citation listed on this chart, it is especially important to make sure that the citation does not appear on your driving record. Moving violations can lead to a license suspension, reisntatment fees, higher insurance premiums, and may cause issues with your job.
If you just pay the citation, the court will take the payment as a plea of guilty. If you plead guilty (or no contest) or you are found guilty, YOU CANNOT GET THE MOVING VIOLATION REMOVED FROM YOUR RECORD LATER. You have just one chance to do something to keep the ticket off of your record.
While we cannot guarantee that we can keep every violation off of your record, we have a high rate of success in getting these violations either dismissed outright or dismissed after completion of deferred disposition (probation).
| Texas Moving Violations Chart |
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| AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH MOTOR VEHICLE |
| BUS FAILED TO STOP AT RAILROAD CROSSING |
| BUS SHIFTING GEARS WHILE CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS |
| CARELESS DRIVING |
| CHANGED LANE WHEN UNSAFE |
| COASTING |
| CONSUME ALCOHOL WHILE DRIVING |
| CRIMINAL NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE |
| CROSSING FIRE HOSE WITHOUT PERMISSION |
| CROSSING PHYSICAL BARRIER |
| CROSSING RAILROAD WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITHOUT NOTICE |
| CROSSING RAILROAD WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITHOUT STOP/SAFETY |
| CUT ACROSS DRIVEWAY TO MAKE TURN |
| CUT CORNER LEFT TURN |
| CUT IN AFTER PASSING |
| DID NOT USE DESIGNATED LANE OR DIRECTION |
| DISREGARD POLICE OFFICER |
| DISREGARD SOLE GREEN TURN SIGNAL ARROW |
| DISREGARD WARNING SIGNS OR BARRICADES |
| DISREGARDED FLASHING RED SIGNAL |
| DISREGARDED FLASHING YELLOW SIGNAL |
| DISREGARDED LANE CONTROL SIGNAL |
| DISREGARDED NO LANE CHANGE SIGN |
| DISREGARDED NO PASSING ZONE |
| DISREGARDED RAILROAD CROSSING GATE OR FLAGMAN |
| DISREGARDED SIGNAL AT RAILROAD CROSSING |
| DISREGARDED TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE |
| DISREGARDED TURN MARKS AT INTERSECTION |
| DISREGARDED WARNING SIGN AT CONSTRUCTION |
| DRIVE INTO BLOCK WHERE FIRE ENGINE STOPPED |
| DRIVER OPENED DOOR IN MOVING TRAFFIC |
| DRIVING AROUND BARRICADES |
| DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE |
| DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE OF DRUGS |
| DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED |
| DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED |
| DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED – PROBATED |
| 0.16 PROBATED DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 0.16 PROBATED |
| DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 0.16 OR GREATER |
| DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED W/CHILD UNDER 15 YOA PROBATED |
| DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED W/CHILD UNDER 15YOA |
| DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED-UNDER 21 |
| DRIVING WHILE LICENSE DISQUALIFIED-CMV |
| DROVE CENTER LANE-NOT PASS OR LEFT TURN |
| DROVE ON SIDEWALK |
| DROVE ON STREETCAR TRACKS WHERE PROHIBITED |
| DROVE ON WRONG SIDE–DIVIDED HIGHWAY |
| DROVE ON WRONG SIDE-RAILROAD CROSSING |
| DROVE ONTO CONTROLLED ACCESS HWY WHERE PROHIBITED |
| DROVE THROUGH SAFETY ZONE |
| DROVE TO LEFT OF ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLAND |
| DROVE WITHOUT LIGHTS WHEN REQUIRED |
| DROVE WRONG WAY IN DESIGNATED LANE |
| DROVE WRONG WAY ON ONE-WAY ROADWAY |
| ENDORSEMENT VIOLATION – CMV |
| EXPIRED DRIVER LICENSE |
| FAIL TO CONTROL SPEED |
| FAIL TO STOP AND RENDER AID |
| FAIL TO STOP FROM ALLEY DRIVEWAY OR BUILDING |
| FAIL TO STOP PROPER PLACE-FLASH RED SIGNAL |
| FAIL TO STOP PROPER PLACE-NOT INTERSECT |
| FAIL TO STOP PROPER PLACE-TRAFFIC LIGHT |
| FAIL TO STOP-DESIGNATED POINT-STOP SIGN |
| FAIL TO STOP-DESIGNATED POINT-YIELD SIGN |
| FAILED TO DIM HEADLIGHTS–FOLLOWING |
| FAILED TO DIM HEADLIGHTS–MEETING |
| FAILED TO DRIVE IN SINGLE LANE |
| FAILED TO GIVE ONE-HALF OF ROADWAY |
| FAILED TO GIVE WAY WHEN OVERTAKEN |
| FAILED TO KEEP TO RIGHT ON MOUNTAIN ROAD |
| FAILED TO PASS MET VEHICLE TO RIGHT |
| FAILED TO SIGNAL DISTANCE BEFORE TURN |
| FAILED TO SIGNAL LANE CHANGE |
| FAILED TO SIGNAL TURN |
| FAILED TO SIGNAL–FOR STOP |
| FAILED TO SOUND HORN–MOUNTAIN ROAD |
| FAILED TO STOP AT MARKED RAILROAD CROSSING |
| FAILED TO STOP FOR APPROACHING TRAIN |
| FAILED TO STOP FOR SCHOOL BUS |
| FAILED TO STOP FOR STREETCAR OR STOP WRONG LOCATION |
| FAILED TO USE DUE CARE FOR PEDESTRIAN |
| FAILED TO USE PROPER HEADLIGHT BEAM |
| FAILED TO YIELD AT STOP INTERSECTION |
| FAILED TO YIELD AT YIELD INTERSECTION |
| FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY |
| FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY AT OPEN INTERSECTION |
| FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY FOR BLIND OR INCAPACITATED PERSON |
| FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY LEAVING PRIVATE DRIVE, ALLEY, ETC. |
| FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY ON LEFT AT OBSTRUCTION |
| FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY TO EMERGENCY VEHICLE |
| FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY TO PEDESTRIAN AT SIGNAL INTERSECT |
| FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY TO PEDESTRIAN IN CROSSWALK–NO SIGNAL FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY TO PEDESTRIAN ON SIDEWALK |
| FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY–ON GREEN SIGNAL |
| FAILED TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY–TURN LEFT |
| FAILED TO YIELD TURN RIGHT ON RED SIGNAL |
| FAILED TO YIELD WHEN CHANGING LANES |
| FLEEING FROM POLICE OFFICER |
| FOLLOWING FIRE APPARATUS |
| FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY |
| FRAUD RELATED TO ISSUANCE OF CLP OR CDL |
| HEADLAMPS GLARING–NOT ADJUSTED |
| HEAVY EQUIPMENT DISREGARDED SIGNAL OF TRAIN |
| ILLEGAL BACKING |
| ILLEGAL PASS ON RIGHT |
| ILLEGALLY PASSED STREETCAR |
| IMPEDING TRAFFIC |
| IMPROPER PASSING |
| IMPROPER TURN |
| IMPROPER TURN OR STOP SIGNAL |
| IMPROPER USE OF AUXILIARY DRIVING LAMPS |
| IMPROPER USE OF AUXILIARY PASSING LAMPS |
| IMPROPER USE OF SPOT LAMPS |
| INCREASED SPEED WHILE BEING OVERTAKEN |
| INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE RR XING |
| INTERFERE WITH FUNERAL PROCESSION |
| INTERFERE WITH STREETCAR |
| INTOXICATION ASSAULT |
| INTOXICATION ASSAULT MOTOR VEHICLE |
| INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER |
| INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER MOTOR VEHICLE |
| INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER |
| LACK OF CAUTION ON GREEN ARROW SIGNAL |
| LEAVING SCENE OF ACCIDENT |
| MADE U-TURN ON CURVE–OR HILL |
| MURDER WITH MOTOR VEHICLE |
| NEGLIGENT COLLISION |
| NO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE |
| NO DRIVER LICENSE |
| NO MOTORCYCLE LICENSE |
| OBSTRUCTED VIEW THROUGH WINDSHIELD |
| OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC |
| OPEN CONTAINER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE-DRIVER |
| OPERATE VEHICLE MORE THAN ONE PASS-MINOR |
| OPERATE VEHICLE WITH CHILD IN OPEN BED |
| OPERATE WITH LICENSE FOR OTHER CLASS VEHICLE |
| OPERATING VEHICLE WHERE PROHIBITED |
| PASSED VEHICLE STOPPED FOR PEDESTRIAN |
| PASSED–INSUFFICIENT CLEARANCE |
| PASSENGERS/LOAD OBSTRUCT DRIVER’S VIEW OR CONTROL |
| PASSING AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE |
| PERSON(S) RIDING IN TRAILER OR SEMI TRAILER |
| PROHIBITED MOTOR VEHICLE ON CONTROL ACCESS HIGHWAY |
| RACING |
| RAN RED LIGHT |
| RAN STOP SIGN |
| RECKLESS DRIVING |
| RESTRICTION VIOLATION – CMV |
| SLOWER VEHICLE FAILED TO KEEP TO RIGHT |
| SPEED UNDER MINIMUM |
| SPEEDING |
| SPEEDING 15 MILES OR MORE OVER POSTED LIMIT |
| SPEEDING EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 10% ABOVE POSTED LIMIT |
| * SPEEDING LESS THAN 10% BELOW THE POSTED LIMIT |
| SPEEDING -SCHOOL ZONE |
| * TEXTING WHILE DRIVING |
| TOO MANY RIDERS ON MOTORCYCLE |
| TURNED ACROSS DIVIDING SECTION |
| TURNED LEFT FROM WRONG LANE |
| TURNED RIGHT FROM WRONG LANE |
| TURNED RIGHT TOO WIDE |
| TURNED WHEN UNSAFE |
| UNAUTHORIZED SIREN OR BELL OR WHISTLE |
| UNAUTHORIZED USE OF SIREN, BELL, WHISTLE |
| UNRESTRAINED CHILD-SAFETY SEAT VIOLATION |
| UNSAFE SPEED |
| UNSAFE START FROM PARKED, STOPPED, STANDING |
| USE SCHOOL BUS SIGNAL-WRONG PURPOSE |
| USE WIRELESS DEVICE WHILE DRIVING BUS |
| USE WIRELESS DEVICE WHILE DRIVING–MINOR |
| VEHICLE HAULING EXPLOSIVES FAILED TO REDUCE SPEED RAILROAD CROSSING |
| VEHICLE HAULING EXPLOSIVES FAILED TO STOP AT RAILROAD CROSSING |
| VEHICLE WITHOUT REQUIRED EQUIPMENT OR IN UNSAFE CONDITION |
| VIOLATE DL RESTRICTION ON OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE |
| VIOLATE DRIVER LICENSE RESTRICTION |
| VIOLATE OPERATING HOURS-MINOR |
| VIOLATE OUT OF SERVICE ORDER HAZMAT AND/OR PASSENGER |
| VIOLATED OUT OF SERVICE ORDER |
| WRONG SIDE OF ROAD |
| WRONG SIDE ROAD-NOT PASSING |
| *This is not considered a moving violation for purposes of Transportation Code, §542.304 (a). |
This chart is provided for information purposes only. The information herein is from Title 37, Rule 15.89 of the Texas Administrative Code, which can be found here.
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