Section 547.502 - Visible Warning Devices Required(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who operates, outside an urban district or on a divided highway, a truck, bus, or truck-tractor or a motor vehicle towing a house trailer shall carry in the vehicle: (1) at daytime: (A) at least two red flags at least 12 inches square; and(B) standards to support the flags; and(2) at nighttime: (A) at least three flares and at least three red-burning fusees;(B) at least three red electric lanterns; or(C) at least three portable red emergency reflectors.(b) A person who operates an explosive cargo vehicle at nighttime:(1) shall carry in the vehicle three red electric lanterns or three portable red emergency reflectors; and(2) may not carry in the vehicle a flare, fusee, or signal produced by flame.(c) A flare, electric lantern, or portable reflector must be visible and distinguishable at a distance of at least 600 feet at night under normal atmospheric conditions.(d) A portable reflector unit must be designed and constructed to reflect a red light clearly visible at all distances from 100 to 600 feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps.(e) A flare, fusee, electric lantern, portable reflector, or warning flag must be a type approved by the department.Tex. Transp. Code § 547.502
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.