{"id":709,"date":"2026-05-10T09:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=709"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T09:07:37","slug":"texas-troopers-to-step-up-patrols-for-seat-belt-distracted-driving-violations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=709","title":{"rendered":"Texas troopers to step up patrols for seat belt, distracted driving violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>AUSTIN, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>The Texas Highway Patrol (THP) will soon step up enforcement of seat belt and distracted driving laws.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=708\">Where Texas UFOs have been spotted, according to new Pentagon files<\/a><\/p> <p>The annual All-American Enforcement Campaign runs from May 11 to Memorial Day on May 25.<\/p> <!-- --><p>What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>&#8220;Seat belts save lives \u2013 it\u2019s that simple,&#8221; said THP Chief Bryan Rippee. &#8220;Buckling up is one of the easiest decisions you can make to protect yourself and your loved ones every time you get on the road.&#8221;<\/p> <!-- --><p>The THP reminded drivers of Texas\u2019 move-over, slow-down law. It requires drivers traveling roads with multiple lanes going in the same direction to move out of the lane closest to emergency vehicles with lights activated. On two-way roads, drivers must slow down to 20 mph below the speed limit.<\/p> <!-- --><div><p>\n    Related\n  <\/p> <div><div><div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Woman who lost both legs in crash reminds drivers of Move Over or Slow Down law\" class=\"wp-image-586\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ea366136e225ebd62d71ae30be0b66ba-768x387.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ea366136e225ebd62d71ae30be0b66ba-768x387.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ea366136e225ebd62d71ae30be0b66ba-300x151.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ea366136e225ebd62d71ae30be0b66ba.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div> <noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Woman who lost both legs in crash reminds drivers of Move Over or Slow Down law\" class=\"wp-image-587\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c2977faf0ff23debff054ade77755ba8.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c2977faf0ff23debff054ade77755ba8.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c2977faf0ff23debff054ade77755ba8-300x151.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div> <span>article<\/span><\/div><\/div> <div><h3>Woman who lost both legs in crash reminds drivers of Move Over or Slow Down law<\/h3> <p>AAA Texas and (TxDOT) are reminding Texans about the Move Over or Slow Down law, which requires drivers to do just that when they see emergency vehicles with lights flashing on the side of the road.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=707\">Texas led the nation in FCC complaints about Bad Bunny, Super Bowl<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>More than 6,900 tickets have already been issued this year for move-over, slow-down violations, troopers said.<\/p> <!-- --><p>According to troopers, Texas law prohibits using portable wireless devices to read, write or send an electronic message unless the vehicle is stopped.<\/p> <!-- --><p>By the numbers:<\/p> <!-- --><p>According to troopers, more than 156,000 tickets and warnings were written during last year\u2019s campaign. Nearly 10,000 of them were for speeding, 3,876 of them were for driving without insurance and 780 of them were for seat belts. Just over 900 felony and fugitive arrests were also made.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=706\">FIFA World Cup 2026: Making things \u2018pitch\u2019 perfect at Houston Stadium<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Highway Patrol (THP) will soon step up enforcement of seat belt and distracted driving laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-texas","category-traffic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas troopers to step up patrols for seat belt, distracted driving violations - 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