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Tex. Transp. Code § 547.606 (2026)

Safety Guards Or Flaps Required

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Sec. 547.606. SAFETY GUARDS OR FLAPS REQUIRED. (a) A road tractor, truck, trailer, truck-tractor in combination with a semitrailer, or semitrailer in combination with a towing vehicle that has at least four tires or at least two super single tires on the rearmost axle of the vehicle or the rearmost vehicle in the combination shall be equipped with safety guards or flaps that:

(1) are of a type prescribed by the department; and

(2) are located and suspended behind the rearmost wheels of the vehicle or the rearmost vehicle in the combination within eight inches of the surface of the highway.

(b) This section does not apply to a truck-tractor operated alone or a pole trailer.

(c) In this section, "super single tire" means a wide-base, single tire that may be used in place of two standard tires on the same axle.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 752 (H.B. 1330), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2023 · leading case: Alexander Scott Haley v. State of Texas, No. 04-22-00328-CR (Tex. App.—San Antonio July 19, 2023).
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Alexander Scott Haley v. State of Texas, No. 04-22-00328-CR (Tex. App.—San Antonio July 19, 2023). “, not designated for publication) (concluding Saunders waived issue on appeal because the record did not show he - 21 - 04-22-00328-CR raised the issue that Texas Transportation Code section 547.606(a) did not apply to his truck with sufficient specificity to make the trial…”
Derrick Wayne Organ v. State, No. 02-07-00054-CR (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Jan. 31, 2008). “O nly two witnesses, Officer Hall and appellant , testified at the suppression hearing.”
Tony Keith Wells v. State, No. 03-10-00365-CR (Tex. App.—Austin Apr. 21, 2011). “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 547.606 (a) (West 1999) (requiring truck-tractor in combination with semitrailer to have flaps that are within eight inches of highway surface).”
Tony Keith Wells v. State, No. 03-10-00365-CR (Tex. App.—Austin Apr. 21, 2011). “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 547.606 (a) (West 1999) (requiring truck-tractor in combination with semitrailer to have flaps that are within eight inches of highway surface).”
Julio Luis Naranjo Iglesia v. State, No. 13-12-00379-CR (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Jan. 17, 2013). “See TEX. TRANS. CODE ANN. § 547.606 (West Supp.”
Tex. Transp. Code § 547.606(a): 2 cases
Alexander Scott Haley v. State of Texas, No. 04-22-00328-CR (Tex. App.—San Antonio July 19, 2023). “, not designated for publication) (concluding Saunders waived issue on appeal because the record did not show he - 21 - 04-22-00328-CR raised the issue that Texas Transportation Code section 547.606(a) did not apply to his truck with sufficient specificity to make the trial…”
Derrick Wayne Organ v. State, No. 02-07-00054-CR (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Jan. 31, 2008). “O nly two witnesses, Officer Hall and appellant , testified at the suppression hearing.”
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