| A number of notable Texas traffic and driving | | | | Department of Insurance, in conjunction with |
| laws designed to grow safety on the roads and | | | | TDOT and other bureaux, to prove a check |
| drivers education awareness go into effect on | | | | program for motor vehicle insurance in order |
| September 1. | | | | to try and tighten the total of uninsured |
| | | | automobile operators. |
| Operators under the age of Drivers will at | | | | |
| present have a harder time getting traffic | | | | SB 1257 forbids use of wireless |
| tickets flushed from their record. SB 1005 | | | | communications hardware (including cellular |
| provides that if a driver younger than | | | | phones) for the first six calendar months |
| automobile operators years of age commits a | | | | after teenagers acquire their driver |
| traffic offense classified as a moving | | | | licenses. The bill also disallows passenger |
| violation, the judge must necessitate the | | | | bus drivers transporting those under 18 from |
| driver to complete a classroom based or | | | | employing wireless communications equipment, |
| online defensive driving course. Beyond that, | | | | except in emergencies or when the bus is |
| if the driver holds a provisional driver | | | | stopped. Use of wireless hardware has become |
| license - in other words, is under 18 years | | | | ubiquitous and is under suspicion of causing |
| of age - they must submit to a Texas DPS road | | | | accidents. |
| test in addition to taking an offline or | | | | |
| online defensive driving course. Failure by | | | | Many of the items addressed by by these laws |
| the driver to meet this requirement will | | | | are talked about in the available State |
| result in a final conviction for that traffic | | | | defensive driving courses offered up online |
| offense. | | | | and in classroom settings. Prices could vary |
| | | | for drivers safety courses but the lower |
| Proof of insurance will be enforced through | | | | limit they can be by law in the state of |
| the new State law SB 1670. This law takes the | | | | Texas is $25. |