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  • Traffic laws are generally not applicable on private property. For example, you can drive an un-inspected, unregistered truck around your property all you want to and not be cited for missing the tags and sticker since you are not operating in the public right of way. You may have a good case here provided you were well away from the public right-of-way, which generally extends 10 from the curb line in most Texas cities.
  • You still can't provide proof of the core fact that the Texas Transportation Code does not claim jurisdiction over private property. The power of the State to dictate traffic law stops at the edge of the public right of way. The Code is rife with laws and requirements for all aspects of vehicular and pedestrian movement but no where does it state that it applies to private property. The land upon which travel is executed, when named, is *always* land under the control of a government entity. I know this better than most as I deal with private roads and parking lots as part of my job (civil engineer working in land development). In all the reviews of private parking and roads that I have submitted for city, county, or state review, NONE have ever come back redlined for not meeting Transportation Code standards. Thanks for playing, anyway.

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