Texas is ending mandatory safety inspections for non-commercial vehicles in 2025, though a fee will still be collected at registration. Commercial vehicles must still be inspected, and emissions tests remain for certain areas.

Big Tex, an icon of the Texas State Fair, is featured in a TxDOT safety campaign to promote road safety essentials like seatbelt use, speed limit adherence, and minimizing distractions.

Westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 90 reopened following a rollover crash, with no injury details reported. Earlier, a fatal wrong-way crash on the same highway claimed two lives.