Drivers often assume "public place" means state highways, city streets, or county roads. However, under Texas Penal Code § 1.07(a)(40), the legal definition of a public place is much broader:

In today’s connected world, a night out in Houston rarely stays off the record. Between Snapchat stories, Instagram location tags, Venmo transaction logs, and Facebook check-ins at a local patio or bar along Washington Avenue, almost every social interaction leaves a permanent digital footprint. While these posts feel harmless in the moment, everything changes the instant you are pulled over on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. In modern Harris County courtrooms, prosec