Texas Transportation Code

§ 545.151 — VEHICLE APPROACHING OR ENTERING INTERSECTION

TN § 545.151Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES · Art. D. RIGHT-OF-WAY

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(a)An operator approaching an intersection:

(1)shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the intersection:

(A)in obedience to an official traffic-control device, including a stop sign or yield right-of-way sign; or

(B)if a traffic-control signal is present but does not display an indication in any of the signal heads; and

(2)after stopping, may proceed when the intersection can be safely entered without interference or collision with traffic using a different street or roadway.

(b)An operator on a single-lane or two-lane street or roadway who approaches an intersection that is not controlled by an official traffic-control device and that is located on a divided highway or on a street or roadway divided into three or more marked traffic lanes:

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 19.05, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.