Texas Transportation Code
§ 552.003 — PEDESTRIAN RIGHT-OF-WAY AT CROSSWALK
TN § 552.003Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 552. PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER SIDEWALK USERS
Statute text
View on source(a)The operator of a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing a roadway in a crosswalk if:
(1)no traffic control signal is in place or in operation; and
(2)the pedestrian is:
(A)on the half of the roadway in which the vehicle is traveling; or
(B)approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.
(b)Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a pedestrian may not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and proceed into a crosswalk in the path of a vehicle so close that it is impossible for the vehicle operator to stop and yield.
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1272 (H.B. 1343), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 1055), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2021.