Texas Transportation Code
§ 552.0035 — SIDEWALK USER RIGHT-OF-WAY AT CROSSWALK
TN § 552.0035Title 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 sidewalk user crossing a roadway in a crosswalk if:
(1)no traffic control signal is in place or in operation; and
(2)the sidewalk user 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 sidewalk user 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
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (S.B. 2039), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.