Texas Transportation Code

§ 552.005 — CROSSING AT POINT OTHER THAN CROSSWALK

TN § 552.005Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 552. PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER SIDEWALK USERS

(a)A pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle on the highway if crossing a roadway at a place:

(1)other than in a marked crosswalk or in an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection; or

(2)where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided.

(b)Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation, a pedestrian may cross only in a marked crosswalk.

(c)A pedestrian may cross a roadway intersection diagonally only if and in the manner authorized by a traffic control device.

Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.