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Texas Transportation Code § 552.0035

Sidewalk User Right-of-Way at Crosswalk

Pedestrians and Other Sidewalk Users

(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.

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a sidewalk user may not approach or enter a crosswalk at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions and having regard for actual and potential existing hazards. For the purposes of this subsection, a speed greater than eight miles per hour is prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable and prudent.

(d) The operator of a vehicle approaching from the rear of a vehicle that is stopped at a crosswalk to permit a sidewalk user to cross a roadway may not pass the stopped vehicle.

Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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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.