Tex. Transp. Code § 545.156 · Subchapter D. RIGHT-OF-WAY
VEHICLE APPROACHED BY AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) an authorized emergency vehicle using audible and visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections 547.305 and 547.702;
(2) a medical examiner vehicle, as defined by Section 547.751, lawfully using a visual signal in accordance with that section;
(3) a vehicle operated by a justice of the peace for a purpose described by Section 547.752 and lawfully using a visual signal in accordance with that section; and
(4) a police vehicle lawfully using only an audible or visual signal.
(a-1) On the immediate approach of a vehicle described by Subsection (a), an operator, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, shall:
(1) yield the right-of-way;
(2) immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection; and
(3) stop and remain standing until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed.
(b) This section does not exempt the operator of a vehicle described by Subsection (a) from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 860 (H.B. 2837), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2616), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.305RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF LIGHTS.Printed as Sections 547.305 and 547.702
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.702ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.Printed as Sections 547.305 and 547.702
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.751ADDITIONAL LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED FOR MEDICAL EXAMINER VEHICLES.Printed as Section 547.751
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.752ADDITIONAL LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AUTHORIZED FOR VEHICLES OPERATED BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.Printed as Section 547.752
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