Tex. Transp. Code § 545.202 · Subchapter E. STREETCARS
PASSING STREETCAR TO RIGHT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An operator passing to the right of a streetcar stopped or about to stop to receive or discharge a passenger shall:
(1) stop the vehicle at least five feet to the rear of the nearest running board or door of the streetcar; and
(2) remain standing until all passengers have entered the streetcar or, on leaving, have reached a place of safety.
(b) An operator is not required to stop before passing a streetcar to the right if a safety zone has been established and may proceed past the streetcar at a reasonable speed and with due caution for the safety of pedestrians.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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