Tex. Transp. Code § 545.256 · Subchapter F. SPECIAL STOPS AND SPEED RESTRICTIONS
EMERGING FROM AN ALLEY, DRIVEWAY, OR BUILDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An operator emerging from an alley, driveway, or building in a business or residence district shall:
(1) stop the vehicle before moving on a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending across an alley or driveway;
(2) yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian or sidewalk user to avoid collision; and
(3) on entering the roadway, yield the right-of-way to an approaching vehicle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (S.B. 2039), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 c5addfd7bc39709ff6bd3f6fb32272cf68f47986672b3d27f43af56b520b1340
- Composed by
- 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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