Tex. Transp. Code § 552.008 · Chapter 552. PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER SIDEWALK USERS
DRIVERS TO EXERCISE DUE CARE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, the operator of a vehicle shall:
(1) exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian on a roadway;
(2) give warning by sounding the horn when necessary; and
(3) exercise proper precaution on observing a child or an obviously confused or incapacitated person on a roadway.
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.552.htm
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- sha256 8c9a0910398912205375aa6661b1b4ba40d373127220ca77f6aabb3711ef8462
- 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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