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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Transportation Code § 545.201: PASSING STREETCAR TO LEFT.

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  1. TRANSPORTATION CODE
  2. TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
  3. SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD
  4. CHAPTER 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES
  5. SUBCHAPTER E. STREETCARS

(a) An operator may not pass to the left or drive on the left side of a streetcar moving in the same direction, even if the streetcar is temporarily at rest, unless the operator:

(1) is directed to do so by a police officer;

(2) is on a one-way street; or

(3) is on a street on which the location of the tracks prevents compliance with this section.

(b) An operator when lawfully passing to the left of a streetcar that has stopped to receive or discharge a passenger:

(1) shall reduce speed;

(2) may proceed only on exercising due caution for pedestrians; and

(3) shall accord a pedestrian the right-of-way as required by this subtitle.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:44Z. Source file · JSON

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