{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-552.0035","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 552.0035","heading":"SIDEWALK USER RIGHT-OF-WAY AT CROSSWALK.","body":"(a) The operator of a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a sidewalk user crossing a roadway in a crosswalk if:\n(1) no traffic control signal is in place or in operation; and\n(2) the sidewalk user is:\n(A) on the half of the roadway in which the vehicle is traveling; or\n(B) approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.\n(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a sidewalk user may not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and proceed into a crosswalk in the path of a vehicle so close that it is impossible for the vehicle operator to stop and yield.\n(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a sidewalk user may not approach or enter a crosswalk at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions and having regard for actual and potential existing hazards. For the purposes of this subsection, a speed greater than eight miles per hour is prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable and prudent.\n(d) The operator of a vehicle approaching from the rear of a vehicle that is stopped at a crosswalk to permit a sidewalk user to cross a roadway may not pass the stopped vehicle.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 207 (S.B. 2039), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 552. PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER SIDEWALK USERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.552.htm#552.0035","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"91459544d8d81aaf999e889658be91f8b6be35e28c560d37afc98c8bc0fbff25","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-552.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-552.0036"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}