{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-552.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 552.008","heading":"DRIVERS TO EXERCISE DUE CARE.","body":"Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, the operator of a vehicle shall:\n(1) exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian on a roadway;\n(2) give warning by sounding the horn when necessary; and\n(3) exercise proper precaution on observing a child or an obviously confused or incapacitated person on a roadway.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","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#552.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"6358eeb612fc9962397e4e7549d779bebb89b2725fb41094555852b2095f49ae","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-552.0071","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-552.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}