Sec. 545.151. VEHICLE APPROACHING OR ENTERING INTERSECTION. (a) An operator approaching an intersection:
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the intersection:
(A) in obedience to an official traffic-control device, including a stop sign or yield right-of-way sign; or
(B) if a traffic-control signal is present but does not display an indication in any of the signal heads; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection can be safely entered without interference or collision with traffic using a different street or roadway.
(b) An operator on a single-lane or two-lane street or roadway who approaches an intersection that is not controlled by an official traffic-control device and that is located on a divided highway or on a street or roadway divided into three or more marked traffic lanes:
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the intersection to a vehicle on the other street or roadway that is within the intersection or approaching the intersection in such proximity as to be a hazard; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection can be safely entered without interference or collision with traffic using a different street or roadway.
(c) An operator on an unpaved street or roadway approaching an intersection of a paved street or roadway:
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the intersection to a vehicle on the paved street or roadway that is within the intersection or approaching the intersection in such proximity as to be a hazard; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection can be safely entered without interference or collision with traffic using the paved street or roadway.
(d) Except as provided in Subsection (e), an operator approaching an intersection of a street or roadway that is not controlled by an official traffic-control device:
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the intersection to a vehicle that has entered the intersection from the operator's right or is approaching the intersection from the operator's right in a proximity that is a hazard; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection can be safely entered without interference or collision with traffic using a different street or roadway.
(e) An operator approaching an intersection of a street or roadway from a street or roadway that terminates at the intersection and that is not controlled by an official traffic-control device or controlled as provided by Subsection (b) or (c):
(1) shall stop, yield, and grant immediate use of the intersection to another vehicle that has entered the intersection from the other street or roadway or is approaching the intersection on the other street or roadway in a proximity that is a hazard; and
(2) after stopping, may proceed when the intersection can be safely entered without interference or collision with the traffic using the other street or roadway.
(f) An operator who is required by this section to stop and yield the right-of-way at an intersection to another vehicle and who is involved in a collision or interferes with other traffic at the intersection to whom right-of-way is to be given is presumed not to have yielded the right-of-way.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 19.05, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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6 in the last 5 years), 1996–2024 · leading case:
Canada v. State, 547 S.W.3d 4 (Tex. App.—Austin 2017).
Canada v. State, 547 S.W.3d 4 (Tex. App.—Austin 2017).
· cites it 3× “See Tex. Transp. Code § 545.151 (listing requirements for vehicle approaching or entering intersection).”
Gomez v. Adame, 940 S.W.2d 249 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1997).
“Gomez further argues that under article 6701d, section 91A(b) of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes (currently at Tex.”
Elmer Rivera v. City of Houston & Veronica Romero, No. 01-19-00629-CV, 2020 WL 7502054 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 22, 2020).
· cites it 2× “The next month, the 1 See TEX. TRANSP. CODE § 545.151(a)(1)(A) (requiring a motorist to stop at an official traffic-control device); id.”
Elmer Rivera v. City of Houston & Veronica Romero, No. 01-19-00629-CV, 2022 WL 2163025 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 16, 2022).
· cites it 2× “The 2 See TEX. TRANSP. CODE § 545.151(a)(1)(A) (requiring a motorist to stop at an official traffic-control device); id.”
Maria Christina Gomez v. City of Houston, No. 14-17-00811-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Dec. 21, 2018).
“When faced with “an official traffic-control device,” a motorist is required to stop and “may proceed when the intersection can be safely entered without interference or collision with traffic using a different street or roadway.”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Christopher Escobar, No. 13-20-00267-CV, 2021 WL 6129135 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg Dec. 29, 2021).
“” TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 545.151(a)(2). Under certain circumstances, police officers are authorized to violate traffic laws so long as it is safe to do so.”
City of Houston v. Crystal Green, No. 14-20-00190-CV, 2022 WL 97334 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2022).
“” Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 545.151 (a)(2). Additionally, under certain circumstances, police officers are authorized to violate traffic laws so long as it is safe to do so.”
William Ellis Douglass v. State of Texas, No. 03-20-00134-CR (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 24, 2022).
“” Tex. Transp. Code § 545.151. 10 drivers to stop nearest to where their view allows them to determine whether an intersection is safe to enter disregards the statute’s wording.”
City of Houston v. Jimmie Lee Jones Junior, No. 14-21-00128-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 27, 2022).
“See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 545.151 (a). Although police officers are sometimes allowed to violate traffic laws, they may do so only when it is safe.”
Tex. Transp. Code § 545.151(a): 2 cases
Canada v. State, 547 S.W.3d 4 (Tex. App.—Austin 2017).
“See Tex. Transp. Code § 545.151 (listing requirements for vehicle approaching or entering intersection).”
Tex. Transp. Code § 545.151(a)(1)(A): 3 cases
Elmer Rivera v. City of Houston & Veronica Romero, No. 01-19-00629-CV, 2020 WL 7502054 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 22, 2020).
“The next month, the 1 See TEX. TRANSP. CODE § 545.151(a)(1)(A) (requiring a motorist to stop at an official traffic-control device); id.”
Elmer Rivera v. City of Houston & Veronica Romero, No. 01-19-00629-CV, 2022 WL 2163025 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 16, 2022).
“The 2 See TEX. TRANSP. CODE § 545.151(a)(1)(A) (requiring a motorist to stop at an official traffic-control device); id.”
Tex. Transp. Code § 545.151(a)(2): 2 cases
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Christopher Escobar, No. 13-20-00267-CV, 2021 WL 6129135 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg Dec. 29, 2021).
“” TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 545.151(a)(2). Under certain circumstances, police officers are authorized to violate traffic laws so long as it is safe to do so.”
Tex. Transp. Code § 545.151(b)(1): 1 case
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