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Tex. Transp. Code § 545.155 (2026)

Vehicle Entering Highway From Private Road Or Driveway

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Sec. 545.155. VEHICLE ENTERING HIGHWAY FROM PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY. An operator about to enter or cross a highway from an alley, building, or private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle approaching on the highway to be entered.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2003–2019 · leading case: Jonathan Albert Leal v. State, 452 S.W.3d 14 (Tex. App. 2014).
Jonathan Albert Leal v. State, 452 S.W.3d 14 (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 545.155 (West 2011).”
Cnty. of Dallas v. Poston, 104 S.W.3d 719 (Tex. App. 2003). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 545.155 (Vernon 1999).”
Cia Babiy v. Ramzi Morgan Kelley (Tex. App. 2019). “TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. § 545.155. The Court held that the duty imposed by this section is not absolute; rather, “the appropriate inquiry is whether a reasonably prudent driver under the same or similar circumstances would have yielded the right-of-way.”
King, Donald Weston (Tex. 2015). “11 TEX. TRANSP. CODE § 545.155 .............”
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