Sec. 552.006. USE OF SIDEWALK. (a) A pedestrian may not walk along and on a roadway if an adjacent sidewalk is provided and is accessible to the pedestrian.
(b) If a sidewalk is not provided, a pedestrian walking along and on a highway shall walk on the left side of the roadway or the shoulder of the highway facing oncoming traffic, unless the left side of the roadway or the shoulder of the highway facing oncoming traffic is obstructed or unsafe.
(c) The operator of a vehicle emerging from or entering an alley, building, or private road or driveway shall stop and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian approaching on a sidewalk extending across the alley, building entrance or exit, road, or driveway.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 497, Sec. 3, eff. June 11, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 1055), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 815 (H.B. 1277), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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2 in the last 5 years), 2003–2025 · leading case:
Thornton, Gregory, 425 S.W.3d 289 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014).
Thornton, Gregory, 425 S.W.3d 289 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014).
“125(a) ("A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally uses or possesses with intent to use drug paraphernalia to .”
State v. Patterson, 291 S.W.3d 121 (Tex. App. 2009).
“The Texas statute not only made it illegal to walk atop a highway’s surface -with one’s back to traffic when no sidewalk is available, Tex. TraNSP. Code Ann. §§ 552.006 (a)-(b) (Vernon Supp.”
McBride v. State, 359 S.W.3d 683 (Tex. App. 2012).
“See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 552.006 (Vernon 2011).”
Monika Lyn Saenz v. State, 474 S.W.3d 47 (Tex. App. 2015).
“See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 552.006 (b) (West 2011), providing that if there is no sidewalk, "a pedestrian walking-along and on a highway shall if possible walk on: (1) the left side of the roadway; or (2) the shoulder of the' highway facing oncoming traffic.”
George Chiles v. G. G. Hempstead, 426 F. App'x 310 (5th Cir. 2011).
· cites it 2× “See Tex. Transp. Code § 552.006. Even if Officer Hempstead was mistaken about which government entity created the offense, there would still have been probable cause to arrest for a violation.”
United States v. Darrell Lucky, 576 F. App'x 314 (5th Cir. 2014).
· cites it 2× “Because the officers observed accessible sidewalks on both sides of the street Lucky was walking on, they noted that he was violating Tex. TraNSp. Code Ann. § 552.006 , which forbids pedestrians from “walking] along and on a roadway if an adjacent sidewalk is provided and is…”
Cynthia Lorena Gonzalez v. State (Tex. 2016).
“TO THIS HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: STATEMENT OF THE CASE Cynthia Gonzalez was accused by information on October 28, 2014, of two counts of failure to identify under Texas Penal Code §38.”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 552.006(a) — 5 cases
Thornton, Gregory, 425 S.W.3d 289 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014).
“125(a) ("A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally uses or possesses with intent to use drug paraphernalia to .”
George Chiles v. G. G. Hempstead, 426 F. App'x 310 (5th Cir. 2011).
“See Tex. Transp. Code § 552.006. Even if Officer Hempstead was mistaken about which government entity created the offense, there would still have been probable cause to arrest for a violation.”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 552.006(b) — 2 cases
— Tex. Transp. Code § 552.006(c) — 1 case
Cynthia Lorena Gonzalez v. State (Tex. 2016).
“TO THIS HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: STATEMENT OF THE CASE Cynthia Gonzalez was accused by information on October 28, 2014, of two counts of failure to identify under Texas Penal Code §38.”
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