What is the Texas Law for yielding to a pedestrian?

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CHAPTER 552. PEDESTRIANS

552.002. PEDESTRIAN RIGHT-OF-WAY IF CONTROL SIGNAL
PRESENT.
(a) A pedestrian control signal displaying "Walk,"
"Don't Walk," or "Wait" applies to a pedestrian as provided by this
section.
(b) A pedestrian facing a "Walk" signal may proceed across a
roadway in the direction of the signal, and the operator of a
vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian.
(c) A pedestrian may not start to cross a roadway in the
direction of a "Don't Walk" signal or a "Wait" signal. A pedestrian
who has partially crossed while the "Walk" signal is displayed
shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the "Don't Walk"
signal or "Wait" signal is displayed.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, effective. Sept. 1, 1995.


552.003. PEDESTRIAN RIGHT-OF-WAY AT CROSSWALK. (a) The
operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian
crossing a roadway in a crosswalk if:
(1) no traffic control signal is in place or in
operation; and
(2) the pedestrian is:
(A) on the half of the roadway in which the
vehicle is traveling; or
(B) approaching so closely from the opposite half
of the roadway as to be in danger.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a pedestrian 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 yield.
(c) The operator of a vehicle approaching from the rear of a
vehicle that is stopped at a crosswalk to permit a pedestrian to
cross a roadway may not pass the stopped vehicle.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, effective. Sept. 1, 1995.

552.005. CROSSING AT POINT OTHER THAN CROSSWALK. (a) A
pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle on the highway
if crossing a roadway at a place:
(1) other than in a marked crosswalk or in an unmarked
crosswalk at an intersection; or
(2) where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian
crossing has been provided.
(b) Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control
signals are in operation, a pedestrian may cross only in a marked
crosswalk.
(c) A pedestrian may cross a roadway intersection
diagonally only if and in the manner authorized by a traffic control
device.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, effective. Sept. 1, 1995.

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