Bill Text: TX SB334 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the rules of the road regarding red signals at certain traffic control signals.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-02 - Referred to Transportation [SB334 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB334-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 334 | |
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| relating to the rules of the road regarding red signals at certain | ||
| traffic control signals. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 544.007, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (d) An operator of a vehicle facing only a steady red signal | ||
| shall stop at a clearly marked stop line. In the absence of a stop | ||
| line, the operator shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the | ||
| near side of the intersection. Except as provided by Subsection | ||
| (d-1), a [ |
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| an indication to proceed is shown. After stopping, standing until | ||
| the intersection may be entered safely, and yielding right-of-way | ||
| to pedestrians lawfully in an adjacent crosswalk and other traffic | ||
| lawfully using the intersection, the operator may: | ||
| (1) turn right; or | ||
| (2) turn left, if the intersecting streets are both | ||
| one-way streets and a left turn is permissible. | ||
| (d-1) An operator of a vehicle facing only a steady red | ||
| signal at a traffic-actuated electric traffic-control signal, as | ||
| described by Section 544.0075, may proceed if the traffic-actuated | ||
| electric traffic-control signal fails to register the vehicle | ||
| within a reasonable period of time. The right to proceed is subject | ||
| to the rules applicable after stopping at a stop sign. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
