§ 26-385. Yielding to vehicles on right and at through streets.  


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  • (a)

    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, an operator approaching an intersection of a street or roadway that is not controlled by an official traffic control device 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 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 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-controlled device 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 after stopping, may proceed when the intersection can be safely entered without interference or collision with the traffic using the other street or roadway.

(Code 1982, § 16-152)

State law reference

Similar provisions, V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 545.151(d), (e).