Section 545.156 - Vehicle Approached By Authorized Emergency Vehicle(a) This section applies only to: (1) an authorized emergency vehicle using audible and visual signals that meet the requirements of Sections 547.305 and 547.702; (2) a medical examiner vehicle, as defined by Section 547.751, lawfully using a visual signal in accordance with that section; (3) a vehicle operated by a justice of the peace for a purpose described by Section 547.752 and lawfully using a visual signal in accordance with that section; and (4) a police vehicle lawfully using only an audible or visual signal. (a-1) On the immediate approach of a vehicle described by Subsection (a), an operator, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, shall: (1) yield the right-of-way; (2) immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection; and (3) stop and remain standing until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed. (b) This section does not exempt the operator of a vehicle described by Subsection (a) from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway. Tex. Transp. Code § 545.156
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 727,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 860 (H.B. 2837), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.