Sec. 544.008. FLASHING SIGNALS. (a) The operator of a vehicle facing a flashing 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. In the absence of a crosswalk, the operator shall stop at the place nearest the intersecting roadway where the operator has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway. The right to proceed is subject to the rules applicable after stopping at a stop sign.
(b) The operator of a vehicle facing a flashing yellow signal may proceed through an intersection or past the signal only with caution.
(c) This section does not apply at a railroad crossing.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic
Subtitle C - Rules of the Road
Chapter 544 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings
Section 544.001. Adoption of Sign Manual for State Highways
Section 544.002. Placing and Maintaining Traffic-Control Device
Section 544.003. Authority to Designate Through Highway and Stop and Yield Intersections
Section 544.004. Compliance With Traffic-Control Device
Section 544.005. Interference With Traffic-Control Device or Railroad Sign or Signal
Section 544.0055. Traffic-Control Signal Preemption Device; Offense
Section 544.006. Display of Unauthorized Signs, Signals, or Markings
Section 544.007. Traffic-Control Signals in General
Section 544.0075. Certain Traffic-Actuated Electric Traffic-Control Signals
Section 544.008. Flashing Signals
Section 544.009. Lane-Direction-Control Signals
Section 544.010. Stop Signs and Yield Signs