Drivers in Texas have a responsibility to pay attention, obey traffic laws and respect pedestrians’ rights to the road. State law gives pedestrians the right-of-way in marked and unmarked crosswalks and intersections. This means that drivers must yield to pedestrians crossing the road in these locations.
In addition, according to Texas Transportation Code Section 552.008, drivers always have a duty to exercise due caution to avoid collisions with pedestrians, especially when the individual is a child or an “obviously confused or incapacitated person” in the road. If a motor vehicle driver violates any of these rules, he or she could be found at fault for a related pedestrian accident in Houston.