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A HAWK beacon on the campus of Texas A&M University–Commerce. A HAWK beacon (high-intensity activated crosswalk beacon) is a traffic control device used to stop road traffic and allow pedestrians to cross safely. It is officially known as a pedestrian hybrid beacon.
Pedestrian traffic fatalities increased 30% in Texas in the last five years and now account for one-in-five of all roadway deaths, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. In 2022 ...
Non-motorized access on freeways may allow or restrict pedestrians, bicyclists and other non-motorized traffic to use a freeway. Such roads are public ways intended primarily for high-speed travel over long distances, and they have resulted in highways in the United States with engineering features such as long sight-distances, wide marked ...
A diagram of a Texas U-turn, also known as a Texas turnaround (this one with the local road over the limited-access highway) A Texas U-turn, or Texas turnaround, boomerang, or loop around, [citation needed] is a lane allowing cars traveling on one side of a one-way frontage road to U-turn onto the opposite frontage road (typically crossing over or under a freeway or expressway).
All Texas roadways have “prima facie” or default speed limits based on roadway type. Under Texas Transportation Code section 545.352, the default speed limits for certain roadways are: Streets ...
What are speed traps? They are stretches of road where concealed law enforcement officers monitor speed of drivers..
The Uniform Vehicle Code (UVC) is a model act by the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances, a private non-profit organization. Most of the members are state governments, in addition to some related organizations. The extent to which the code is used varies by each state, territory, and Native American tribe. It was last ...
Under Texas Transportation Code section 545.058, motorists are allowed to drive on the shoulder right of the highway to: Stop, stand or park. Accelerate before entering the main traveled lane of ...