Permissible Conduct

Tex. Transportation Code § 546.001, under Operation of Authorized Emergency Vehicles and Certain Other Vehicles.

Tex. Transportation Code § 546.001

Sec. 546.001. PERMISSIBLE CONDUCT. In operating an authorized emergency vehicle the operator may: (1) park or stand, irrespective of another provision of this subtitle; (2) proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, after slowing as necessary for safe operation; (3) exceed a maximum speed limit, except as provided by an ordinance adopted under Section 545.365, as long as the operator does not endanger life or property; and (4) disregard a regulation governing the direction of movement or turning in specified directions. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.