You drive out of a driveway in a residential area. A teen on a scooter rides along the sidewalk toward your driveway, and cars come along the street. What must you do?

Correct answer: Stop before the sidewalk, yield to the scooter rider, then yield to cars on the street.

Why

Walls, hedges and parked cars can hide people on the sidewalk until the last moment, so the stop before the sidewalk gives you time to see them. A 2025 Texas law calls a person on a bicycle, scooter, skateboard or skates on a sidewalk a "sidewalk user," and drivers must yield to sidewalk users as they do to pedestrians. After the sidewalk is clear, move forward and yield to vehicles on the road before you enter it.

Verified against Texas Driver Handbook · Private Roads and Driveways · p. 26