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Johnson City MTPO-Bicycle Laws in the State of Tennessee
Bicycle Laws in the State of Tennessee
According to TDOT's Bikeped website:
The following are excerpts from the Tennessee Code regarding the use of bicycles. Several titles have references to bicycles and each one is listed below. To go directly to the website and search the Tennessee Code.
Please note that these laws are current as of July 2016. These laws could be changed at any time or new laws enacted and added to the Tennessee Code.
Title 55 – Chapter 8 – Operation of Vehicles – Rules of the Road
55-8-103. Required Obedience to traffic law — Penalty
55-8-105. Persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles
55-8-106. Public officers and employees -- Exceptions
55-8-110. Traffic-control signals -- Inoperative signals with vehicle detection devices for motorcycles -- Right of way at signals inoperative due to mechanical failure or accident -- Inoperative signals with vehicle detection devices for bicycles
55-8-127. Restrictions on use of controlled-access roadway
55-8-171. Operation of bicycles and play vehicles -- Penalty -- Effect of regulations.
55-8-172. Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles — Penalty
55-8-173. Riding on bicycles — Playing and use of play vehicles — Penalties
55-8-174. Clinging to vehicles — Penalty
55-8-175. Riding on roadways and bicycle paths — Penalty
55-8-176. Carrying articles on bicycles — Penalty
55-8-177. Bicycle lamps and brakes — Penalty
55-8-178. Regulations governing nonmotor vehicles and animals — Penalty
55-8-197. Failure to Yield Right of Way — Rules of the Road
Title 55 – Chapter 52 – Safety of Children
55-52-105. Child bicycle safety rules and regulations
TITLE 55 – MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES
Chapter 8 – Operation of Vehicles – Rules of the Road
55-8-103. Required obedience to traffic laws — Penalty. —
It is unlawful and, unless otherwise declared in this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title with respect to particular offenses, it is a Class C misdemeanor, for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this chapter and chapter 10 of this title.
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 3; T.C.A., § 59-803; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]
55-8-105. Persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles. —
Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title, except those provisions of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title that by their very nature can have no application..
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 5; T.C.A., § 59-805.]
55-8-106. Public officers and employees -- Exceptions. —
The provisions of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title applicable to drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, this state or any county, city, town, district or any other political subdivision of the state, subject to specific exceptions as are set forth in this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title.
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 95; T.C.A., § 59-806.]
55-8-110. Traffic-control signals -- Inoperative signals with vehicle detection devices for motorcycles -- Right of way at signals inoperative due to mechanical failure or accident -- Inoperative signals with vehicle detection devices for bicycles. —
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 9; 1973, ch. 28, § 1; 1973, ch. 40, § 1; 1974, ch. 489, § 1; 1976, ch. 401, § 1; T.C.A., § 59-810; Acts 1982, ch. 684, § 1; 1991, ch. 145, §§ 1, 2; 2003, ch. 266, § 1; 2004, ch. 442, § 2; 2005, ch. 15, § 1; 2007, ch. 447, § 1; 2008, ch. 962, § 2; 2008, ch. 964, § 1; 2010, ch. 640, § 1; 2011, ch. 425, §§ 7, 8; 2014, ch. 989, § 1.]
55-8-127. Restrictions on use of controlled-access roadway. —
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 26; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 59-827; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]
55-8-171. Operation of bicycles and play vehicles -- Penalty -- Effect of regulations. —
(d) This section and §§ 55-8-172 -- 55-8-177 are applicable to electric bicycles as defined in § 55-8-301.
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 71; T.C.A., § 59-872; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 2016, ch. 823, §§ 10, 11.]
55-8-172. Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles — Penalty. —
(a) Every person riding a bicycle or electric bicycle, as defined in § 55-8-301, upon a roadway is granted all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title, except as to those provisions of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title that by their nature can have no application.
(b) Every person riding a bicycle or electric bicycle, as defined in § 55-8-301, is subject to the special regulations in §§ 55-8-171 -- 55-8-177 applicable to bicycles or electric bicycles.
(c) Every person riding an electric bicycle, as defined in § 55-8-301, is subject to the special regulations in part 3 of this chapter applicable to electric bicycles.
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 72; T.C.A., § 59-873; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 2016, ch. 823, § 12.]
55-8-173. Riding on bicycles — Playing and use of play vehicles — Penalties. —
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 73; T.C.A., § 59-874; Acts 1985, ch. 138, § 3; 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1995, ch. 140, § 4.]
55-8-174. Clinging to vehicles — Penalty. —
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 74; T.C.A., § 59-875; Acts 1985, ch. 138, § 4; 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]
(c) (1) This subsection (c) shall be known and may be cited as the “Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act of 2007.”
55-8-176. Carrying articles on bicycles — Penalty. —
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 76; T.C.A., § 59-877; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]
55-8-177. Bicycle lamps and brakes — Penalties. —
(a) Every bicycle, when in use at nighttime, shall be equipped with a lamp on the front, which shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet (500¢) to the front, and either a red reflector or a lamp emitting a red light, which shall be visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet (500¢) to the rear, when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle.
(b) Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake or brakes which will enable its driver to stop the bicycle within twenty-five feet (25¢) from a speed of ten miles per hour (10 mph) on dry, level, clean pavement.
[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 77; T.C.A., § 59-878; Acts 1985, ch. 138, § 6; 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 2009, ch. 397, § 1.]
55-8-178. Regulations governing nonmotor vehicles and animals — Penalty. —
(a) Every driver or person having charge of any nonmotor vehicle, on any of the public roads in or of this state, on meeting and passing another vehicle, shall give one-half (½) of the road by turning to the right, so as not to interfere in passing.
(b) When nonmotor vehicles on public roads are traveling in the same direction, and the driver of the hindmost desires to pass the foremost, each driver shall give one-half (½) of the road, the foremost by turning to the right, and the hindmost to the left.
(c) (1) No driver shall stop a nonmotor vehicle on any of the public roads, for any cause or pretense whatever, without turning so far to the right as to leave at least one-half (½) of the road free, open, and unobstructed for other travelers and vehicles.
(2) Subdivision (c)(1) does not apply to a certified police cyclist engaged in the lawful performance of duty relating to traffic control.
(d) Drivers of nonmotor vehicles on public roads shall pass each other in a quiet, orderly, and peaceable manner, and shall not make any noise intended to disturb or frighten the driver or the animals drawing nonmotor vehicles.
(e) No person shall willfully, by noise, gesture or by other means, on or near public roads, disturb or frighten the driver or rider or the animals ridden or drawing vehicles thereon.
(f) (1) An intentional or careless violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(2) A willful or malicious violation of this section, whereby the death of any person is occasioned, is a Class E felony.
(g) (1) All horse-drawn vehicles and/or equipment, whether farm or passenger, shall be equipped with a self-luminous white lamp which shall be visible from the front from a distance of at least five hundred feet (500¢) and with a self-luminous red lamp on the rear which shall be visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet (500¢) to the rear.
(2) This subsection (g) applies only if the horse-drawn vehicle is used as the owner's primary mode of personal or farm transportation and is regularly driven upon public roads or highways or the rights-of-way thereof.
(3) This subsection (g) does not apply in any county having a population of not less than three hundred nineteen thousand six hundred twenty-five (319,625) nor more than three hundred nineteen thousand seven hundred twenty-five (319,725) or of not less than eighty-eight thousand seven hundred (88,700) nor more than eighty-eight thousand eight hundred (88,800), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
[Code 1858, §§ 1172-1177, 4649 (deriv. Acts 1837-1838, ch. 114, §§ 1-6); Acts 1911, ch. 33; Shan., §§ 1600-1605, 6491; mod. Code 1932, §§ 2671-2677; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 59-879; Acts 1988, ch. 947, §§ 1-4; 1989, ch. 452, §§ 1-3; 1989, ch. 591, §§ 1, 6, 113; 1995, ch. 140, § 7.]
55-8-197. Failure to Yield Right of Way — Rules of the Road. —
(a) Any person who violates subdivisions (a)(1)-(6) and the violation results in an accident resulting in serious bodily injury to or death of any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor:
(c) (1) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class B misdemeanor if the accident results in serious bodily injury of another.
(2) A violation of subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor if the accident results in the death of another.
[Acts 2007, ch. 537, § 1; 2009, ch. 342, § 1; 2011, ch. 192, §§ 2, 3; 2016, ch. 834, § 1.]
Chapter 52 – Safety of Children
55-52-105. Child bicycle safety rules and regulations. —
(2) For any person to be a passenger on a bicycle unless, with respect to any person who weighs less than forty pounds (40 lbs.), or is less than forty inches (40²) in height, the person can be and is properly seated in and adequately secured to a restraining seat;
[Acts 1993, ch. 399, § 6; 1998, ch. 684, § 2; 2000, ch. 916, § 5.]
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