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TN Code § 55-8-138 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-138. Pedestrians on Roadways

  Except as provided in this section, where sidewalks are provided, it is unlawful for any pedestrian to walk or use a wheelchair along and upon an adjacent roadway.   Where sidewalks are not provided or are obstructed, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk only on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder facing traffic that may approach from the opposite direction.   Where sidewalks are not provided, are obstructed or are not wheelchair accessible, any person using a wheelchair along and upon a highway shall, when practicable, use the wheelchair on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder facing traffic that may approach from the opposite direction; provided, that a person using a wheelchair along and upon a highway may use the wheelchair on the right side of the roadway or its shoulder if it is convenient or reasonably necessary for travel by the person.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-8-139 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-139. Limitations on Where Person May Stand Along Roadway

  No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride or employment from the occupant of any vehicle.   No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway.   No person shall loiter or conduct any commercial activity in, or in proximity to, the median of a state highway.   Subsection (c) does not apply to:  Employees of, or agents, contractors, or other persons under contract with, or acting on behalf of, the department of transportation; and   Employees of, or agents, contractors, or other persons who are under contract with, or acting on behalf of, a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state or a utility, and who are permitted by the department of transportation to stand or conduct any activity in, or in proximity to, the median of a state highway.     A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor; except, that a person who violates subsection (c) shall receive a warning citation for a first offense.
TN Code § 55-8-140 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-140. Required Position and Method of Turning at Intersections

 The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows:   Right Turns.  Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway;   Left Turns on Two-way Roadways.  At any intersection where traffic is permitted to move in both directions on each roadway entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and by passing to the right of the center line where it enters the intersection, and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the center line of the roadway being entered. Whenever practicable, the left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to the left of the center of the intersection;   Left Turns on Other Than Two-way Roadways.  At any intersection where traffic is restricted to one (1) direction on one (1) or more of the roadways, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any such intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of the driver's vehicle, and after entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection, as nearly as practicable, in the left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in that direction upon the roadway being entered;   Local Instructions.  Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause markers, buttons or signs to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an intersection, and when markers, buttons or signs are so placed, no driver of a vehicle shall turn a vehicle at an intersection other than as directed and required by those markers, buttons or signs; and   Two-way Left Turn Lanes.  Where a special lane for making left turns by drivers proceeding in opposite directions has been established:  A left turn shall not be made from any other lane unless a vehicle cannot safely enter the turn lane;   A vehicle shall not be driven in the left turn lane except when preparing for or making a left turn from or into the roadway;   A vehicle shall not use the left turn lane solely for the purpose of passing another vehicle;   A vehicle shall not enter a left turn lane more than a safe distance from the point of the intended turn;   When any vehicle enters the turn lane, no other vehicle proceeding in an opposite direction shall enter that turn lane if that entrance would prohibit the vehicle already in the lane from making the intended turn; and   When vehicles enter the turn lane proceeding in opposite directions, the first vehicle to enter the lane shall have the right-of-way.
TN Code § 55-8-141 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-141. Turning on Curve or Crest of Grade Prohibited — Penalty

  No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, where the vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred feet (500').   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-8-142 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-142. Turning Movements — Signal for Stop or Decrease in Speed

  No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in § 55-8-140, or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway, or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway, unless and until this movement can be made with reasonable safety. No person shall so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in §§ 55-8-143 and 55-8-144 in the event any other traffic may be affected by this movement.   No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give this signal.
TN Code § 55-8-143 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-143. Signals for Turns

  Every driver who intends to start, stop or turn, or partly turn from a direct line, shall first see that that movement can be made in safety, and whenever the operation of any other vehicle may be affected by such movement, shall give a signal required in this section, plainly visible to the driver of the other vehicle of the intention to make such movement.   The signal required in this section shall be given by means of the hand and arm, or by some mechanical or electrical device approved by the department of safety, in the manner specified in this section. Whenever the signal is given by means of the hand and arm, the driver shall indicate the intention to start, stop, or turn, or partly turn, by extending the hand and arm from and beyond the left side of the vehicle, in the following manner:  For left turn, or to pull to the left, the arm shall be extended in a horizontal position straight from and level with the shoulder;   For right turn, or pull to the right, the arm shall be extended upward; and   For slowing down or to stop, the arm shall be extended downward.     These signals shall be given continuously for a distance of at least fifty feet (50') before stopping, turning, partly turning, or materially altering the course of the vehicle.   Drivers having once given a hand, electrical or mechanical device signal, must continue the course thus indicated, unless they alter the original signal and take care that drivers of vehicles and pedestrians have seen and are aware of the change.   Drivers receiving a signal from another driver shall keep their vehicles under complete control and shall be able to avoid an accident resulting from a misunderstanding of the signal.   Drivers of vehicles, standing or stopped at the curb or edge before moving these vehicles, shall give signals of their intention to move into traffic, as provided in this section, before turning in the direction the vehicle shall proceed from the curb.
TN Code § 55-8-144 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-144. Signals by Hand and Arm or Signal Device

  Any stop or turn signal required by this chapter shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by a signal lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device approved by the department of safety as provided in § 55-8-143, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b).   Any motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipped with, and required signal shall be given by, a signal lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device approved by the department when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside limit of the body, cab or load of the motor vehicle exceeds twenty-four inches (24"), or when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post to the rear limit of the body or load thereof exceeds fourteen feet (14'). The latter measurement shall apply to any single vehicle, also to any combination of vehicles.
TN Code § 55-8-145 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-145. Obedience to Signal Indicating Approach of Train or Other On-Track Equipment — Penalty

  Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, the driver of the vehicle shall stop within fifty feet (50') but not less than fifteen feet (15') from the nearest rail of the railroad, and shall not proceed until that driver can do so safely. These requirements shall apply when:  A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a railroad train or other on-track equipment, which shall mean any self-propelled machinery or vehicle traveling on a railroad track;   A crossing gate is lowered or when a human flagger gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a railroad train or other on-track equipment;   A railroad train or other on-track equipment approaching within approximately one thousand five hundred feet (1,500') of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from such distance and the railroad train or other on-track equipment, by reason of its speed or nearness to the crossing, is an immediate hazard; or   An approaching railroad train or other on-track equipment is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to the crossing.     No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-8-146 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-146. All Vehicles Must Stop at Certain Railroad Grade Crossings — Statutes Not to Affect Common Law Right of Recovery — Penalty

  The department of transportation, and local authorities, with the approval of the department, are authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs at those locations. When stop signs are erected, the driver of any vehicle shall stop within fifty feet (50') but not less than fifteen feet (15') from the nearest rail of the railroad and shall proceed only upon exercising due care.   None of the provisions of §§ 55-8-145 — 55-8-147 shall be construed as abridging or in any way affecting the common law right of recovery of litigants in damage suits that may be pending or brought against any railroad company or other common carrier.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-8-147 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-147. Certain Vehicles Must Stop at All Railroad Grade Crossings

  The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, or of any school bus whether or not the school bus is carrying any school child, or of any vehicle carrying explosive substances or flammable liquids as a cargo or part of a cargo, before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop the vehicle within fifty feet (50') but not less than fifteen feet (15') from the nearest rail of the railroad, and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along the track for any approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train, except as provided in this section, and shall not proceed until the driver can do so safely. After stopping as required in this section and upon proceeding when it is safe to do so, the driver of any such vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for changing gears while traversing the crossing and the driver shall not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.   No stop need be made at any crossing where a police officer or a traffic-control signal directs traffic to proceed.   A violation of subsection (a) is a Class B misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-8-148 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-148. Moving Heavy Equipment at Railroad Grade Crossings

  No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of ten (10) or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than one-half inch (½") per foot of the distance between any two (2) adjacent axles or in any event of less than nine inches (9"), measured above the level surface of a roadway, upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with this section.   Before making any such crossing, the person operating or moving the vehicle or equipment described in subsection (a) shall first stop the same not less than fifteen feet (15') nor more than fifty feet (50') from the nearest rail of such railroad, and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along the track for any approaching train and for signals indicating the approach of a train, and shall not proceed until the crossing can be made safely.   No such crossing shall be made when warning is given by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagger or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad train or car. If a flagger is provided by the railroad, movement over the crossing shall be made under the flagger's direction.
TN Code § 55-8-149 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-149. Requirements for Stop Signs — Vehicles and Streetcars Must Stop at Stop Signs — Penalty

  Every stop sign shall bear the word “Stop” in letters not less than eight inches (8") in height and the sign shall at nighttime be rendered luminous by steady or flashing internal illumination, or by a fixed floodlight projected on the face of the sign, or by efficient reflecting elements on the face of the sign.   Every stop sign shall be erected as near as practicable to the nearest line of the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if there is no crosswalk, then as close as practicable to the nearest line of the roadway.   Every driver of a vehicle and every operator of a streetcar approaching a stop sign shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver or operator has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-8-150 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-150. Emerging From Alley, Driveway or Building

 The driver of a vehicle within a business or residence district emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway or driveway, and shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian as may be necessary to avoid collision, and upon entering the roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the roadway.
TN Code § 55-8-154 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-154. Minimum Speed Regulation — Turnouts — Passing Bays — Penalties — Inapplicable to Farm Tractors or Implements of Husbandry

  No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.   Whenever the department of transportation or a local authority within its respective jurisdiction determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the department or local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.   Wherever there exists, at or near the top of any hill or grade, a turnout, passing bay or parking area adjacent to and to the right of any traffic lane of any state or federal highway within the state, any person driving or operating a truck or other slow-moving vehicle upon such traffic lane shall drive the truck or other slow-moving vehicle into and stop the same upon the turnout, passing bay or parking area and permit faster-moving vehicles following the truck or other slow-moving vehicle whose progress is being retarded to pass; provided, that the turnout, passing bay or parking area is marked by a traffic sign.   This section shall not apply to farm tractors or implements of husbandry.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-8-155 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-155. Special Speed Limitation on Motor-Driven Cycles — Penalty

  No person shall operate any motor-driven cycle at any time at a speed greater than thirty-five miles per hour (35 mph) unless the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a head lamp or lamps that are adequate to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of three hundred feet (300') ahead.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-8-156 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-156. Special Speed Limitations — Penalties

  No person shall drive any vehicle equipped with solid rubber or cushion tires at a speed greater than a maximum of ten miles per hour (10 mph).   No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed that can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure, when the structure is signposted as provided in this section.   The department of transportation, upon request from any local authority, shall, or upon its own initiative may, conduct an investigation of any bridge, or other elevated structure constituting a part of the highway, and if it thereupon finds that the structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this chapter, the department shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles that the structure can safely withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating the maximum speed to be erected and maintained at a distance of one hundred feet (100') before each end of the structure.   Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this section, proof of the determination of the maximum speed by the department and the existence of the signs shall constitute conclusive evidence of the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to the bridge or structure.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 55-8-157 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-157. Charging Violations

 In every charge of violation of any speed regulation in this chapter, the complaint and the summons or notice to appear shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven, together with the speed limit applicable within the district or at the location.
TN Code § 55-8-159 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles|Chapter 8 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|Part 1 - Operation of Vehicles — Rules of the Road|§ 55-8-159. Officers Authorized to Remove Illegally Stopped Vehicles

  Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of § 55-8-158, the officer is authorized to move the vehicle, or to require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move it, to a position off the paved or main-traveled part of the highway.   Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any bridge or causeway or in any tunnel, or on any highway, where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, the officer is authorized to provide for the removal of that vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety, at the expense of the owner.