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Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-16-108

Rules of the road — Violations — Penalties

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hurd v. Flores (2006)

Most recently applied in Hurd v. Flores (June 2006)

Acts 1955, ch. 147, § 8; T.C.A., § 54-2008; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.

(1) It is unlawful for any person to: Drive a vehicle over, upon, or across any curb, central dividing section, or other separation or dividing line on controlled-access facilities;

(2) Make a left turn or a semicircular or U-turn except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb section, separation or line;

(3) Drive any vehicle except in the proper lane provided for that purpose and in the proper direction and to the right of the central dividing curb, separation section or line; or

(4) Drive any vehicle into the controlled-access facility from a local service road, except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb, dividing section or dividing line that separates the service road from the controlled-access facility proper.

(5) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.