The driver of a vehicle shall not back the vehicle unless that movement can be made with reasonable safety and without interfering with other traffic.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-163
Limitations on backing
Known as the Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act
The act spans §§ 55-8-101 to 55-8-307 (115 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hickman v. Jordan (2001)
Most recently applied in Hickman v. Jordan (November 2001)
Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 63; T.C.A., § 59-864.
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.