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Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-172

Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles — Penalty

Known as the Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act

The act spans §§ 55-8-101 to 55-8-307 (115 sections).

Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 72; T.C.A., § 59-873; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 2016, ch. 823, § 12.

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.