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Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-182

Operation of motorcycles on laned roadways

Known as the Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act

The act spans §§ 55–55 (115 sections).

Acts 1976, ch. 758, § 5; T.C.A., § 59-883; Acts 2016, ch. 1015, § 7.

(1) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in a manner that deprives any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection (a) shall not apply to motorcycles operated two (2) abreast in a single lane.

(2) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.

(3) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.

(4) Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two (2) abreast in a single lane.

(5) Motorcycles that are autocycles shall not be operated more than two (2) abreast in a single lane.

(6) Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.

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.