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TENNESSEE LAWS
 
 
  
Bicycle Safety Laws   Pedestrian Laws
     
  
Children   School Bus/Church Bus
     
Speed Laws
  
     
  Traffic Terms &/or Definitions
     
Headlight Law   Truck
  
  
Motorcycle Laws   Work Zone Traffic
     
  
Occupant Protection (Safety Belt) Laws    
     
 
 
 
ALCOHOL:
 
TCA 55-10-401 - BAC .08
 
TCA 55-10-403- (Penalties for 55-10-401 and 55-10-404) Child Endangerment - Inpatient alcohol and drug treatment - Restricted License - Strip searches - Forfeiture of vehicles - Blood alcohol concentration test fee
 
  Amendment to TCA 55-10-403 - Concentration in blood or breath
   
  Amendment to TCA 55-10-403 - DUI Offender to Attend a Victims' impact panel program. All individuals convicted of drunken driving will have to serve at least 48 hours in jail. Effective July, 1 2008.
   
  Amendment to TCA 55-10-403 - Child Endangerment- Bodily Injury - Class D Felony.
Effective January 1, 2009.
 
 
TCA 55-10-406- Tests for Alcoholic or Drug Content of Blood - Implied Consent - Refusal to submit to test etc.   
   
   Amendment to TCA 55-10-406 (a) (1)- Deletes present 2 hour law requirement for blood alcohol testing efffective January 1, 2009.
 
TCA 55-10-407 - Tests for alcoholic or drug content of blood - Admissibility - Failure to request test.
 
TCA 55-10-408 - Tests for alcoholic or drug content of blood - Presumptions of intoxication and impairment.
 
TCA 55-10-409 - Tests for alcoholic or drug content of blood - Reports - Availability of results.
 
TCA 55-10-410 - Tests for alcoholic or drug content of blood - Procurement and processing of samples - - Results - Additional testing.
 
TCA 55-10-411 - Tests for alcoholic or drug content of blood - Construction of provisions - Authority of other departments.
 
TCA 55-10-412 - Additional penalties - Ignition interlock devices.
 
TCA 55-10-415 - Underage Drinking While Impaired (16 years or over but under 21 years of age)
   
TCA 55-10-416 - Open Container Law
 
Tennessee Department of Safety DUI Offenses At-A-Glance
 
 
CELL PHONES AND TEEN DRIVERS
 
TCA 55-50-311 - Cell Phone and Learner permit - Intermediate license - Fees - Restrictions - Penalties - Application - Parental notification.
 
 
 
CHILDREN
 
TCA 55-9-602 - Child Passenger Restraint Systems -Violations - Penalties.
Click Here to Read the Law
 
      Child Passenger Safety (Enmendado Efectivo el 1° de Julio de 2005 - El Estado de Tennessee) (PDF)
 
TCA 55-9-606 - Passengers Over Sixteen Years of Age.
 
TCA 55-8-189 - Transporting Child in Truck Bed  
   
TCA 55-10-403- (Penalties for 55-10-401 and 55-10-404) Child Endangerment - Inpatient alcohol and drug treatment - Restricted License - Strip searches - Forfeiture of vehicles - Blood alcohol concentration test fee
   
   
TCA 55-10-802 - Part Definitions - Children Left Unattended in Motor Vehicle
   
TCA 55-10-803 - Offense of Leaving Child Unattended in Motor Vehicle - Penalty
   
TCA 55-50-312 - Licensing of Minors (Motor-driven cycles)   
   
  TCA 55-50-312 Amendment - Raises Minimum Age of Minor from 14 to 15. (House Bill No. 2994 & Senate Bill No. 3159)
 
 
 
CHILDREN - OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLES BY MINORS
 
TCA 55-52-201 - Offense of Operation by Minors
   
TCA 55-52-202 - Penalty for Operation of Off-Highway Motor Vehicles by Minors - Defenses
   
TCA 55-50-312 - Licensing of Minors (Motor-driven cycle)   
   
  TCA 55-50-312 Amendment - Raises Minimum Age of Minor from 14 to 15. (House Bill No. 2994 & Senate Bill No. 3159)
   
DRIVER IMPROVMENT & POINTS SYSTEM
   
TN Driver Improvement & Point System  
   
   
   
GRADUATED DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM
   
TN Department of Safety (TDOS) Driver License Program
   
TDOS Graduated Driver's License Handbook (Chapter 3)
   
TDOS Graduated Driver's License Program Frequently Asked Questions
 
TDOS Graduated Driver's License System Brochure (PDF)
 
TCA 55-9-603 Use of safety belts in passenger vehicles -Violations - Penalties - Arrest - Applicability.
 
TCA 55-50-311 - Cell Phone and Learner permit - Intermediate license - Fees - Restrictions - Penalties - Application - Parental notification.
 
TDOS Teen Driver Safety "Skills for Life"
 
 
  
HEADLIGHT LAW
 
TCA 55-9-406 - Headlights on Motor Vehicles - Operating During Inclement Weather - Violation - Penalty - Cost
   
   
   
LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT
 
TCA 40-7-103 - Leaving the Scene of an Accident
         
   
   
MOVE OVER LAW  
   
TCA 55-8-132 - Move Over Law  
         
         
OCCUPANT PROTECTION
         
(SEE SAFETY BELT LAWS)  
         
         
OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLES
 
TCA 55-10-206 - Off-road Vehicles - Prohibited Acts - Penalties - Child Safety in Operation of Off-Highway Motor Vehicles
   
TCA 55-52-201 - Offense of Operation by Minors
   
TCA 55-52-202 - Penalty for Operation of Off-Highway Motor Vehicles by Minors - Defenses
   
   
SCHOOL BUS/CHURCH BUS
   
TCA 55-8-151 - School Bus (or Church Bus) Overtaking and Passing
   
   
SAFETY BELT LAWS
 
 TCA 55-9-601 Required - Specifications - Violations - Venalities
 
TCA 55-9-603 Use of safety belts in passenger vehicles -Violations - Penalties - Arrest - Applicability.
 
TCA 55-9-604 Failure to Wear Belt - Contributory Negligence-Evidence
 
TCA 55-9-606 - Safety Belts - Passengers Over Sixteen Years of Age
 
 
TEEN DRIVING LAWS (15-18 YEARS OF AGE)
 
TCA 55-50-311 Teen Graduated Drivers License Law with Cell Phone section - Fees - Restrictions - Penalties - Application - Parental notification.

“Tennessee's Graduated
Driver License System ”,
by the TN Department of Safety, 2009
 
TCA 55-10-415 - Underage Driving While Impaired
 
TCA 55-9-603 Use of safety belts in passenger vehicles -Violations - Penalties - Arrest - Applicability.
 
TCA 55-9-606 - Safety Belts - Passengers Over Sixteen Years of Age.
       
 Teens’ Graduated Driver License
 
 
 
TRAFFIC TERMS AND/OR DEFINITIONS
   
Chapter Definitions  
   
   
TRUCK
 
Truck Lane Restrictions
(Truck, tractors and semi trailers)
 
TCA 55-8-189 Transporting Child in Truck Bed
 
 
 
YOUNG ADULT DRIVING LAWS (18-21 YEARS OF AGE)
 
TCA 55-10-415 Underage Driving While Impaired
 
 
 
WORK ZONE TRAFFIC
   
TCA 55-8-152 - Speed limits - penalties
 
TCA 55-8-153 Establishment of Speed Zones
 
 
 
 
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