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Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-121 (2026)

No-passing zones

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The department of transportation is authorized to determine those portions of any highway where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway indicate the beginning and end of those zones. When these signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof.

Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 20; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 59-821.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1990–2016 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. William Whitlow Davis, Jr., 484 S.W.3d 138 (Tenn. 2016).
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State of Tennessee v. William Whitlow Davis, Jr., 484 S.W.3d 138 (Tenn. 2016). · cites it 4× “2011) (holding that, “even if [the defendant] only crossed the double yellow lines one time, without reasonable cause, that evidence in and of itself would equate to probable cause to initiate a traffic stop,” but citing to Tennessee Code Annotated sections 55-8-121 and 55-8-123…”
Kelley v. Johnson, 796 S.W.2d 155 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-8-121 (1988). 2 . Mr.”
United States v. Page, 154 F. Supp. 2d 1320 (M.D. Tenn. 2001). · cites it 3× “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-8-121 (authorizing department of transportation to designate no-passing zones); Kelley v.”
Ammons v. Bonilla, 886 S.W.2d 239 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “A, § 55-8-120(a)(2), which forbids passing at an intersection, (2) T.C.A. § 55-8-121, which concerns designation of a no passing zone, (3) *246 T.”
State of Tennessee v. James Ryan Watson, 354 S.W.3d 324 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2011). “Moreover, even if Appellant only crossed the double yellow lines one time, without reasonable cause, that evidence in and of itself would equate to probable cause to initiate a traffic stop under Tennessee Code Annotated sections 55-8-121 or 55-8-123. We conclude that the…”
State of Tennessee v. William Whitlow Davis, Jr. (Tenn. Crim. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “or such distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction”) with T.C.A. § 55-8-121 (“The department of transportation is authorized to determine those portions of any highway where .”
State of Tennessee v. Carlie D. Schoenthal (Tenn. Crim. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “15, 2003) (concluding that “once the defendant crossed the double yellow line” the officer “had the right to stop him”) (citing Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 55-8-121 , 54-16-108).”
Worther Williams v. Robert Steward (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “The trial court did not err in refusing to instruct the jury on T.C.A. § 55-8-121. 4. Whether the trial court committed prejudicial error when explaining the concept of comparative fault by using a damage figure of $100,000.”
State v. Robert Jarnagin (Tenn. Crim. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 55-8-121 , 55-10-401(a)(2).”
State of Tennessee v. Harold Russell Gregory (Tenn. Crim. App. 2003). “§ 55-8-121 (prohibiting a driver from entering a no passing zone); Tenn.”
State of Tennessee v. Linzey Danielle Smith (Tenn. Crim. App. 2015). “Moreover, even if Appellant only crossed the double yellow lines one time, without reasonable cause, that evidence in and of itself would equate to probable cause to initiate a traffic stop under Tennessee Code Annotated sections 55-8-121 or 55-8-123. Id., at 331 (emphasis…”
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