Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-129 (2026)
Vehicle turning left at intersection
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard, but the driver, having so yielded and having given a signal when and as required by this chapter, may make the left turn, and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection from the opposite direction shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle making the left turn.
- (b) As used in this section, "drive" and "intersection" have the same meanings as defined in § 55-8-128.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 79,s 3, eff. 7/1/2015.
Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 28; T.C.A., § 59-829.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1997–2019 · leading case: Fye v. Kennedy, 991 S.W.2d 754 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998).
Fye v. Kennedy, 991 S.W.2d 754 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “§ 55-8-110 [6] and T.C.A. § 55-8-129. [7] IV. On the subject of Kennedy's negligence, the most critical witness was George Donald Harris.”
Allstate Ins. v. United States, 973 F. Supp. 759 (M.D. Tenn. 1997). “Further, T.C.A. § 55-8-129 establishes drivers’ duties of care in situations involving left-hand turns: The driver of a vehicle ■within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is…”
Kim L. Higgs v. John C. Green, No. M2016-01369-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. May 11, 2017). “Failing to yield the right of way to [Plaintiff’s] vehicle in violation of Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-129 ; b. Failing to ensure that the turn could be made with reasonable safety in violation of Tenn.”
State of Tennessee v. Nathaniel David Labrecque, No. M2018-01587-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Oct. 22, 2019). “See T.C.A. §§ 55-8-129, 55-8- 197(a)(3) (2018).”
State of Tennessee v. Nathaniel David Labrecque - Concurring/Dissenting, No. M2018-01587-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Oct. 22, 2019). “Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-8-129, which is titled “Left turns; right of way,” provides as follows: (a) The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which…”
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