Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-131 (2026)
Vehicle entering highway from drive, private road, or private driveway
✓ current as of May 2026
The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a highway from a drive, private road, or private driveway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on the highway. As used in this section, "drive" has the same meaning as defined in § 55-8-128.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 79,s 6, eff. 7/1/2015.
Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 30; T.C.A., § 59-831.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1987–2024 · leading case: Inabinet v. Cravath, 749 S.W.2d 40 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1987).
Inabinet v. Cravath, 749 S.W.2d 40 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1987). “” The single issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to charge the provisions of Tenn.Code Ann. § 55-8-131. This suit arose out of an automobile accident which occurred on Chaffee Road near its intersection with Ohio Avenue in Montgomery…”
State of Tennessee v. Horatio Lamont Harrison (Tenn. Crim. App. 2019). “See Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 55-8-131 , -10-401, -10-406, -12-139.”
Rick Richards v. Traci Domalik (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “T.C.A. § 55-8-131 (1998) provides as follows: 4 T.”
Julius Summerrow v. Cara C. Welsh (Tenn. Ct. App. 2024). “-4- ANALYSIS Plaintiff contends that there was no material evidence to support the jury’s finding that Defendant was not at fault because he claims that there is “substantial material evidence” to show that Defendant violated two statutory rules of the road—Tennessee Code…”
Brenda D. Estes v. Sandra H. Peels (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “See T.C.A. § 55-8-131 (1998). We conclude that there is nothing dangerous about the defendant’s parking lot absent the failure of a driver to obey traffic laws and yield to oncoming traffic.”
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