Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-172 (2026)

Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles - Penalty

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(a) Every person riding a bicycle or electric bicycle, as defined in § 55-8-301, upon a roadway is granted all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title, except as to those provisions of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title that by their nature can have no application.

(b) Every person riding a bicycle or electric bicycle, as defined in § 55-8-301, is subject to the special regulations in §§ 55-8-171 - 55-8-177 applicable to bicycles or electric bicycles.

(c) Every person riding an electric bicycle, as defined in § 55-8-301, is subject to the special regulations in part 3 of this chapter applicable to electric bicycles.

(d) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 823,s 12, eff. 7/1/2016.

Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 72; T.C.A., § 59-873; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2001–2012 · leading case: Robert D. Gray v. Andy B. Roten, II & Gary B. Roten (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011).

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Robert D. Gray v. Andy B. Roten, II & Gary B. Roten (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-172 (a) governs the rights and duties of bicyclists, and provides: Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway is granted all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter.”

Rick Richards v. Traci Domalik (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “§ 55-8-115 (1998) and T.C.A. § 55-8-172 (1998).2 T.C.A. § 55-8-115 provides, in pertinent part, as follows: 2 The trial court’s charge also refers to T.”

Ulysses Durham, Jr. ex rel. Ulysses Durham, III, a minor v. John Noble (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “In addition, Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-172 provides that persons riding bicycles on roadways are subject to “all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle.”

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