55-8-120 - Further limitations on driving to left of center of roadway. - Tennessee Statutes

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55-8-120. Further limitations on driving to left of center of roadway.

(a) No vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:

(1) When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway where the driver's view is obstructed within three hundred feet (300¢) or such distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction;

(2) When approaching within one hundred feet (100¢) of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing; or

(3) When the view is obstructed upon approaching within one hundred feet (100¢) of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel.

(b) The limitations of subsection (a) shall not apply upon a one-way roadway.

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 19; T.C.A., § 59-820.]

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55-8-120. Further limitations on driving to left of center of roadway.

(a) No vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:

(1) When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway where the driver's view is obstructed within three hundred feet (300¢) or such distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction;

(2) When approaching within one hundred feet (100¢) of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing; or

(3) When the view is obstructed upon approaching within one hundred feet (100¢) of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel.

(b) The limitations of subsection (a) shall not apply upon a one-way roadway.

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 19; T.C.A., § 59-820.]

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55-8-120. Further limitations on driving to left of center of roadway.

(a) No vehicle shall at any time be driven to the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:

(1) When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway where the driver's view is obstructed within three hundred feet (300¢) or such distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction;

(2) When approaching within one hundred feet (100¢) of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing; or

(3) When the view is obstructed upon approaching within one hundred feet (100¢) of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel.

(b) The limitations of subsection (a) shall not apply upon a one-way roadway.

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 19; T.C.A., § 59-820.]