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

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-8-120

  • Driver: means :
    (A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way when any part thereto is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Intersection: means :
    (A) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two (2) highways that join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the areas within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Railroad: means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Roadway: means that portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
(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.