(a) A personal delivery device must:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-8-209

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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
  • Operator: means :
    (A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof, with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Pedestrian area: includes a sidewalk, crosswalk, school crosswalk, school crossing zone, or safety zone. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Personal delivery device: means a device that:
    (A) Is solely powered by an electric motor. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • Right-of-way: means the privilege of the immediate use of the roadway. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
(1) Yield or not obstruct the right-of-way to all other traffic, including pedestrians;
(2) Not unreasonably interfere with other traffic, including pedestrians;
(3) If the personal delivery device is being operated between sunset and sunrise, be equipped with lighting on both the front and rear of the personal delivery device visible in clear weather from a distance of at least five hundred feet (500′) to the front and rear of the personal delivery device; and
(4) Not transport hazardous materials regulated under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 5103) that are required to be placarded under 49 C.F.R. part 172 , Subpart F.
(b) A personal delivery device may be operated in a pedestrian area at speeds up to ten (10) miles per hour.
(c) A personal delivery device must:

(1) Be equipped with a marker that clearly states the name and contact information of the owner and a unique identification number; and
(2) Be equipped with a braking system that enables the device to come to a controlled stop.
(d) A personal delivery device and any entity that operates a personal delivery device is not subject to any requirements or laws applicable to motor vehicles, including the Tennessee Financial Responsibility Law of 1977, compiled in chapter 12, part 1 of this title; the Uniform Classified and Commercial Driver License Act of 1988, compiled in chapter 50 of this title; and chapters 3 and 4 of this title, relating to titling and registration.
(e) Personal delivery devices may be prohibited by local resolutions or ordinances if the local government determines that the prohibition is necessary, in the interest of public safety. This section does not affect the authority of a local authority’s law enforcement officers to enforce the laws of this state relating to the operation of a personal delivery device.
(f) An entity that operates a personal delivery device must maintain an insurance policy that includes general liability coverage of not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for damages arising from the combined operations of personal delivery devices under a personal delivery device operator‘s control.
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