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§ 55-8-141 — Turning on curve or crest of grade prohibited - Penalty

Tennessee § 55-8-141
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Tenn. Code Ann. § 55-8-141 (2026).

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(a)No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, where the vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred feet (500').
(b)A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 40; T.C.A., § 59-841; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.

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