Tennessee § 55-8-121 - No-passing zones.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 55-8-121 — No-passing zones., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 55-8-121. No-passing zones.
The department of transportation is authorized to determine those portions of any highway where overtaking and passing or driving to the left of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may by appropriate signs or markings on the roadway indicate the beginning and end of those zones. When these signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to an ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof. Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 20; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 59-821. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 4 Tenn. Juris., Automobiles, § 2.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 55-8-121 ("No-passing zones.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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