Tennessee § 55-8-202 - Motor vehicles equipped with autonomous technology.

§ 55-8-202. Motor vehicles equipped with autonomous technology.

No political subdivision may by ordinance, resolution, or any other means prohibit within the jurisdictional boundaries of the political subdivision the use of a motor vehicle equipped with autonomous technology if the motor vehicle otherwise complies with all safety regulations of the political subdivision. “Autonomous technology” means technology installed on a motor vehicle that has the capability to drive the vehicle on which the technology is installed in high or full automation mode, without any supervision by a human operator, with specific driving mode performance by the automated driving system of all aspects of the dynamic driving task that can be managed by a human driver, including the ability to automatically bring the motor vehicle into a minimal risk condition in the event of a critical vehicle or system failure or other emergency event; “Driving mode” means a type of driving scenario with characteristic dynamic driving task requirements including, but not limited to, the following: Expressway merging; High speed cruising; Low speed traffic jam; and Closed-campus operations; “Dynamic driving task” means the operational and tactical aspects of the driving task, but does not include the strategic aspect of the driving task; “Operational” means steering, braking, accelerating, and monitoring the vehicle and roadway; “Strategic” means determining destinations and waypoints; and “Tactical” includes, but is not limited to, the following: Responding to events; and Determining when to change lanes, turn, or use signals. Acts 2015, ch. 307, § 1; 2016, ch. 927, § 1.