In Tennessee, a bicycle (including an electric bicycle) has the same legal status as a vehicle. This means that bicyclists have full rights and responsibilities on the roadway and are subject to the regulations governing the operation of a motor vehicle. Tennessee traffic laws require bicyclists to:

Ride on the right-hand side of the road in the same direction as traffic

Obey all traffic signs and signals

Use hand signals to communicate intended movements

Equip their bicycles with a front white light visible from 500 feet and either a red reflector or a lamp emitting a red light which shall be visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet (500′) to the rear (during night riding)

To be treated as pedestrians, cyclists must walk their bikes across the marked crosswalk.

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