55-8-155 - Special speed limitation on motor-driven cycles Penalty.

55-8-155. Special speed limitation on motor-driven cycles Penalty.

(a)  No person shall operate any motor-driven cycle at any time at a speed greater than thirty-five miles per hour (35 mph) unless the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a head lamp or lamps that are adequate to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of three hundred feet (300¢) ahead.

(b)  A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

[Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 54; T.C.A., § 59-855; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.]