55-52-104 - Purpose. - Tennessee Statutes

55-52-104. Purpose.

The purpose of this part is to reduce the incidence of disability and death resulting from injuries incurred in bicycling accidents by requiring that, while riding on a bicycle on state highways, streets and sidewalks, all bicycle operators and passengers under sixteen (16) years of age wear approved protective bicycle helmets; that all bicycle passengers who weigh less than forty pounds (40 lbs.) or who are less than forty inches (40²) in height be seated in separate restraining seats; and that no person who is unable to maintain an erect, seated position shall be a passenger in a bicycle restraining seat.

[Acts 1993, ch. 399, § 5; 1998, ch. 684, § 1; 2000, ch. 916, § 4.]