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Department of Safety preview: bill to consolidate ATV/UTV rules would allow off-highway vehicles on roads with speed limits up to 45 mph
Summary
Department of Safety staff told the House Transportation Committee that a proposed bill (house bill 810) would create a uniform "utility terrain vehicle" category, allow those vehicles on county and state roads posted at 45 mph or lower, cap their on-road speed at 35 mph, and retain existing helmet, age and registration requirements.
Department of Safety legislative staff briefed the House Transportation Committee on a bill to consolidate Tennessee’s patchwork of off-highway vehicle laws and create a single "utility terrain vehicle" class to cover ATVs, side-by-sides and similar vehicles.
Elizabeth Stroker, legislative director for the Department of Safety, told members the measure (identified for the committee as House Bill 810) is intended to make statewide rules consistent so local one- and two-mile exemptions are no longer needed. "It creates a what is called a utility terrain vehicle, which will encapsulate your 4 wheelers, side by sides, off high highway vehicles,"…
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