Senate committee uses MyTN app to run driving-law quiz for members and audience

Chairlady Massey used a public-engagement exercise during the Transportation and Safety Committee meeting to demonstrate the MyTN phone app and run a series of driving-law questions with senators and the audience. She described MyTN as "a really great app" for residents, veterans, businesses and others and encouraged members and attendees to download it for sample driving-law questions and resources.

During the quiz, members answered questions on several traffic rules: signaling before a turn (the chair and members affirmed 50 feet as correct), parking restrictions near railroad crossings and fire hydrants (the correct option was "all of the above"), which vehicles are not required to stop at a railroad crossing (members identified farm trucks hauling produce), and the required response when a school bus stop arm is extended (vehicles must remain stopped until the stop arm is retracted, all students are off the bus and the bus resumes motion).

Senator Hatcher asked why taxis are required to stop at railroad crossings but app-based ride services might not be; Chairlady Massey clarified during the exchange that app-based services such as Ubers are required to stop at railroad crossings as well. The chair also recounted that Tennessee was the first state to pass a child restraint law and reiterated guidance given during the session that, as stated to the committee, a 3-year-old must be secured in a child restraint device and a 4-year-old may be restrained with a belt-positioning booster seat or seat belt.

The activity was framed as an informal, educational use of committee time; no legislation or formal rule changes were proposed during the demonstration.