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§ 55-8-128. Vehicle approaching or entering intersection.

TN Code § 55-8-128 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to a vehicle which has entered the intersection from a different highway or drive.

(b) When two (2) vehicles enter an intersection from different highways or drives at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right.

(c) The right-of-way rules declared in subsections (a) and (b) are modified at through highways and otherwise as hereinafter stated in this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title.

(d) As used in this section:

(1) “Drive” means any way that is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel and that leads into or from premises that are generally frequented by the public at large; and

(2) “Intersection” includes the area within which vehicles traveling upon a highway and a drive that join one another at any angle may come in conflict.

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§ 55-8-128. Vehicle approaching or entering intersection.