Miscellaneous

What Does the Yellow Light Mean? Tenn. High Court Rules on Slow Driver

By Anne Skove, Esq.

How slow can you go?

If you've ever driven through Tennessee, you know that slow-moving vehicles are a rarity. You might even think they were illegal.

As if to prove our point that traffic cases are far more exciting and meaningful than anyone gives them credit for, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that going under the speed limit can be grounds for a stop if the driver impedes other traffic.

Effects to be considered include whether other traffic can safely pass the turtle, the maximum speed limit, the duration of the slowness, etc.

The case is State of Tennessee v. Richard Adam Hannah, Larry Darnell Penn and Tracy Lee Ray, No. E2005-02833-SC-R11-CD.

See State High Court Overturns Hamilton County Case on Slow Driver, The Chattanoogan (June 24, 2008), and Court: Police Can Stop Cars for Driving Too Slowly, AP, Knoxville News (June 24, 2008).

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on June 25, 2008 (boomark / email).