Can you run a red light on a motorcycle in Tennessee?

Answer 1

Actually, Tennesse does permit a motorcycle to proceed through a red light after coming to complete stop and proceeding with caution. This law was passed due to sensors being unable to detect a motorcycle due to it weight and not triggering the traffic light to change. 55-8-110. Traffic-control signals - Inoperative signals with vehicle detection devices for motorcycles (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the driver of a motorcycle approaching an intersection that is controlled by a traffic-control signal utilizing a vehicle detection device that is inoperative due to the size of the motorcycle shall come to a full and complete stop at the intersection and, after exercising due care as provided by law, may proceed with due caution when it is safe to do so. It is not a defense to a violation of § 55-8-109 that the driver of a motorcycle proceeded under the belief that a traffic-control signal utilized a vehicle detection device or was inoperative due to the size of the motorcycle when such signal did not utilize a vehicle detection device or that any such device was not in fact inoperative due to the size of the motorcycle.