Tennessee Code 55-53-103 – Equipment requirements
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 55-53-103
- EPAMD: means a self-balancing, two (2) nontandem wheeled device, designed to transport only one (1) person, with an electric propulsion system with average power of seven hundred fifty (750) watts or one horse power (1 hp. See Tennessee Code 55-53-101
- Operator: means :
(A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
An EPAMD shall be equipped with a system that when employed will enable the operator to bring the device to a controlled stop and, if the EPAMD is operated between one-half (1/2) hour after sunset and one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise, front, rear and side reflectors and a lamp emitting a white light that, while the EPAMD is in motion, illuminates the area in front of the operator and is visible from a distance of three hundred feet (300′) in front of and from the sides of the EPAMD; provided, however, that the provisions of this section requiring the use of reflectors and a lamp during the period between one-half (1/2) hour after sunset and one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise shall be deemed to be satisfied if the operator of the EPAMD wears a personal headlight and reflectors.