GHSA maintains data on state laws surrounding a number of highway safety issues. Below is information regarding laws in the state of Tennessee. For more information, consult the State Highway Safety Office.
On July 20th, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee will join forces for Operation Southern Shield. Officials say they are looking for drivers who are not wearing their seat belts, traveling above the speed limit and those who are driving distracted.
Story by Joeli Poole
July 17, 2020
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) works to empower, engage, mobilize, and change teens and young adults on the issues of traffic safety, substance-abuse, mental health, and leadership development. We do this through a peer-to-peer model of school and community-based chapters, and we’re looking for the next seasoned manager to join our team in a new, restructured role. This exempt employee will be a veteran prevention manager will lead the way to building and maintaining our work in the Tennessee Region.
Through a grant from Ford Driving Skills for Life and GHSA, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) challenged five high schools across the state during the 2018-2019 school year to develop a three-minute educational video about Tennessee's Graduated Driver License (GDL) laws and regulations. Each of the five schools received $2,500 in equipment to create the video.
The Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) is running it's annual Operation Incognito campaign to detect and deter distracted driving. THSO Director and GHSA Region 4 Representative Vic Donoho discusses the effort.
Story by Kyle Davis
April 3, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 17, 2018
CONTACT: Madison Forker, mforker@ghsa.org
202-789-0942 x120
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and Ford Driving Skills for Life (Ford DSFL) have awarded State Highway Safety Offices in five states funding to support teen safe driving programs.
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee are partnering again for Operation Southern Shield, a high visibility enforcement period focusing on speeding. Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety Director and GHSA Vice Chair Harris Blackwood discusses.
Story by Isabel Hughes
July 11, 2018
Authorizes full deployment of AVs without a human operator.
Bicycle helmets required for all riders under 16.
