Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1340 - Safety and Homeland Security
Subtitle 1340-06 - Rules and Regulations As To Supervision and Control of Motor Vehicles and Motor Buses
Chapter 1340-06-01 - RULES AND REGULATIONS AS TO SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTOR BUSES
Section 1340-06-01-.18 - ROADSIDE PARKING

(1) No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any commercial motor vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part or the shoulder of any highway on/off ramp outside of a business district.

(2) This section shall not apply to the driver of any commercial motor vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled portion of a highway in such manner that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position, or to any vehicle complying with law, Commissioner of Safety and Homeland Security regulations or directions of a law enforcement officer.

(3) This section shall not apply to the driver of any commercial motor vehicle operating as a carrier of passengers for hire and holding a certificate of convenience and necessity or interstate permit issued by the Commissioner of Safety and Homeland Security or any local regulatory transit authority of Tennessee authorizing the operation of such vehicle, while taking on or discharging passengers. In any event, an obstructed lane of travel of the highway opposite such standing vehicle shall be left for free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of such stopped vehicles shall be available from a distance of two hundred (200) feet in either direction upon the highway.

(4) This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle owned by a public utility or road construction company and stopped for the purpose of construction, repairs or installations.

(5) Penalties for violations of this section are: First Offense - fifty dollars ($50) plus court costs; second and additional offenses one hundred ($100) plus court costs.