TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jun 29, 2023

The Jabari Bailey Highway Safety Act, named after a Memphis teen who was injured while pulled over along the highway, will add more requirements to Tennessee’s “Move Over Law” when it goes into effect Saturday. WATE in Knoxville reports that the act, sponsored by Knoxville Republican Sen. Becky Duncan Massey, requires motorists to change lanes and move away from any vehicle that is stationary on the side of the road with its hazard lights on. The previous “Move Over Law” only applied to emergency vehicles pulled over on the side of the road; this amendment is also intended keep road work crews safer.