Yielding to pedestrians — Tennessee Permit Test

A pedestrian is any person on foot or using a motorized or non-motorized wheelchair.

A person in a power chair crossing the street has the same rights as someone walking. Treat them the same.

Pedestrian means any person afoot or using a motorized or non-motorized wheelchair.

You must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk, whether it is marked or unmarked.

Most corners have no painted lines, but people still cross there. The law protects them just the same.

When pedestrians are in a crosswalk (marked or unmarked) or when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which your vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger;

When you are turning a corner and pedestrians are crossing with the light, you must yield to them.

Walkers crossing on the green are watching their own signal, not your turn. You are turning into their path.

When your car is turning a corner and pedestrians are crossing with the light;

It is illegal to drive on a sidewalk except to cross it, and you must yield to pedestrians when you cross one.

People on a sidewalk do not expect a car. Crossing one at a driveway is the only time a car belongs there.

It is illegal to drive on a sidewalk except to cross it;

When a blind pedestrian with a guide dog or white cane is crossing, stop at least 10 feet away until the person is off the road.

A blind person cannot see how close your car is. Stopping well back gives them room and a quiet path.

Stop at least 10 feet away until the person is off the roadway.

Do not use your horn near a blind pedestrian who is crossing, because it could startle them.

A sudden horn can make a blind person freeze or step the wrong way. Quiet waiting is safer.

Do not use your horn, as it could startle the blind pedestrian;

You must yield to children playing in the streets.

A child chasing a ball will not look for cars. You are the one who has to stop.

You must yield to children playing in the streets.

In a marked school zone with the flashers on, stop for a pedestrian in the crosswalk and stay stopped until they have crossed the whole road.

A child halfway across may turn back or drop a book. Waiting until they reach the far curb keeps them safe.

The driver shall remain stopped until the pedestrian has crossed the roadway on which the vehicle is stopped.

Under Tennessee law, who counts as a pedestrian?

A person on foot or in a wheelchair. A person in a power chair crossing the street has the same rights as someone walking. Treat them the same. Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.53: “Pedestrian means any person afoot or using a motorized or non-motorized wheelchair.”