Legislative Findings and Declarations

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Motor and Other Vehicles
  4. Safety of Children
  5. Child Bicycle Safety Act
  6. Legislative Findings and Declarations

Checkout our iOS App for a better way to browser and research.

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:

  1. Disability and death of children resulting from injuries sustained in bicycling accidents are a serious threat to the public health, welfare, and safety of the people of the state, and the prevention of such disability and death is the goal of the people;
  2. Head injuries are the leading cause of disability and death from bicycling accidents;
  3. The risk of head injury from bicycling accidents is significantly reduced for bicyclists who wear proper protective bicycle helmets; yet helmets are worn by fewer than five percent (5%) of child bicyclists nationwide; and
  4. The risk of head injury or of any other injury to a small child who is a passenger on a bicycle operated by another person would be significantly reduced if the child-passenger sat in a separate restraining seat.


Download our app to see the most-to-date content.