Spring Hill, TN Mobility & Curb Rules: Bike Lane Rules (2026)

Spring Hill treats a bicycle as a vehicle under its traffic code. Subsection (A) of § 15-122 makes every person riding or operating a bicycle, motorcycle or motor scooter subject to all traffic ordinances, rules and regulations of the city that apply to the driver or operator of other vehicles, with one carve-out: provisions that by their nature can have no application to bicycles. Rules written for drivers elsewhere in Title 15, such as the passing rules in § 15-120, therefore reach riders unless that carve-out applies.

The remaining subsections set conduct rules for the rider. Under subsection (B), a rider sits upon or astride the permanent and regular seat attached to the machine and carries another person only on a firmly attached and regular seat. Subsection (C) limits a bicycle to the number of persons for which it is designed and equipped. Subsection (D) bars carrying any package, bundle or article that prevents the rider from keeping both hands upon the handlebar.

The helmet rule sits in subsection (F). Paragraph (F)(1) requires a safety helmet with a secured chin strap and suspension lining for motorcycle, motorbike and motor scooter riders, and paragraph (F)(2) extends the helmet requirement to any person under the age of 18 years who is riding a bicycle upon the public right-of-way. Subsection (E) separately bars anyone under the age of 16 from operating a motorcycle, motorbike or motor scooter while any other person is a passenger.

Section 15-122 is a rider-conduct section and prints no penalty of its own. Enforcement runs through the Spring Hill Police Department and the citation and penalty sections of Title 15, Chapter 7.