Red light laws for motorcycles in TN - can a bike go through a red light after bike has stopped and there is no traffic?

no it is still a red light and he has to wait for the green to proceed The above answer is incorrect. If traffic is clear, you may proceed through a red light (at your own risk). This was recently passed by the State of Tn. The law allows motorcycles to "run" a red light in TN after stopping.

T.C.A. 55-8-110

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.(b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the driver of a motorcycle approaching an intersection that is controlled by a traffic-control signal utilizing a vehicle detection device that is inoperative due to the size of the motorcycle shall come to a full and complete stop at the intersection and, after exercising due care as provided by law, may proceed with due caution when it is safe to do so. It is not a defense to a violation of § 55-8-109 that the driver of a motorcycle proceeded under the belief that a traffic-control signal utilized a vehicle detection device or was inoperative due to the size of the motorcycle when such signal did not utilize a vehicle detection device or that any such device was not in fact inoperative due to the size of the motorcycle