LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEE — The Lookout Mountain Police Department has distributed an informational brochure to every residence detailing legal guidelines, safety requirements, and compliance consequences for alternative vehicle operation under Tennessee law. The department expressed concern regarding children operating alternative vehicles on public streets, including golf carts, electric motorcycles, E-Bikes, scooters, and bicycles.

Police reported an increase in the number of children using these vehicles on town roadways. One traffic incident involved a child operating a vehicle who failed to stop at a stop sign and was subsequently struck by a car in Lookout Mountain. Police were notified of this incident but did not file a formal report.

Police Chief Dale Taylor stated, "Reports are coming almost daily about serious accidents involving children, some as young as five, from across the country." Taylor added, "It is a grown-up’s problem, not a children’s problem. Parents need to be responsible for their children and address what they are allowed to do."

Taylor suggested that licensed driving instruction companies in Chattanooga could be hired to teach driving and road skills to children. Tennessee state laws regarding alternative vehicle operation differ from those in Georgia.