(a) It is unlawful for the owner, or any other person, employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly to permit the operation of the vehicle upon a highway in any manner contrary to law.(b) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.Acts 1955, ch. 329, § 94; T.C.A., § 59-1017; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
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