{"id":849,"date":"2017-10-10T23:48:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T23:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?p=849"},"modified":"2022-05-31T08:19:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T08:19:27","slug":"memorial-sign-program-tennessee-amended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/memorial-sign-program-tennessee-amended\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Sign Program in Tennessee Amended"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"849\" class=\"elementor elementor-849\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cb4cad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cb4cad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b0d4ac9\" data-id=\"6b0d4ac9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d723e32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d723e32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The&nbsp;<a class=\"text-red\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/local\/robertson\/2016\/04\/26\/tyler-head-law-moves-governors-desk\/83501132\/\">Tyler&nbsp;Head&nbsp;Law<\/a>,&nbsp;enacted&nbsp;in&nbsp;2016,&nbsp;&nbsp;allows Memorial Signs to be erected at the site of impaired driving crashes in Tennessee.&nbsp; It was named after Tyler&nbsp; Head, who was killed by a drunk driver on his way to class at Austin Peay University at 7:30AM on February 3, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>This year, an amendment was made to the law.&nbsp; Previously, the law required a conviction for Vehicular Homicide or Vehicular Assault by Intoxication in order for families to qualify to request the sign in honor of loved ones.&nbsp; However, in 2017, <a href=\"http:\/\/ihoneida.com\/2017\/06\/27\/shadows-law-receives-governors-signature-memorial-sign-placed\/\" class=\"text-red\">&#8220;Shadow&#8217;s Law&#8221;<\/a>, named after Shadow &#8220;Shada&#8221; Lowe, an 18-year-old Roane State student who was killed in 2011,&nbsp; added an amendment to allow families to apply for the signs without a conviction if the impaired driver was also killed in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>MADD is proud of Tyler&#8217;s mother, Gina Head-Hieber, and Shada&#8217;s mother, Tonia Lowe, for their hard work and dedication, not only in honoring their own children&#8217;s memories, but in making a way for other families to do the same and to help spread awareness about the dangers of impaired driving.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"mailto:katie.reed@madd.org\">katie.reed@madd.org<\/a> in East Tennessee and <a class=\"text-red\" href=\"mailto:kara.lonsway@madd.org\">kara.lonsway@madd.org<\/a> in Middle and West Tennessee.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Tyler&nbsp;Head&nbsp;Law,&nbsp;enacted&nbsp;in&nbsp;2016,&nbsp;&nbsp;allows Memorial Signs to be erected at the site of impaired driving crashes in Tennessee.&nbsp; It was named after Tyler&nbsp; Head, who was killed by a drunk driver on his&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/memorial-sign-program-tennessee-amended\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Memorial Sign Program in Tennessee Amended<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,30],"tags":[4,15,6,7,8],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-state-memorial-sign-program","tag-nomorevictimstn","tag-drugged-driving","tag-drunk-driving","tag-impaired-driving","tag-tennessee-victims","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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