Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-2016: Connecting cell phone callers to the nearest highway patrol dispatcher through *THP (*847)

The department of safety is encouraged to increase its consumer information efforts about the *THP (*847) program, which connects cell phone callers to the nearest highway patrol dispatcher. The information efforts should seek to educate the motoring public about dialing "*THP (*847)" to report drivers who are violating the rules of the road to the highway patrol.