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KS Stat § 8-1701 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1701 Scope and effect of sections in article 17; unlawful acts.

8-1701. Scope and effect of sections in article 17; unlawful acts. (a) It is unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which does not contain those parts or is not at all times equipped with such lamps and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in this article, or which is equipped in any manner in violation of any provision of any section of this article 17, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by any provision of any section of this article 17. Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 8-1742a, 8-1743, 8-1746 and 8-1750 to 8-1760, inclusive, and amendments thereto, any violation of this subsection (a) or of any other provision of this article 17 is a traffic infraction.(b) Nothing contained in this article 17 shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.(c) The provisions of this article 17 with respect to equipment required on vehicles shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers or farm tractors except as specifically made applicable in this act.(d) The provisions of this article 17 with respect to equipment required on vehicles shall not apply to motorcycles or motor-driven cycles, except as specifically made applicable by law.(e) A low-speed vehicle which is in compliance with the equipment requirements in 49 C.F.R. § 571.500 shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this article 17.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1701; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 14; L. 2000, ch. 179, § 22; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1702 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1702 Approval or disapproval of equipment by secretary of transportation.

8-1702. Approval or disapproval of equipment by secretary of transportation. (a) The secretary of transportation is hereby required to approve or disapprove any lighting device or other safety equipment, components or assemblies of a type for which approval is specifically required in this act within a reasonable time after such approval has been requested. Such approvals may be based upon certificates of approval and test reports furnished to the secretary by the American association of motor vehicle administrators.(b) The secretary of transportation is further authorized to establish the procedure to be followed when request for approval of any lighting device or other safety equipment, component or assembly is submitted under this section.(c) The secretary of transportation shall maintain and publish lists of all such devices, components or assemblies which have been approved by the secretary or under authority contained in this act.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1702; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 33; August 15.
KS Stat § 8-1703 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1703 When lighted lamps required.

8-1703. When lighted lamps required. (a) Every vehicle, except as provided in subsection (b), upon a highway within this state, at all times shall display lighted head and other lamps and illuminating devices as required for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions with respect to parked vehicles:(1) From sunset to sunrise;(2) when due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, including smoke or fog, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 1,000 feet ahead; or(3) when windshield wipers are in continuous use as a result of rain, sleet or snow.Stop lights, turn signals and other signaling devices shall be lighted as prescribed for the use of such devices.(b) Motorcycles, motor-driven cycles and motorized bicycles manufactured after January 1, 1978, shall display lighted head and tail lights at all times that such vehicles are operated on any highway.(c) Law enforcement officers shall issue a warning citation to anyone violating subsection (a)(3).History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1703; L. 1982, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1990, ch. 49, § 1; L. 2006, ch. 182, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1704 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1704 Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps; method and conditions of measuring.

8-1704. Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps; method and conditions of measuring. (a) Whenever any requirement is declared in this article as to distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, said provisions shall apply during the times stated in K.S.A. 8-1703 in respect to a vehicle without load when upon a straight, level, unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions, unless a different time or condition is expressly stated.(b) Whenever any requirement is declared in this article as to the mounted height of lamps or devices it shall mean from the center of such lamp or device to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a load.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1704; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1705 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1705 Head lamps on motor vehicles.

8-1705. Head lamps on motor vehicles. (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with at least two (2) head lamps with at least one (1) on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which head lamps shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in this article.(b) Every head lamp upon every motor vehicle manufactured or assembled after July 1, 1959, shall be located at a height of not more than fifty-four (54) inches nor less than twenty-four (24) inches to be measured as set forth in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1704.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1705; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 16; April 19.
KS Stat § 8-1706 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1706 Tail lamps.

8-1706. Tail lamps. (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two (2) tail lamps mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required in K.S.A. 8-1703, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to July 1, 1959, shall have at least one (1) tail lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified. On vehicles equipped with more than one (1) tail lamp, the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable.(b) Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than seventy-two (72) inches nor less than fifteen (15) inches.(c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1706; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1707 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1707 Reflectors.

8-1707. Reflectors. (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two (2) or more red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section: Provided, That vehicles of the types mentioned in K.S.A. 8-1710 shall be equipped with reflectors meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1712 and subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1713.(b) Every such reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height not less than fifteen (15) inches nor more than sixty (60) inches measured as set forth in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1704, and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night from all distances within six hundred (600) feet to one hundred (100) feet from such vehicle when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps, except that reflectors on vehicles manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1970, shall be visible at night from all distances within three hundred fifty (350) feet to one hundred (100) feet when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1707; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1708 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1708 Stop lamps and turn signals.

8-1708. Stop lamps and turn signals. (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall be equipped with two (2) or more stop lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1721, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1953, shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only the stop lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified in subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1721.(b) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall be equipped with electric turn signal lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1721, except that passenger cars and trucks less than eighty (80) inches in width, manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1953, and vehicles registered under K.S.A. 8-194 need not be equipped with electric turn signal lamps.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1708; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 17; April 19.
KS Stat § 8-1709 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1709 Application of 8-1710 to 8-1714.

8-1709. Application of 8-1710 to 8-1714. K.S.A. 8-1710, 8-1711, 8-1712, 8-1713 and 8-1714, relating to clearance lamps, marker lamps and reflectors, shall apply as stated in said sections to vehicles of the type therein enumerated, namely buses, trucks, truck-tractors, motor homes, motor vehicles with mounted truck-campers, and trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers, respectively, when operated upon any highway, and said vehicle shall be equipped as required and all lamp equipment required shall be lighted at the times mentioned in K.S.A. 8-1703. For purposes of the sections enumerated above, a truck-camper, when mounted upon a motor vehicle, shall be considered part of the permanent structure of that motor vehicle.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1709; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1711 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1711 Color of clearance lamps, identification lamps, side marker lamps and reflectors.

8-1711. Color of clearance lamps, identification lamps, side marker lamps and reflectors. (a) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.(b) Rear clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1711; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1712 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1712 Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side marker lamps.

8-1712. Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side marker lamps. (a) Reflectors when required by K.S.A. 8-1710 shall be mounted at a height not less than twenty-four (24) inches and not more than sixty (60) inches above the ground on which the vehicle stands, except that if the highest part of the permanent structure of the vehicle is less than twenty-four (24) inches the reflector at such point shall be mounted as high as that part of the permanent structure will permit.The rear reflectors on a pole trailer may be mounted on each side of the bolster or load.Any required red reflector on the rear of a vehicle may be incorporated with the tail lamp, but such reflector shall meet all the other reflector requirements of this article.(b) Clearance lamps, so far as is practicable, shall be mounted on the permanent structure of the vehicle in such a manner as to indicate the extreme height and width of the vehicle, except that when rear identification lamps are required and are mounted as high as is practicable, rear clearance lamps may be mounted at optional height and when the mounting of front clearance lamps results in such lamps failing to indicate the extreme width of the trailer, such lamps may be mounted at optional height but must indicate, as near as practicable, the extreme width of the trailer. Clearance lamps on truck-tractors shall be located so as to indicate the extreme width of the truck-tractor cab. Clearance lamps and side marker lamps may be mounted in combination if illumination is given as required herein with reference to both.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1712; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1713 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1713 Visibility requirements for reflectors, clearance lamps, identification lamps and side marker lamps.

8-1713. Visibility requirements for reflectors, clearance lamps, identification lamps and side marker lamps. (a) Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in K.S.A. 8-1710 shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible at nighttime from all distances within six hundred (600) feet to one hundred (100) feet from the vehicle when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps, except that the visibility for reflectors on vehicles manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1970, shall be measured in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps. Reflectors required to be mounted on the sides of the vehicle shall reflect the required color of light to the sides, and those mounted on the rear shall reflect a red color to the rear.(b) Front and rear clearance lamps and identification lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lights are required at all distances between five hundred (500) and fifty (50) feet from the front and rear, respectively, of the vehicle.(c) Side marker lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lights are required at all distances between five hundred (500) and fifty (50) feet from the side of the vehicle on which mounted.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1713; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1714 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1714 Operation of obstructed lamps not required on combination of vehicles.

8-1714. Operation of obstructed lamps not required on combination of vehicles. Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any lamp, except tail lamps, which, by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination, would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination, need not be lighted, but this shall not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lamps be displayed on the front of the foremost vehicle required to have clearance lamps, nor that all lights required on the rear of the rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1714; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1715 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1715 Lamps or flags required on projecting loads.

8-1715. Lamps or flags required on projecting loads. Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four (4) feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, two (2) red lamps visible from a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet to the rear, two (2) red reflectors visible at night from all distances within six hundred (600) feet to one hundred (100) feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps and located so as to indicate maximum width, and on each side one (1) red lamp visible from a distance of at least five hundred (500) feet to the side and located so as to indicate maximum overhang. There shall be displayed at all other times on any vehicle having a load which extends beyond its sides or more than four (4) feet beyond its rear, red flags, not less than twelve (12) inches square, marking the extremities of such load, at each point where a lamp would otherwise be required by this section.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1715; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1716 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1716 Parked vehicles; lamps required; color; location; time for display of lighted lamps; depressing or dimming of head lamps.

8-1716. Parked vehicles; lamps required; color; location; time for display of lighted lamps; depressing or dimming of head lamps. (a) Every vehicle shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps which, when lighted, shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the front of the vehicle, and a red light visible from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear of the vehicle. The location of said lamp or lamps always shall be such that at least one (1) lamp or combination of lamps meeting the requirements of this section is installed as near as practicable to the side of the vehicle which is closest to passing traffic.(b) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked upon a street or highway during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise, and in the event there is sufficient light to reveal persons and vehicles within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet upon such street or highway, no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.(c) Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the hours between a half hour after sunset and a half hour before sunrise and there is insufficient light to reveal any person or object within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet upon such highway, such vehicle so parked or stopped shall be equipped with and shall display lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (a).(d) Any lighted head lamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1716; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1718 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1718 Lamps and equipment required on implements of husbandry, road rollers, road machinery and animal-drawn vehicles.

8-1718. Lamps and equipment required on implements of husbandry, road rollers, road machinery and animal-drawn vehicles. (a) Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles referred to in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-1701, not specifically required by the provisions of other sections in this article to be equipped with lamps or other lighting devices, shall be equipped, at all times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, with at least one (1) lamp displaying a white light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand (1,000) feet to the front of said vehicle, and also shall be equipped with two (2) lamps displaying red light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear of said vehicle, or as an alternative, one (1) lamp displaying a red light visible from a distance of not less than one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear and two (2) red reflectors visible from all distances of six hundred (600) to one hundred (100) feet to the rear when illuminated by the lawful lower beams of head lamps.(b) Every animal-drawn vehicle shall be equipped at all times with a slow-moving vehicle emblem complying with subsection (g) of K.S.A. 8-1717.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1718; July 1.
KS Stat § 8-1719 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles|Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles|8-1719 Spot lamps, fog lamps, auxiliary passing lamps and auxiliary driving lamps.

8-1719. Spot lamps, fog lamps, auxiliary passing lamps and auxiliary driving lamps. (a) Spot lamps. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two (2) spot lamps. Every lighted spot lamp emitting a white light shall be so aimed and used that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will strike the windshield, or any windows, mirror or occupant of another vehicle in motion. The limitations of this subsection shall not apply to a police vehicle used as an authorized emergency vehicle.(b) Fog lamps. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two (2) fog lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve (12) inches nor more than thirty (30) inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall project, at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet ahead, higher than a level of four (4) inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes. Lighted fog lamps meeting the above requirements may be used with lower head lamp beams as specified in subsection (a) (2) of K.S.A. 8-1724.(c) Auxiliary passing lamps. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two (2) auxiliary passing lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twenty-four (24) inches nor more than forty-two (42) inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of K.S.A. 8-1724 shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary passing lamps.(d) Auxiliary driving lamps. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two (2) auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than sixteen (16) inches nor more than forty-two (42) inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. The provisions of K.S.A. 8-1724 shall apply to any combination of head lamps and auxiliary driving lamps.History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1719; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 20; April 19.