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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1720 Lamps and lights on authorized emergency vehicles; alternately or simultaneously flashing head lamps.

8-1720.
Lamps and lights on authorized emergency vehicles; alternately or simultaneously flashing head lamps.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every authorized emergency vehicle, in addition to any other equipment required by this act, shall be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall be capable of displaying to the front two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level, or in lieu thereof, any such authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with at least one rotating or oscillating light, which shall be mounted as high as practicable on such vehicle and which shall display to the front and rear of such vehicle a flashing red light or alternate flashes of red and white lights or red and blue lights in combination. All lights required or authorized by this subsection shall have sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight. Every authorized emergency vehicle may, but need not, be equipped with head lamps which alternately flash or simultaneously flash.
(b) A police vehicle when used as an authorized emergency vehicle may, but need not, be equipped with:
(1) Head lamps which alternately flash or simultaneously flash;
(2) flashing lights specified in subsection (a), but any flashing lights, used on a police vehicle, other than the flashing lights specified in K.S.A. 8-1722, and amendments thereto, rotating or oscillating lights or alternately flashing head lamps or simultaneously flashing head lamps, shall be red in color; or
(3) rotating or oscillating lights, which may display a flashing red light or alternate flashes of red and blue lights in combination.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1720; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 21; L. 1989, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 41, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 18, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1721 Stop lamps and signal lamps; color; visibility.

8-1721.
Stop lamps and signal lamps; color; visibility.
(a) Any vehicle may be equipped and when required under this act shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red or amber light, or any shade of color between red and amber, visible from a distance of not less than three hundred (300) feet to the rear in normal sunlight, and which shall be actuated upon application of the service or foot brake, and which may, but need not, be incorporated with one (1) or more other rear lamps.
(b) Any vehicle may be equipped and when required under this act shall be equipped with electric turn signals which shall indicate an intention to turn by flashing lights showing to the front and rear of a vehicle, or on a combination of vehicles on the side of the vehicle or combination toward which the turn is to be made. The lamps showing to the front shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and, when signaling, shall emit amber light: Provided, That on any vehicle manufactured prior to July 1, 1973, the lamps showing to the front may emit white or amber light, or any shade of light between white and amber. The lamps showing to the rear shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and, when signaling, shall emit a red or amber light, or any shade of color between red and amber. Turn signal lamps shall be visible from a distance of not less than five hundred (500) feet to the front and rear in normal sunlight. Turn signal lamps may, but need not be, incorporated in other lamps on the vehicle.
(c) Every new motor vehicle sold within this state shall be equipped with turn signals meeting the requirements of subsection (b).
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1721; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1722 Vehicular hazard warning lamps; warning lamps on police vehicles; trash trucks.

8-1722.
Vehicular hazard warning lamps; warning lamps on police vehicles; trash trucks.
(a) Any vehicle may be equipped with lamps for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing.
(b) Every bus, truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer 80 inches or more in overall width or 30 feet or more in overall length shall be equipped with lamps meeting the requirements of this section.
(c) Vehicular hazard warning signal lamps used to display such warning to the front shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall display simultaneously flashing amber lights. On any vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1969, the lamps showing to the front may display simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, or any shade of color between white and amber. The lamps used to display such warning to the rear shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall show simultaneously flashing amber or red lights, or any shade of color between amber and red. Such warning lights shall be visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet in normal sunlight.
(d) Any police vehicle, when used as an authorized emergency vehicle, may be equipped with warning lamps mounted as widely spaced laterally as practicable, either inside such vehicle in front of the rear window or on the roof of such vehicle, and capable of displaying two alternately flashing amber lights to the rear of such vehicle. Such warning lamps may be used in lieu of or in combination with any other vehicular hazard warning signal lamps used to display such warning to the rear, and shall be visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet in normal sunlight.
(e) Every truck designed and used for collection and disposal of domestic or commercial waste or trash shall be equipped as provided in subsection (c) and shall operate such lamps when collecting or transporting waste or trash and traveling 15 miles per hour or less.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1722; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 22; L. 1978, ch. 39, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 45, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1723 Additional lighting equipment permitted; ground effect lighting; lead vehicle of funeral procession.

8-1723. Additional lighting equipment permitted; ground effect lighting; lead vehicle of funeral procession.
(a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light without glare.
(b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one running-board courtesy lamp on each side which shall emit a white or amber light without glare.
(c) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with one or more back-up lamps either separately or in combination with other lamps, but any such back-up lamp or lamps shall not be lighted when the motor vehicle is in forward motion.
(d) Any vehicle 80 inches or more in overall width, if not otherwise required by K.S.A. 8-1710, and amendments thereto, may be equipped with not more than three identification lamps showing to the front which shall emit an amber light without glare and not more than three identification lamps showing to the rear which shall emit a red light without glare. Such lamps shall be mounted as specified in K.S.A. 8-1710(g), and amendments thereto.
(e) Any vehicle may be equipped with one or more side marker lamps and any such lamp may be flashed in conjunction with turn or vehicular hazard warning signals. Side marker lamps located toward the front of a vehicle shall be amber and side marker lamps located toward the rear shall be red.
(f) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with ground effect lighting, except that such lighting shall not flash, be any shade of red nor shall any portion of the bulb or lighting fixture be visible. "Ground effect lighting" means lights placed underneath the motor vehicle for the purpose of illuminating the ground below the motor vehicle creating a halo light effect.
(g) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with head lamps which alternately flash or simultaneously flash when such motor vehicle is being used as the lead motor vehicle of a funeral procession. A funeral hearse may serve as a funeral lead vehicle.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1723; L. 1994, ch. 342, § 3; L. 2003, ch. 100, § 5; L. 2005, ch. 18, § 2; L. 2023, ch. 52, § 6; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1724 Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment; visibility; direction of beam; high beam indicator.

8-1724.
Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment; visibility; direction of beam; high beam indicator.
(a) Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations, and in addition, such lamps may be so arranged that such selection can be made automatically, subject to the following limitations:
(1) There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least four hundred fifty (450) feet ahead for all conditions of loading.
(2) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least one hundred fifty (150) feet ahead; and on a straight level road under any condition of loading none of the high intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.
(b) Every new motor vehicle registered in this state which has multiple-beam road-lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of light from the head lamp is in use, and shall not otherwise be lighted. Said indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1724; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 23; April 19.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1725 Head lamps; use of; exception for alternately or simultaneously flashing head lamps.

8-1725.
Head lamps; use of; exception for alternately or simultaneously flashing head lamps.
When a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:
(a) When the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver. The lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam, specified in subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 8-1724, and amendments thereto, or subsection (b)(2) of K.S.A. 8-1805, and amendments thereto, shall be dimmed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.
(b) When the driver of a vehicle approaches another vehicle from the rear, within 300 feet, except when engaged in the act of overtaking and passing, such driver shall use a distribution of light permissible under this article other than the uppermost distribution of light specified in subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 8-1724, and amendments thereto, or subsection (b)(1) of K.S.A. 8-1805, and amendments thereto.
(c) The requirements in subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to:
(1) Authorized emergency vehicles displaying alternately flashing or simultaneously flashing head lamps as provided in K.S.A. 8-1720, and amendments thereto; or
(2) school buses displaying alternately flashing or simultaneously flashing head lamps as provided in K.S.A. 8-1730, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1725; L. 1984, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 43, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 74, § 1; April 20.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1726 Single-beam road-lighting equipment permitted on certain vehicles.

8-1726.
Single-beam road-lighting equipment permitted on certain vehicles.
Head lamp systems which provide only a single distribution of light shall be permitted on all farm tractors, regardless of date of manufacture, and on other motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to July 1, 1938, in lieu of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment herein specified, if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations:
(1) The head lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high intensity portion of the light at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet ahead shall project higher than a level of five (5) inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than forty-two (42) inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five (75) feet ahead.
(2) The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two hundred (200) feet.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1726; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1727 Alternate road-lighting equipment on certain vehicles; limitations on speed.

8-1727.
Alternate road-lighting equipment on certain vehicles; limitations on speed.
Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in K.S.A. 8-1703 when equipped with two (2) lighted lamps upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and vehicles one hundred (100) feet ahead in lieu of lamps required in K.S.A. 8-1724 or 8-1726: Provided, That at no time shall it be operated at a speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1727; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1728 Number of driving lamps required or permitted.

8-1728.
Number of driving lamps required or permitted.
(a) At all times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, at least two (2) lighted head lamps shall be displayed, one (1) on each side at the front of every motor vehicle, except when such vehicle is parked, subject to the regulations governing lights on parked vehicles.
(b) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with head lamps as herein required is also equipped with any auxiliary lamps or a spot lamp or any other lamp on the front thereof projecting a beam of intensity greater than three hundred (300) candlepower, not more than a total of four (4) of any such lamps on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when upon a highway.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1728; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1729 Lights and signals; restrictions; exceptions for certain vehicles including school, church and day care buses.

8-1729. Lights and signals; restrictions; exceptions for certain vehicles including school, church and day care buses.
(a) During the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto, any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spot lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, vehicular hazard warning lamps and school bus warning lamps that projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than 300 candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than 75 feet from the vehicle.
(b) Except as required or permitted in K.S.A. 8-1720 and 8-1730, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 8-1762, and amendments thereto, no person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device capable of displaying a red light visible from directly in front of the center thereof, nor shall any vehicle or equipment upon any highway have any lamp or device displaying any color of light visible from directly in front of the center thereof except white or amber or any shade of color between white and amber.
(c) Flashing lights are prohibited except as authorized or required in K.S.A. 8-1717, 8-1720, 8-1721, 8-1722, 8-1723, 8-1730, 8-1730a and 8-1731, and amendments thereto.
(d) The flashing lights described in K.S.A. 8-1720, 8-1730 and 8-1730a, and amendments thereto, shall not be used on any vehicle other than a school bus, church bus or day care program bus, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1730a, and amendments thereto, or an authorized emergency vehicle.
(e) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or other signal device, which may be red, amber or yellow, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1729; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 24; L. 1978, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 43, § 1; L. 2005, ch. 18, § 3; L. 2019, ch. 61, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1730 Lighting equipment and warning devices on school buses.

8-1730.
Lighting equipment and warning devices on school buses.
(a) Every school bus, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this act:
(1) Shall be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall display to the front two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level, and these lights shall be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight; and
(2) every new school bus put into initial service after July 1, 2007, shall be equipped with a white flashing strobe light mounted on the roof of such bus to afford optimum visibility.
(b) Any school bus, in addition to the lights required by subsection (a), may be equipped with:
(1) Yellow signal lamps mounted near each of the four red lamps and at the same level but closer to the vertical centerline of the bus, which shall display two alternately flashing yellow lights to the front and two alternately flashing yellow lights to the rear, and these lights shall be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight. These lights shall be displayed by the school bus driver at least 200 feet, but not more than 1,000 feet, before every stop at which the alternately flashing red lights required by subsection (a) will be actuated; or
(2) head lamps which alternately flash on low beam or simultaneously flash on low beam, except such head lamps shall only be activated during daylight hours.
(c) The state board of education is authorized to adopt rules and regulations promulgating standards and specifications applicable to lighting equipment on and special warning devices to be carried by school buses consistent with the provisions of this act. Such standards and specifications shall correlate with and so far as consistent with the provisions of this act conform to the specifications then current as approved by the society of automotive engineers.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions contained in K.S.A. 8-2009a, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1730; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 25; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 35; L. 1976, ch. 40, § 8; L. 1994, ch. 201, § 3; L. 2000, ch. 74, § 2; L. 2006, ch. 103, § 1; July 1, 2007.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1730a Definitions of "church bus" and "day care program bus"; equipment and markings.

8-1730a.
Definitions of "church bus" and "day care program bus"; equipment and markings.
(a) As used in chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, "church bus" means every bus owned by a religious organization, and operated for the transportation of persons to or from services or activities of such religious organization. As used in this section, "religious organization" means any organization, church, body of communicants or group, gathered in common membership for mutual edification in piety, worship and religious observances, or a society of individuals united for religious purposes at a definite place.
(b) As used in chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated "day care program" means the same as is ascribed thereto in K.S.A. 39-1006, and amendments thereto, and "day care program bus" means every bus used primarily to carry out functions of a day care program or used by a child care facility licensed by the Kansas department of health and environment who provides transportation for children six through 18 years of age.
(c) Any church bus or day care program bus, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by law, may be equipped with: (1) Signal lamps which conform to the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1730, and amendments thereto, and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto; and (2) a stop signal arm which conforms to requirements applicable to school buses which have been adopted by rules and regulations of the state board of education.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 40, § 3; L. 1980, ch. 43, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 201, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 142, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1731 Lights on highway construction and maintenance vehicles; rules and regulations of secretary.

8-1731.
Lights on highway construction and maintenance vehicles; rules and regulations of secretary.
The secretary of transportation shall adopt rules or regulations establishing specifications and rules governing the design and use of special flashing lights on vehicles engaged in highway construction or maintenance operations.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1731; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 47; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1734 Braking systems for motor vehicles and combinations of vehicles; performance requirements; additional braking systems, when; antique vehicles exempted.

8-1734.
Braking systems for motor vehicles and combinations of vehicles; performance requirements; additional braking systems, when; antique vehicles exempted.
(a) Every motor vehicle and every combination of vehicles shall have a service braking system which will stop such vehicle or combination within forty (40) feet from an initial speed of twenty (20) miles per hour on a level, dry, smooth, hard surface.
(b) Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles shall have a parking brake system adequate to hold such vehicle or combination on any grade on which it is operated under all conditions of loading, on a surface free from snow, ice or loose material.
(c) When necessary for the safe operation of any vehicle or class of vehicles, the secretary of transportation may require additional braking systems.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles registered pursuant to K.S.A. 8-166 et seq., and any amendments thereto.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1734; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 26; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 38; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1738 Horns and warning devices.

8-1738.
Horns and warning devices.
(a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device shall emit an unreasonably loud or harsh sound or whistle. The driver of a motor vehicle when reasonably necessary to insure safe operation shall give audible warning with his horn but shall not otherwise use such horn when upon a highway.
(b) No vehicle shall be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle or bell, except as otherwise permitted in this section.
(c) Any vehicle may be equipped with a theft alarm signal device which is so arranged that it cannot be used by the driver as an ordinary warning signal. Such a theft alarm signal device may use a whistle, bell, horn or other audible signal but shall not use a siren.
(d) Every authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with a siren, whistle or bell, capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet and of a type approved by the secretary of transportation, but such siren shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, in which said latter events the driver of such vehicle shall sound said siren when reasonably necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof.
(e) Every truck specifically designed and equipped and used exclusively for garbage, refuse or solid waste disposal operations shall be equipped with a whistle, bell or other audible signal. Such whistle, bell or other audible signal shall be used only when the driver of the truck is backing such truck. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a city may adopt an ordinance prohibiting the activation of such whistle, bell or other audible signal during specific periods of time during the day.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1738; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 40; L. 2004, ch. 114, § 2; April 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1739 Mufflers and noise suppressing systems.

8-1739.
Mufflers and noise suppressing systems.
(a) Every vehicle shall be equipped, maintained and operated so as to prevent excessive or unusual noise. Every motor vehicle at all times shall be equipped with a muffler or other effective noise suppressing system in good working order and in constant operation, and no person shall use a muffler cut-out, bypass or similar device.
(b) The engine and power mechanism of every motor vehicle shall be so equipped and adjusted as to prevent the escape of excessive fumes or smoke.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1739; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1740 Mirrors.

8-1740.
Mirrors.
(a) After January 1, 1975, every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror mounted on the left side of the vehicle and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway to the rear of the vehicle.
(b) Every motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, shall be equipped with an additional mirror mounted either inside the vehicle approximately in the center or outside the vehicle on the right side and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway to the rear of the vehicle.
(c) All mirrors required by regulations of the United States department of transportation shall be maintained in good condition.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1740; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1741 Windshields and windows; damaged windshields prohibited; obstruction or impairment prohibited; wipers.

8-1741.
Windshields and windows; damaged windshields prohibited; obstruction or impairment prohibited; wipers.
(a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side wings or side or rear windows of such vehicle which substantially obstructs, obscures or impairs the driver's clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway.
(b) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with a damaged front windshield or side or rear windows which substantially obstructs the driver's clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway.
(c) The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield, which device shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle.
(d) Every windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle shall be maintained in good working order.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1741; L. 1993, ch. 37, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1742a Sale of unsafe tires; misdemeanor.

8-1742a.
Sale of unsafe tires; misdemeanor.
No person in the business of selling tires shall sell or offer for sale for highway use any tire which is in unsafe condition or which has tread depth of less than 1/16 inch measured as provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 8-1742, and amendments thereto. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
History: L. 1984, ch. 39, § 17; January 1, 1985.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1742b Wide-base single tires; prohibitions.

8-1742b.
Wide-base single tires; prohibitions.
(a) As used in this section, "wide-base single tires" means all tires having a section width, as specified by the manufacturer, of 14 inches or more.
(b) The following shall apply where wide-base single tires are used in the operation of any vehicle or combination of vehicles:
(1) The maximum load for a wide-base single tire on a steering axle shall not exceed 600 pounds per inch of tire section width. The maximum load for a wide-base single tire on any other axle shall not exceed 575 pounds per inch of tire section width.
(2) No wide-base single tire shall exceed the load designated by the manufacturer; and
(3) the maximum tire inflation pressures shall be as designated by the manufacturer.
(c) The provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) shall apply to all wide-based single tires purchased after July 1, 1993.
(d) Any conviction or forfeiture of bail or bond for any violation of this section shall not be construed as a moving traffic violation for the purpose of K.S.A. 8-255, and amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1993, ch. 125, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1743 Safety glazing material requirements; limitation on registration; misdemeanor.

8-1743.
Safety glazing material requirements; limitation on registration; misdemeanor.
(a) No person shall sell any new motor vehicle as specified in this section, nor shall any such new motor vehicle be registered, unless such vehicle is equipped with safety glazing material when glazing materials are used in doors, windows and windshields. This subsection (a) shall apply to all passenger-type motor vehicles, including passenger buses and school buses. This subsection (a) shall not apply to glazing material in compartments of trucks and truck tractors not designed and equipped for persons to ride therein.
(b) No person shall sell or affix to a motor vehicle any truck-camper manufactured or assembled after July 1, 1968, unless such truck-camper is equipped with safety glazing material where glazing material is used in doors and windows.
(c) The division of vehicles shall not register any motor vehicle which is subject to the provisions of this section unless it is equipped with safety glazing material, and the division shall suspend the registration of any such motor vehicle which is not so equipped until it conforms to the requirements of this section.
(d) No person shall replace any glass or glazing materials used in partitions, doors, windows or windshields in any motor vehicle with any material other than safety glazing material.
(e) This section is subject to K.S.A. 8-2009a.
(f) As used in this section, "safety glazing material" means glazing material which conforms to the American national standard "safety code for safety glazing materials for glazing motor vehicles operating on land highways," Z26.1-1966, July 15, 1966, as supplemented by Z26.1a-1969, March 7, 1969.
(g) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1743; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 42; L. 1976, ch. 40, § 9; L. 1979, ch. 42, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 18; January 1, 1985.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1746 Vehicles transporting hazardous materials; regulations by secretary, compliance; markings of and equipment on vehicles; misdemeanor.

8-1746.
Vehicles transporting hazardous materials; regulations by secretary, compliance; markings of and equipment on vehicles; misdemeanor.
(a) The secretary of transportation may adopt rules and regulations for the safe transportation of hazardous materials.
(b) Any person operating a vehicle transporting any hazardous material as a cargo or part of a cargo upon a highway shall at all times comply with rules and regulations of the secretary adopted under this section.
(c) Every such vehicle shall be marked or placarded at such places as prescribed by such rules and regulations.
(d) Every such vehicle shall be equipped with fire extinguishers of a type, size and number approved by the secretary, filled and ready for immediate use, and placed at convenient points on the vehicle.
(e) Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1746; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 48; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 19; L. 1985, ch. 227, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1747 Air-conditioning equipment.

8-1747.
Air-conditioning equipment.
(a) The term "air-conditioning equipment" as used or referred to in this section shall mean mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment which is used to cool the driver's or passenger compartment of any motor vehicle.
(b) Air-conditioning equipment shall be manufactured, installed and maintained with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle and the public, and shall not contain any refrigerant which is toxic to persons or which is flammable.
(c) The secretary of transportation may adopt and enforce safety requirements, rules or regulations and specifications consistent with the requirements of this section applicable to such equipment, which shall correlate with and, so far as possible, conform to the current recommended practice or standard applicable to such equipment approved by the society of automotive engineers.
(d) No person shall have for sale, offer for sale, sell or equip any motor vehicle with any such equipment unless it complies with the requirements of this section.
(e) No person shall operate on any highway any motor vehicle equipped with any air-conditioning equipment unless said equipment complies with the requirements of this section.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1747; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 49; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1749 Safety belts and shoulder harnesses.

8-1749.
Safety belts and shoulder harnesses.
(a) Every passenger car manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1965, shall be equipped with at least two (2) lap-type safety belt assemblies for use in the front seating positions.
(b) Every passenger car manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1968, shall be equipped with a lap-type safety belt assembly for each permanent passenger seating position. This requirement shall not apply to police vehicles.
(c) Every passenger car manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1968, shall be equipped with at least two (2) shoulder harness-type safety belt assemblies for use in the front seating positions.
(d) The secretary of transportation shall except specified types of motor vehicles or seating positions within any motor vehicle from the requirements imposed by subsections (a) to (c) when compliance would be impractical.
(e) No person shall distribute, have for sale, offer for sale or sell any safety belt or shoulder harness for use in motor vehicles unless it meets current minimum standards and specifications approved by the secretary of transportation.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1749; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 44; August 15.