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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1749b Sun screening devices; definitions.

8-1749b.
Sun screening devices; definitions.
For the purpose of K.S.A. 8-1749a, and amendments thereto:
(a) "Sun screening devices" means a film material or device that is designed to be used in conjunction with motor vehicle safety glazing materials for reducing the effects of the sun;
(b) "light transmission" means the ratio of the amount of total light to pass through a product or material including any safety glazing material to the amount of the total light falling on the product or material and the glazing;
(c) "luminous reflectants" means the ratio of the amount of total light that is reflected outward by the product or material to the amount of the total light falling on the product or material;
(d) "nonreflective" means a product or material designed to absorb light rather than to reflect it.
History:
L. 1987, ch. 48, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1749c Unlawful installation of sun screening device; penalty.

8-1749c.
Unlawful installation of sun screening device; penalty.
Any person who installs a sun screening device on a motor vehicle which is not in compliance with the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1749a, and amendments thereto, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
History:
L. 1987, ch. 48, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1759 Spot inspections by highway patrol; penalties.

8-1759.
Spot inspections by highway patrol; penalties.
(a) Every driver of a motor vehicle shall stop and submit such vehicle and its equipment to an inspection of the mechanical condition thereof and such test, with reference thereto, as may be appropriate at any location where signs are displayed requiring such stop and where members of the Kansas highway patrol are conducting such inspections and tests of motor vehicles. Such an inspection and test shall be referred to as a "spot inspection." Spot inspections shall be conducted in a manner that the operator of a motor vehicle, whether private or commercial, shall not be unnecessarily inconvenienced by extended detours, unnecessary delays or any other unreasonable cause.
(b) Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
History: L. 1974, ch. 42, § 10; L. 1975, ch. 40, § 6; L. 1984, ch. 35, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 42, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1759a Inspection by highway patrol upon reasonable cause; notice of defects; penalties.

8-1759a.
Inspection by highway patrol upon reasonable cause; notice of defects; penalties.
(a) Uniformed members of the highway patrol, at any time upon reasonable cause to believe that a vehicle is unsafe or not equipped as required by law, or that its equipment is not in proper adjustment or repair, may require the driver of such vehicle to stop and submit such vehicle to an inspection and such test with reference thereto as may be appropriate.
(b) In the event a vehicle is found to be in unsafe condition or any required part or equipment is not present or in proper repair and adjustment, the member of the highway patrol shall give a written notice of such defect to the driver.
(c) In the event any such vehicle is, in the reasonable judgment of the member of the highway patrol, in such condition that further operation would be hazardous, such member of the highway patrol may require, in addition, that the vehicle not be operated under its own power or that it be driven to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
(d) Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 52, § 1; L. 1984, ch. 35, § 4; L. 1991, ch. 42, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1761 Improper compression release engine braking system.

8-1761.
Improper compression release engine braking system.
(a) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any motor vehicle to use or cause to be used or operated any compression release engine braking system without such motor vehicle being equipped with a muffler in accordance with K.S.A. 8-1739, and amendments thereto.
(b) As used in this section, "compression release engine braking system" means a hydraulically operated device that converts a power producing diesel engine into a power absorbing retarding mechanism.
(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.
History: L. 2004, ch. 114, § 1; April 29.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 17 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment Of Vehicles › 8-1762 Transportation network company lighting device; city ordinance; requirements.

8-1762. Transportation network company lighting device; city ordinance; requirements.
(a) The governing body of a city may adopt an ordinance that allows a driver for a transportation network company, who is logged on to the transportation network company's digital network, to equip the vehicle with a lighting device capable of displaying light visible from directly in front of the center of the vehicle. Such lighting device may display: (1) Steady light; and (2) light of any color, except red.
(b) The words and phrases used in this section have the meanings respectively ascribed thereto by K.S.A. 8-2702, and amendments thereto, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context.
(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.
History:
L. 2019, ch. 61, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles › 8-1801 Headlamps; modulation systems.

8-1801. Headlamps; modulation systems.
(a) Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one headlamp which shall comply with the requirements and limitations of this article.
(b) Every headlamp upon every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall be located at a height of not more than 54 inches nor less than 24 inches to be measured as set forth in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1704, and amendments thereto.
(c) Any headlamp, required by this section, may be wired with a headlamp modulation system provided the headlamp modulation system complies with federal standards established by 49 C.F.R. § 571.108.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1801; L. 2013, ch. 26, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles › 8-1802 Tail lamps.

8-1802.
Tail lamps.
(a) Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall have at least one (1) tail lamp which shall be located at a height of not more than seventy-two (72) nor less than fifteen (15) inches.
(b) 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, § 8-1802; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles › 8-1803 Reflectors.

8-1803.
Reflectors.
Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall carry on the rear, either as part of the tail lamp or separately, at least one (1) red reflector meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1707.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1803; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles › 8-1804 Stop lamps, turn signals and side lamps.

8-1804. Stop lamps, turn signals and side lamps.
(a) Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1721, and amendments thereto.
(b) Every motorcycle manufactured after January 1, 1973, shall be equipped with electric turn signals meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1721, and amendments thereto. Motor-driven cycles may, but need not, be equipped with electric turn signals.
(c) In addition to the lamps otherwise permitted by this article, a motorcycle may be equipped with lamps on the sides thereof, visible from the side of the motorcycle but not from the front or rear thereof, which lamps, together with mountings or receptacles, shall be set into depressions or recesses in the body or wheel of the motorcycle and shall not protrude beyond or outside the body or wheel of the motorcycle. The light source may emit only white, amber or red light without glare.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1804; L. 2013, ch. 26, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles › 8-1805 Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment on motorcycles.

8-1805.
Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment on motorcycles.
Every motorcycle, other than a motor-driven cycle, shall be equipped with multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Such equipment shall:
(a) Reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least three hundred (300) feet ahead when the uppermost distribution of light is selected; and
(b) Reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least one hundred fifty (150) feet ahead when the lowermost distribution of light is selected, 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.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1805; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles › 8-1806 Road-lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles.

8-1806.
Road-lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles.
The head lamp or head lamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type, but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows:
(a) Every such head lamp or head lamps on a motor-driven cycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of not less than one hundred (100) feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at any speed less than twenty-five (25) miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than two hundred (200) feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of twenty-five (25) or more miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than three hundred (300) feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of thirty-five (35) or more miles per hour.
(b) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a multiple-beam head lamp or head lamps, such equipment shall comply with the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1805.
(c) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a single-beam lamp or lamps, such lamp or lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is loaded none of the high intensity portion of light, at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet ahead, shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1806; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles › 8-1807 Brakes.

8-1807.
Brakes.
Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1734, except that the wheel of a sidecar attached to a motorcycle or to a motor-driven cycle, and the front wheel of a motor-driven cycle need not be equipped with brakes: Provided, That such motorcycle or motor-driven cycle is capable of complying with the performance requirements of this article.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1807; L. 1976, ch. 53, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles › 8-1808 Performance ability of brakes.

8-1808.
Performance ability of brakes.
Upon application of the service brake, every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle, at all times and under all conditions of loading, shall be capable of stopping from a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour in not more than thirty (30) feet, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or control begins.
Tests for stopping distance shall be made on a dry, smooth, hard and substantially level surface, not to exceed one percent (1%) grade, that is free from loose material.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1808; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 29; April 19.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles › 8-1809 Approval of braking systems on motor-driven cycles; suspension or revocation of registration; prohibited acts.

8-1809.
Approval of braking systems on motor-driven cycles; suspension or revocation of registration; prohibited acts.
(a) The secretary of transportation is authorized to require an inspection of the braking system on any motor-driven cycle and to disapprove the braking system on any such vehicle which it finds will not comply with the performance ability standard set forth in K.S.A. 8-1808, or which in the opinion of the secretary is equipped with a braking system that is not so designed or constructed as to insure reasonable and reliable performance in actual use.
(b) The director may refuse to register or may suspend or revoke the registration of any vehicle referred to in this section when the secretary of transportation determines that the braking system thereon does not comply with the provisions of this section.
(c) No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle referred to in this section in the event the secretary of transportation has disapproved the braking system upon such vehicle.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1809; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 45; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles › 8-1810 Other equipment; compliance with sections in article 18; applicability of other equipment laws.

8-1810.
Other equipment; compliance with sections in article 18; applicability of other equipment laws.
(a) Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall comply with the requirements and limitations of K.S.A. 8-1738 on horns and warning devices, K.S.A. 8-1739 on noise prevention and mufflers, K.S.A. 8-1740 on mirrors and K.S.A. 8-1742 on tires.
(b) Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall comply with the requirements and limitations contained in this article, and unless otherwise specifically made applicable, motorcycles and motor-driven cycles shall not be subject to the requirements and limitations imposed elsewhere in this act with respect to equipment on vehicles.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1810; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1901 Criminal penalties for violation of size and weight laws; exceptions.

8-1901. Criminal penalties for violation of size and weight laws; exceptions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner or lessee to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in article 19 of chapter 8 of * Kansas Statutes Annotated or otherwise in violation of this article, and the maximum size and weight of vehicles herein specified shall be lawful throughout this state, and local authorities shall have no power or authority to alter such limitations except as express authority may be granted in this article.
(b) Any person violating any of the provisions of article 19 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, except for the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 and 8-1909, and amendments thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in an amount not to exceed $500.
(c) Any person violating any of the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, shall, upon a first conviction thereof, pay a fine from one, but not both of the schedules listed in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-2118, and amendments thereto.
(d) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this act, the provisions of article 19 of chapter 8 of * Kansas Statutes Annotated governing size, weight and load shall not apply to fire apparatus, road machinery, farm tractors or to implements of husbandry temporarily moved upon a highway, or to a vehicle operated under the terms of a currently valid special permit issued in accordance with K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto.
(e) Except on highways designated as part of the national system of interstate defense highways, the gross weight limitation prescribed by article 19 of chapter 8 of * Kansas Statutes Annotated on any axle or tandem, triple or quad axles shall not apply to: (1) Trucks specifically designed and equipped and used exclusively for garbage, refuse or solid waste disposal operations when loaded with garbage, refuse or waste; or (2) trucks mounted with a fertilizer spreader used or manufactured principally to spread animal dung, except that this paragraph (2) shall not apply to truck tractors so equipped. Except that such trucks under this subsection shall not exceed 60,000 pounds for three axles or 40,000 pounds for two axles, regardless of width spacing between axles.
(f) As used in this section, "conviction" means a final conviction without regard to whether sentence was suspended or probation granted after such conviction, and a forfeiture of bail, bond or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated, is equivalent to a conviction.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1901; L. 1980, ch. 44, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 235, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 114, § 3; L. 2012, ch. 26, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1903 Loads on passenger vehicles extending to either side.

8-1903.
Loads on passenger vehicles extending to either side.
No passenger-type vehicle shall be operated on any highway with any load carried thereon extending beyond the left side of such vehicle nor extending more than six (6) inches beyond the right side thereof.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1903; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1905 Projecting loads to the front and rear.

8-1905. Projecting loads to the front and rear.
(a) The load upon any vehicle operated alone, or the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not extend more than three feet beyond the front wheels of such vehicle or the front bumper of such vehicle if it is equipped with a bumper.
(b) Any vehicle or combination of vehicles transporting passenger vehicles or other motor vehicles may carry a load which extends no more than four feet beyond the front and six feet beyond the rear of the transporting vehicle or combination of vehicles.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1905; L. 2016, ch. 44, § 2; April 14.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1906 Securing loads on vehicles; requirements for hauling livestock; exceptions.

8-1906. Securing loads on vehicles; requirements for hauling livestock; exceptions.
(a) No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that:
(1) This section shall not prohibit the necessary spreading of any substance in highway maintenance or construction operations; and
(2) (A) subsections (a) and (c) shall not apply to:
(i) Trailers or semitrailers when hauling livestock if such trailers or semitrailers are properly equipped with a cleanout trap and such trap is operated in a closed position unless material is intentionally spilled when the trap is in a closed position;
(ii) trucks, trailers or semitrailers when hauling agricultural forage commodities intrastate from the place of production to a market or place of storage or from a place of storage to a place of use. The provisions of this clause shall not apply to trucks, trailers or semitrailers hauling:
(a) Hay bales; or
(b) other packaged or bundled forage commodities; or
(iii) trucks, trailers or semitrailers when hauling cotton bales transported by the producer intrastate from the place of production or storage to a market, place of storage or place of use if:
(a) Cotton bales are fully loaded from front to back on such truck, trailer or semitrailer in a single layer;
(b) the truck, trailer or semitrailer is equipped with cradles; and
(c) the truck, trailer or semitrailer is equipped with stakes, side boards or side posts that are not less than 12 inches high.
(B) Paragraph (2)(A)(i) shall not apply to trailers or semitrailers used for hauling livestock when livestock are not being hauled in such trailers or semitrailers.
(b) All trailers or semitrailers used for hauling livestock shall be cleaned out periodically.
(c) No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle with any load unless such load and any covering thereon is securely fastened so as to prevent the covering or load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the highway.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1906; L. 1984, ch. 41, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 45, § 1; L. 2021, ch. 49, § 1; L. 2023, ch. 30, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1907 Towing vehicles; connection and safety equipment; exceptions.

8-1907.
Towing vehicles; connection and safety equipment; exceptions.
(a) When one vehicle is towing another, the drawbar, towbar or other connections shall be of sufficient strength to pull, stop and hold all weight towed thereby, and so designed, constructed and installed as to insure that any vehicle or motor vehicle towed on a level, smooth, paved surface will follow in the path of the towing vehicle when it is moving in a straight line. In addition to the drawbar connections between any two such vehicles, there shall be provided an adequate safety hitch.
(b) When one vehicle is towing another and the connection consists of a chain, rope or cable, there shall be displayed upon such connection a white flag or cloth not less than 12 inches square.
(c) Motor vehicles in transit may be transported in combination by means of towbar, saddlemount or fullmount mechanisms, utilizing the motive power of one of the motor vehicles in such combination, except that not more than two vehicles in any such combination of motor vehicles in transit may be connected by means of a towbar mechanism. Whenever motor vehicles are transported as authorized in this subsection, such motor vehicles shall be connected securely in combination in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of transportation, and any combination of such motor vehicles shall comply with the limitations prescribed by K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), not more than three vehicles, including the towing vehicle, in any combination of vehicles may be connected by means of a towbar mechanism, and if the three such vehicles are connected by towbar mechanisms, the towbar mechanism between the towing vehicle and the first towed vehicle shall be equipped with an anti-sway mechanism. In addition, the second towed vehicle of every combination of vehicles so connected shall be equipped with service brakes acting on the wheels of at least one axle, and which are of a type approved by the secretary of transportation and of such character as to be applied automatically and promptly, except that this sentence shall not apply to combinations of vehicles which include a slow-moving vehicle which is an implement of husbandry when moving from field to field.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1907; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 30; L. 1978, ch. 42, § 2; L. 1979, ch. 43, § 1; L. 1985, ch. 53, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1908 Gross weight limits on wheels and axles.

8-1908. Gross weight limits on wheels and axles.
(a) The gross weight upon any wheel of a vehicle shall not exceed 10,000 pounds.
(b) The gross weight upon any one axle, including any one axle of a group of axles, of a vehicle shall not exceed 20,000 pounds.
(c) Any axle located within seven feet of any adjacent axle shall, when the wheels of such axle are in contact with the road surface, carry its proportionate part of the load permitted on such axles. An axle shall not be used to determine the lawful axle weight under this section or the gross weight under K.S.A. 8-1909, and amendments thereto, when the wheels of such axle are not in contact with the road surface.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) "Gross weight on any one axle" means the total load on all wheels whose centers are included within two parallel transverse vertical planes not more than 40 inches apart.
(2) "Tandem axles" means two or more consecutive axles, arranged in tandem and articulated from a common attachment to the vehicle or individually attached to the vehicle, with such axles spaced not less than 40 inches and not more than 96 inches apart.
(3) "Triple axles" means three or more consecutive axles, arranged in tandem and articulated from a common attachment to the vehicle or individually attached to the vehicle, with such axles spaced more than 96 inches and not more than 132 inches apart.
(4) "Quad axles" means four or more consecutive axles, arranged in tandem and articulated from a common attachment to the vehicle or individually attached to the vehicle, with such axles spaced more than 120 inches and not more than 150 inches apart.
(e) The gross weight on tandem axles shall not exceed 34,000 pounds.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1908; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 31; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 47; L. 1981, ch. 46, § 2; L. 1983, ch. 41, § 3; L. 1986, ch. 45, § 1; L. 2003, ch. 10, § 1; L. 2017, ch. 50, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1909a Vehicle operation on national system of interstate and defense highways; exceptions.

8-1909a.
Vehicle operation on national system of interstate and defense highways; exceptions.
Nothing in this act shall authorize any gross weight of a vehicle, combination of vehicles or axle or axles of a vehicle on the national system of interstate and defense highways greater than permitted by laws of the United States congress, except that this section shall not apply to a truck tractor and dump semitrailer or truck trailer combination authorized under the provisions of subsection (a)(3) of K.S.A. 8-1909, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1981, ch. 46, § 5; L. 2006, ch. 7, § 1; March 2.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1910 Enforcement of vehicle weight laws; officers may weigh vehicles; portable scales; required drive to stationary scales; off-loading or load redistribution required, when.

8-1910.
Enforcement of vehicle weight laws; officers may weigh vehicles; portable scales; required drive to stationary scales; off-loading or load redistribution required, when.
(a) Any police officer having reason to believe that the gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles or the gross weight on any axle or sets of axles is unlawful is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a weighing of the same by means of either portable or stationary scales and may require that such vehicle be driven to any scales suitable for this purpose within five miles. When portable scales are used for weighing for the purpose of this section, the location of such portable scales shall be not more than 10 miles from any stationary scales whose accuracy is certified in accordance with law.
(b) Whenever a police officer, upon weighing a vehicle or combination of vehicles, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle or combination of vehicles or remove or redistribute the gross weight on any axle or sets of axles to such limit as permitted under article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. All material so unloaded shall be cared for by the owner, lessee or operator of such vehicle at the risk of such owner, lessee or operator.
(c) Any driver of a vehicle or combination of vehicles who fails or refuses to stop and submit such vehicle or combination of vehicles to weighing as provided in this section or who fails or refuses when directed by a police officer to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1910; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 32; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 49; L. 1977, ch. 304, § 17; L. 1980, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 45, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 266, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1912 When secretary of transportation or local authorities may restrict use of highways.

8-1912.
When secretary of transportation or local authorities may restrict use of highways.
(a) Local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may prohibit, by ordinance or resolution, the operation of vehicles upon any such highway or impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon any such highway, for a total period of not to exceed ninety (90) days in any one (1) calendar year, whenever any said highway by reason of deterioration, rain, snow or other climatic conditions will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weights thereof reduced.
(b) The local authority enacting any such ordinance or resolution shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating the provisions of the ordinance or resolution at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby, and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective unless and until such signs are erected and maintained.
(c) Local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction also, by ordinance or resolution, may prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles, or may impose limitations as to the weight or size thereof, on designated highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways: Provided, That adjacent premises to such restricted streets may be served, and such restrictions shall not apply to any street which is a connecting link of the state highway system, unless a satisfactory alternate route is provided and has been approved by the secretary of transportation.
(d) The secretary of transportation likewise shall have authority as hereinabove granted to local authorities to determine by resolution and to impose restrictions as to the weight or size of vehicles operated upon any highways under the jurisdiction of said secretary and such restrictions shall be effective when signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway or portion of any highway affected by such resolution.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1912; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 51; August 15.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1913 Liability for damage to highway or structure.

8-1913.
Liability for damage to highway or structure.
(a) Any person driving any vehicle, object or contrivance upon any highway or highway structure shall be liable for all damage which said highway or structure may sustain as a result of any illegal operation, driving or moving of such vehicle, object or contrivance, or as a result of operating, driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance weighing in excess of the maximum weight in this act but authorized by a special permit issued as provided in this article.
(b) Whenever such driver is not the owner of such vehicle, object or contrivance, but is so operating, driving or moving the same with the express or implied permission of said owner, then said owner and driver shall be jointly and severally liable for any such damage.
(c) Such damage may be recovered in a civil action brought by the authorities in control of such highways or highway structure.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1913; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1914 Issuance of special permits for operation of vehicles from Kansas turnpike authority toll booths and motor-freight truck terminals.

8-1914.
Issuance of special permits for operation of vehicles from Kansas turnpike authority toll booths and motor-freight truck terminals.
The secretary of transportation with respect to highways under the secretary's jurisdiction and local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction may issue permits authorized under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, for the operation of combinations of vehicles operating on a route designated by the secretary or local authority between a Kansas turnpike authority toll booth and a motor-freight truck terminal located within a ten-mile radius of any such toll booth, except at the northeastern end of the turnpike at which location a twenty-mile radius shall apply.
History:
L. 1990, ch. 50, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 138, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1915 Issuance of special vehicle combination permits; conditions; penalties; rules and regulations.

8-1915.
Issuance of special vehicle combination permits; conditions; penalties; rules and regulations.
(a) The secretary of transportation may issue a special vehicle combination permit pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, for the operation of a special vehicle combination consisting of a truck tractor, semitrailer, trailer and trailer. In addition to the conditions the secretary may establish under K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, such vehicle combinations shall also be required to operate under the following conditions:
(1) The special vehicle combination may be operated only on:
(A) United States highway 69 alternate between a motor-freight truck terminal located at the city of Baxter Springs and the Kansas-Oklahoma line; and
(B) interstate highway 70 between a motor-freight truck terminal located within a five-mile radius of such interstate at the city of Goodland and the Kansas-Colorado line;
(2) any semitrailer or trailer used in such special vehicle combination, shall not exceed 281/2 feet in length;
(3) travel of such special vehicle combination may be restricted to specific routes, hours of operation, specific days or seasonal periods; and
(4) the secretary may enforce any other restrictions determined by the secretary to be necessary.
(b) The secretary of transportation may adopt rules and regulations implementing the provisions of subsection (a), including prescribing standards for the qualifications of drivers operating such special vehicle combinations and the equipping and operation of such special vehicle combinations to enhance highway traffic safety.
(c) A person, firm or corporation convicted of violating any provision of this section or any restriction on the special permits issued by the secretary under this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 and all special permits issued for the operation of such special vehicle combinations in violation shall be confiscated. The special vehicle combination must be separated into combinations of legal length before the units may proceed.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not govern the operations of combinations of vehicles authorized to be operated under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1914.
History:
L. 1990, ch. 50, § 2; April 19.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1916 Cotton modules; allowable movement.

8-1916.
Cotton modules; allowable movement.
(a) Any person issued a special permit under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of moving cotton modules on the highways of this state, shall be allowed to move such cotton modules 24-hours per day. Such person shall comply with all applicable provisions of K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, and rules and regulations adopted by the secretary.
(b) The gross weight on tandem axles of a cotton module issued a special permit under K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, shall not exceed 50,000 pounds. A cotton module with a tandem gross axle weight of 50,000 pounds or less shall not be considered a superload as defined in rules and regulations of the Kansas department of transportation.
(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.
History:
L. 2004, ch. 152, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 108, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1917 Idle reduction technology; maximum weight limit exception.

8-1917.
Idle reduction technology; maximum weight limit exception.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1908 and 8-1909, and amendments thereto, the maximum gross weight limit and axle weight limit for any vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with idle reduction technology may be increased by a quantity necessary to compensate for the additional weight of such idle reduction technology as provided for in 23 U.S.C. § 658.17. In no case shall the additional weight increase allowed by this section be greater than 400 pounds.
(b) Upon request by an appropriate law enforcement officer, the vehicle operator shall provide proof:
(1) By written certification, the weight of the idle reduction technology;
(2) by demonstration or certification, that the idle reduction technology is fully functional at all times; and
(3) that the gross weight increase is not used for any purpose other than for the use of idle reduction technology.
(c) As used in this section, "idle reduction technology" means any device or system of devices that:
(1) Is installed on a heavy-duty diesel-powered on-highway truck or truck tractor; and
(2) is designed to provide to such truck or truck tractor those services, such as heat, air conditioning or electricity, that would otherwise require the operation of the main drive engine while the truck or truck tractor is temporarily parked or remains stationary.
(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.
History: L. 2007, ch. 140, § 2; April 26.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1918 Implement dealers; permits; allowable movement.

8-1918. Implement dealers; permits; allowable movement.
(a) An implement dealer who obtains an annual permit pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, shall be allowed to move or transport farm tractors, implements of husbandry, combines, fertilizer dispensing equipment or other farm machinery on highways under the jurisdiction of the secretary of transportation.
(b) Such annual permit shall allow an implement dealer to move such equipment or machinery subject to the following conditions:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (e), loads being moved or transported shall not exceed a width of 17 feet, nine inches;
(2) except as provided in subsection (e), movement of loads exceeding a width of 14 feet shall use escort vehicles as required by the rules and regulations of the Kansas department of transportation;
(3) moves shall not be made within 1/2 hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise; and
(4) loads cannot be moved on any highway that is part of the national systems of interstate and defense highways.
(c) An implement dealer, or employee thereof, moving farm equipment or machinery on highways under the jurisdiction of the secretary of transportation that exceed the weight limits established by K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, or the height and length limits established by K.S.A. 8-1904, and amendments thereto, shall obtain an appropriate permit under K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Kansas department of transportation.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), the provisions of this section shall apply whether the implement dealer, or employees thereof, moves the equipment or machinery either:
(1) On a trailer or semi-trailer;
(2) pinning the equipment or machinery onto a truck or truck tractor with the item traveling on the item's wheels; or
(3) under the machinery or equipment's own power.
(e) An implement dealer, or employees thereof, may move farm machinery when towing such machinery behind a farm tractor within a 100 mile radius of any of the implement dealer's places of business when such farm tractor and equipment or machinery are equipped with flashing lights on both the front and rear and towed in accordance with subsections (b)(3), (b)(4) and (c).
(f) An implement dealer, or employee thereof, moving farm machinery designed for use at speeds of less than 25 miles per hour, or which is normally moved at speeds less than 25 miles per hour, shall have displayed on the farm machinery a slow-moving vehicle emblem, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1717(e)(2), and amendments thereto, which shall be clearly visible from the rear of the farm machinery.
(g) As used in this section, "implement dealer" shall mean a person, firm, organization or business that buys, sells or services farm tractors, implements of husbandry, combines, fertilizer dispensing equipment or other farm machinery in the regular course of business.
History:
L. 2014, ch. 14, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1920 Gross weight limits for emergency vehicles.

8-1920. Gross weight limits for emergency vehicles.
(a) Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, an emergency vehicle may operate at a gross weight not exceeding 86,000 pounds, subject to a maximum weight of:
(1) 24,000 pounds on a single steering axle;
(2) 33,500 pounds on a single drive axle;
(3) 62,000 pounds on a tandem axle;
(4) 52,000 pounds on a tandem rear drive steer axle.
(b) As used in this section, "emergency vehicle" means a vehicle designed to be used under emergency conditions to:
(1) Transport personnel and equipment; and
(2) support the suppression of fires and mitigation of other hazardous situations.
History:
L. 2018, ch. 72, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 19 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Size, Weight And Load Of Vehicles › 8-1921 Escort vehicle company registration; requirements; penalty.

8-1921. Escort vehicle company registration; requirements; penalty.
(a) Commencing on and after January 1, 2020, each company that operates an escort vehicle service in this state shall register annually with the secretary of transportation in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary.
(b) Each application for registration shall be accompanied by the following:
(1) The name and address of the agent for service of process;
(2) proof that each vehicle operated in this state by the applicant maintains the required insurance, self-insurance or other financial security required pursuant to K.S.A. 40-3104, and amendments thereto;
(3) proof that each driver of an escort vehicle has a valid operator's license issued by a state or territory of the United States;
(4) proof that each driver has successfully completed an escort vehicle training course approved by the secretary; and
(5) such other information as the secretary may require.
(c) The secretary may revoke, suspend or refuse to issue a registration for any violation of this section.
History:
L. 2019, ch. 51, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 20 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Powers Of State And Local Authorities › 8-2001 Provisions of act uniform throughout state; local traffic regulations.

8-2001.
Provisions of act uniform throughout state; local traffic regulations.
The provisions of this act shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all cities and other political subdivisions therein, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance in conflict with the provisions of this act unless expressly authorized; however, local authorities may adopt additional traffic regulations which are not in conflict with the provisions of this act.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-2001; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 20 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Powers Of State And Local Authorities › 8-2003 Secretary of transportation to adopt sign manual.

8-2003.
Secretary of transportation to adopt sign manual.
The secretary of transportation shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic-control devices consistent with the provisions of this act for use upon highways within this state. Such uniform system shall correlate with and so far as possible conform to the system set forth in the most recent edition of the manual on uniform traffic-control devices for streets and highways and other standards issued or endorsed by the federal highway administrator.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-2003; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 53; August 15.