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2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1435 "Metal tire" defined.

8-1435.
"Metal tire" defined.
"Metal tire" means every tire, the surface of which in contact with the highway, is wholly or partly of metal or other hard non-resilient material.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1435; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1436 "Motor home" defined.

8-1436. "Motor home" defined.
"Motor home" means every motor vehicle designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1436; L. 2013, ch. 92, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1437 "Motor vehicle" defined.

8-1437. "Motor vehicle" defined.
"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, electric-assisted bicycle or a motorized wheelchair, that is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1437; L. 1976, ch. 42, § 3; L. 1992, ch. 166, § 2; L. 2022, ch. 43, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1438 "Motorcycle" defined.

8-1438. "Motorcycle" defined.
"Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle, including autocycles, having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding an electric-assisted bicycle or a tractor.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1438; L. 2015, ch. 48, § 5; L. 2022, ch. 43, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1439 "Motor-driven cycle" defined.

8-1439.
"Motor-driven cycle" defined.
"Motor-driven cycle" means every motorcycle, including every motor scooter, with a motor which produces not to exceed five brake horsepower, and every bicycle with motor attached, except a motorized bicycle or an electric-assisted bicycle.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1439; L. 1976, ch. 42, § 4; L. 1980, ch. 42, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 179, § 17; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1439a "Motorized bicycle" defined.

8-1439a. "Motorized bicycle" defined.
"Motorized bicycle" means every device, other than an electric-assisted bicycle, having two tandem wheels or three wheels that may be propelled by either human power or helper motor, or by both, and that has:
(a) A motor that produces not more than 3.5 brake horsepower;
(b) a cylinder capacity of not more than 130 cubic centimeters;
(c) an automatic transmission; and
(d) the capability of a maximum design speed of no more than 30 miles per hour except a low power cycle.
History:
L. 1976, ch. 42, § 5; L. 1977, ch. 28, § 4; L. 1978, ch. 29, § 2; L. 1980, ch. 42, § 2; L. 1982, ch. 36, § 3; L. 1985, ch. 42, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 179, § 18; L. 2022, ch. 43, § 6; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1439c "Motorized wheelchair" defined.

8-1439c.
"Motorized wheelchair" defined.
"Motorized wheelchair" means any self-propelled vehicle designed specifically for use by a physically disabled person that is incapable of a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
History:
L. 1992, ch. 166, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1440 "Nonresident" defined.

8-1440.
"Nonresident" defined.
"Nonresident" means every person who is not a resident of this state.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1440; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1441 "Nonresident's operating privilege" defined.

8-1441.
"Nonresident's operating privilege" defined.
"Nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege conferred upon a nonresident by the laws of this state pertaining to the operation by such person of a motor vehicle, or the use of a vehicle owned by such person, in this state.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1441; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1442 "Official traffic-control devices" defined.

8-1442.
"Official traffic-control devices" defined.
"Official traffic-control devices" means all signs, signals, markings, and devices, not inconsistent with this act, placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1442; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1443 "Owner" defined.

8-1443.
"Owner" defined.
"Owner" means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vehicle; and such term includes a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1443; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1444 "Park" and "parking" defined.

8-1444.
"Park" and "parking" defined.
"Park" or "parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1444; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1445 "Passenger car" defined.

8-1445.
"Passenger car" defined.
"Passenger car" means every motor vehicle, except motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, designed for carrying ten (10) passengers or less and used for the transportation of persons.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1445; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1446 "Pedestrian" defined.

8-1446.
"Pedestrian" defined.
"Pedestrian" means:
(a) Any person afoot;
(b) any person in a wheelchair, either manually or mechanically propelled, or other low powered, mechanically propelled vehicle designed specifically for use by a physically disabled person; or
(c) any person using an electric personal assistive mobility device.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1446; L. 1992, ch. 166, § 3; L. 2002, ch. 16, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1447 "Person" defined.

8-1447.
"Person" defined.
"Person" means every natural person, firm, association, partnership or corporation.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1447; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 6; April 19.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1448 "Pneumatic tire" defined.

8-1448.
"Pneumatic tire" defined.
"Pneumatic tire" means every tire in which compressed air is designed to support the load.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1448; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1449 "Pole trailer" defined.

8-1449.
"Pole trailer" defined.
"Pole trailer" means every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregular shaped loads such as poles, pipes or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1449; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1450 "Police officer" defined.

8-1450. "Police officer" defined.
"Police officer" means every law enforcement officer, as defined in K.S.A. 21-5111, and amendments thereto, authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1450; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 94; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1451 "Private road or driveway" defined.

8-1451.
"Private road or driveway" defined.
"Private road or driveway" means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1451; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1452 "Railroad" defined.

8-1452.
"Railroad" defined.
"Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property upon cars operated upon stationary rails.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1452; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1453 "Railroad sign or signal" defined.

8-1453.
"Railroad sign or signal" defined.
"Railroad sign or signal" means any sign, signal or device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1453; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1454 "Railroad train" defined.

8-1454.
"Railroad train" defined.
"Railroad train" means a steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1454; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1455 "Registration" defined.

8-1455.
"Registration" defined.
"Registration" means the registration certificate or certificates and registration plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the registration of vehicles.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1455; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1456 "Residence district" defined.

8-1456.
"Residence district" defined.
"Residence district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district when the property on such highway for a distance of three hundred (300) feet or more is improved, in the main, with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1456; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1457 "Revocation of driver's license" defined.

8-1457.
"Revocation of driver's license" defined.
"Revocation of driver's license" means the termination by formal action of the division of a person's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle on the highways, which termination shall not be subject to renewal or restoration except that an application for a new license may be presented and acted upon by the division after the expiration of the applicable period of time prescribed in K.S.A. 8-256, and any amendments thereto.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1457; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 7; April 19.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1458 "Right-of-way" defined.

8-1458.
"Right-of-way" defined.
"Right-of-way" means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1458; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1458a "Road construction zone" defined.

8-1458a.
"Road construction zone" defined.
"Road construction zone" means the portions of a highway which is identified by posted or moving signs as being a construction or maintenance work area. The zone starts at the first sign identifying the zone and continues until a posted or moving sign indicates that the road construction zone has ended.
History:
L. 1994, ch. 220, § 1; April 21.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1459 "Roadway" defined.

8-1459.
"Roadway" defined.
"Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways the term "roadway" as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1459; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1459a "Safety hitch" defined.

8-1459a.
"Safety hitch" defined.
"Safety hitch" means a chain, cable, or other material of sufficient weight which will prevent the towed vehicle from breaking loose in the event the towbar or drawbar fails or becomes disconnected.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 42, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1460 "Safety zone" defined.

8-1460.
"Safety zone" defined.
"Safety zone" means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1460; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1461 "School bus" defined.

8-1461.
"School bus" defined.
"School bus" means every motor vehicle defined and designated as a school bus in subsection (g) (1) of K.S.A. 72-6486.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1461; L. 1976, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 42, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 303, § 1; March 31.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1462 "Security agreement" defined.

8-1462.
"Security agreement" defined.
"Security agreement" means a written agreement which reserves or creates a security interest.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1462; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1463 "Security interest" defined.

8-1463.
"Security interest" defined.
"Security interest" means an interest in a vehicle reserved or created by agreement and which secures payment or performance of an obligation. The term includes the interest of a lessor under a lease intended as security. A security interest is "perfected" when it is valid against third parties generally, subject only to specific statutory exceptions.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1463; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1464 "Semitrailer" defined.

8-1464.
"Semitrailer" defined.
"Semitrailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1464; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1465 "Sidewalk" defined.

8-1465.
"Sidewalk" defined.
"Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for use by pedestrians.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1465; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1466 "Solid rubber tire" defined.

8-1466.
"Solid rubber tire" defined.
"Solid rubber tire" means every tire of rubber or other resilient material which does not depend upon compressed air for the support of the load.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1466; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1467 "Special mobile equipment" defined.

8-1467.
"Special mobile equipment" defined.
"Special mobile equipment" means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including but not limited to: Ditch digging apparatus, well boring apparatus and road construction and maintenance machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth moving carry-alls and scrapers, power shovels and drag lines, and self-propelled cranes and earth moving equipment. The term does not include house trailers, dump trucks, truck mounted transit mixers, cranes or shovels, or other vehicles designed for the transportation of persons or property to which machinery has been attached.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1467; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1468 "Specially constructed vehicle" defined.

8-1468.
"Specially constructed vehicle" defined.
"Specially constructed vehicle" means every vehicle of a type required to be registered in this state, not originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model or type by a generally recognized manufacturer of vehicles and not materially altered from its original construction.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1468; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1469 "Stand" and "standing" defined.

8-1469.
"Stand" and "standing" defined.
"Stand" or "standing" means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1469; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1470 "State" defined.

8-1470.
"State" defined.
"State" means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a province of the Dominion of Canada.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1470; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1471 "Stop" when required, defined.

8-1471.
"Stop" when required, defined.
"Stop" when required means complete cessation from movement.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1471; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1472 "Stop" and "stopping," when prohibited, defined.

8-1472.
"Stop" and "stopping," when prohibited, defined.
"Stop" or "stopping" when prohibited means any halting, even momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control sign or signal.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1472; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1473 "Street" defined.

8-1473.
"Street" defined.
"Street" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1473; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1474 "Suspension of a driver's license" defined.

8-1474.
"Suspension of a driver's license" defined.
"Suspension of a driver's license" means the temporary withdrawal by formal action of the division of a person's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle on the highways.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1474; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 8; L. 1990, ch. 44, § 5; January 1, 1991.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1475 "Through highway" defined.

8-1475.
"Through highway" defined.
"Through highway" means every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on such highway in obedience to either a stop sign, yield sign or other traffic-control device, when such signs or devices are erected as provided in this act.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1475; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1475a "Tow bar" defined.

8-1475a.
"Tow bar" defined.
"Tow bar" means a rigid piece of material which is structurally adequate to hold any weight vehicle towed and which is properly and securely mounted to the towed vehicle without excessive slack but with sufficient play to allow for universal action of the connection and which is equipped with a suitable locking device to prevent accidental separation of the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 42, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1476 "Trackless trolley coach" defined.

8-1476.
"Trackless trolley coach" defined.
"Trackless trolley coach" means every motor vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated upon rails.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1476; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1477 "Traffic" defined.

8-1477.
"Traffic" defined.
"Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1477; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1478 "Traffic-control signal" defined.

8-1478.
"Traffic-control signal" defined.
"Traffic-control signal" means any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1478; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1479 "Trailer" defined.

8-1479.
"Trailer" defined.
"Trailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1479; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1480 "Transporter" defined.

8-1480.
"Transporter" defined.
"Transporter" means every person engaged in the business of delivering vehicles, of a type required to be registered in this state, from a manufacturing, assembling or distributing plant to dealers or sales agents of a manufacturer.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1480; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1481 "Truck" defined.

8-1481.
"Truck" defined.
"Truck" means every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1481; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1482 "Truck-camper" defined.

8-1482.
"Truck-camper" defined.
"Truck-camper" means any structure designed, used or maintained primarily to be loaded on or affixed to a motor vehicle to provide a mobile dwelling, sleeping place, office or commercial space.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1482; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1483 "Truck tractor" defined.

8-1483.
"Truck tractor" defined.
"Truck tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1483; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1484 "Urban district" defined.

8-1484.
"Urban district" defined.
"Urban district" means the territory contiguous to and including any street which is built up with structures devoted to business, industry or dwelling houses, situated at intervals of less than one hundred (100) feet for a distance of a quarter of a mile or more.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1484; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1485 "Vehicle" defined.

8-1485.
"Vehicle" defined.
"Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except electric personal assistive mobility devices or devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1485; L. 2002, ch. 16, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1486 Certain sections part of uniform act.

8-1486. Certain sections part of uniform act.
K.S.A. 8-1402a, 8-1414a, 8-1439c, 8-1458a, 8-1459a, 8-1475a, 8-1487, 8-1488, 8-1489 and 8-1490, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 8-1491, 8-1492, 8-1493, 8-1494, 8-1495, 8-1496, 8-1497, 8-1498* 8-1499, and amendments thereto, shall be a part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.
History:
L. 1978, ch. 42, § 6; L. 1992, ch. 166, § 5; L. 1994, ch. 220, § 3; L. 1996, ch. 220, § 7; L. 1998, ch. 193, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 179, § 19; L. 2001, ch. 19, § 3; L. 2002, ch. 16, § 5; L. 2006, ch. 134, § 4; L. 2007, ch. 140, § 6; L. 2008, ch. 167, § 6; L. 2009, ch. 119, § 6; L. 2011, ch. 66, § 3; L. 2015, ch. 48, § 7; L. 2019, ch. 61, § 11; L. 2021, ch. 18, § 5; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1487 "National network of highways" defined.

8-1487.
"National network of highways" defined.
"National network of highways" means the interstate system, other United States designated highways and all state highways.
History:
L. 1998, ch. 193, § 1; May 28.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1488 "Low-speed vehicle" defined.

8-1488.
"Low-speed vehicle" defined.
"Low-speed vehicle" means any four-wheeled electric vehicle whose top speed is greater than 20 miles per hour but not greater than 25 miles per hour and is manufactured in compliance with the national highway and traffic safety administration standards for low-speed vehicles in 49 C.F.R. § 571.500.
History:
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1489 "Electric-assisted bicycle" defined; classes of electric-assisted bicycles.

8-1489. "Electric-assisted bicycle" defined; classes of electric-assisted bicycles.
"Electric-assisted bicycle" means a bicycle with two or three wheels, a saddle, fully operative pedals for human propulsion, and an electric motor of less than 750 watts that meets the requirements of one of the following three classes:
(a) "Class 1 electric-assisted bicycle" means an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour;
(b) "class 2 electric-assisted bicycle" means an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle and is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour; or
(c) "class 3 electric-assisted bicycle" means an electric-assisted bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour.
History:
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 4; L. 2022, ch. 43, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1490 "Travel trailer" defined.

8-1490.
"Travel trailer" defined.
"Travel trailer" means every vehicle without motive power designed to be towed by a motor vehicle constructed primarily for recreational purposes.
History: L. 2001, ch. 19, § 1; March 22.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1491 "Electric personal assistive mobility device" defined.

8-1491.
"Electric personal assistive mobility device" defined.
"Electric personal assistive mobility device" means a self-balancing two nontandem wheeled device, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to 15 miles per hour or less.
History:
L. 2002, ch. 16, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1492 "School crossing guard" defined.

8-1492.
"School crossing guard" defined.
"School crossing guard" means any person 18 years of age and older or any person under 18 years of age who is being directly supervised by a person at least 18 years of age, acting with or without compensation and who is authorized under K.S.A. 8-15,104, and amendments thereto, to supervise, direct, monitor or otherwise assist school children at a street or intersection in the vicinity of a school crosswalk or bus stop.
History:
L. 2006, ch. 134, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1493 "Work-site utility vehicle" defined.

8-1493. "Work-site utility vehicle" defined.
"Work-site utility vehicle" means any motor vehicle which is not less than 48 inches in width, has an unladen weight, including fuel and fluids, of more than 800 pounds and is equipped with four or more nonhighway tires, a steering wheel and bench or bucket-type seating allowing at least two people to sit side-by-side, and may be equipped with a bed or cargo box for hauling materials. "Work-site utility vehicle" does not include a micro utility truck.
History:
L. 2007, ch. 140, § 4; L. 2008, ch. 167, § 7; L. 2015, ch. 12, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1494 "Micro utility truck" defined.

8-1494.
"Micro utility truck" defined.
"Micro utility truck" means any motor vehicle which is not less than 48 inches in width, has an overall length, including the bumper, of not more than 160 inches, has an unladen weight, including fuel and fluids, of more than 1,500 pounds, can exceed 40 miles per hour as originally manufactured and is manufactured with a metal cab. "Micro utility truck" does not include a work-site utility vehicle.
History:
L. 2008, ch. 167, § 1; L. 2009, ch. 119, § 7; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1495 "Golf cart" defined.

8-1495.
"Golf cart" defined.
"Golf cart" means a motor vehicle that has not less than three wheels in contact with the ground, an unladen weight of not more than 1,800 pounds, is designed to be and is operated at not more than 25 miles per hour and is designed to carry not more than four persons including the driver.
History:
L. 2009, ch. 119, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1496 "Lightweight roadable vehicle" defined.

8-1496. "Lightweight roadable vehicle" defined.
"Lightweight roadable vehicle" means a multipurpose motor vehicle that is allowed to be driven on public roadways and is required to be registered with, and flown under the direction of, the federal aviation administration.
History:
L. 2011, ch. 66, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1497 "Autocycle" defined.

8-1497. "Autocycle" defined.
"Autocycle" means a three-wheel motorcycle that has a steering wheel and seating that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride it.
History:
L. 2015, ch. 48, § 1; May 14.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1498 "Electric-assisted scooter" defined.

8-1498. "Electric-assisted scooter" defined.
"Electric-assisted scooter" means every self-propelled vehicle, other than an electric-assisted bicycle, that has at least two wheels in contact with the ground, an electric motor, handlebars, a brake and a deck that is designed to be stood upon when riding.
History:
L. 2019, ch. 61, § 7; L. 2022, ch. 43, § 8; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 14 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Definitions › 8-1499 "Military surplus vehicle" defined.

8-1499. "Military surplus vehicle" defined.
"Military surplus vehicle" means a vehicle with three axles or fewer that meets the legal size and weight limits set forth in K.S.A. 8-1902(a), 8-1904(a) and (b), 8-1908 and 8-1909, and amendments thereto, is less than 35 years old and was manufactured for use in either: (a) The United States military forces; or (b) any country that was a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the time the vehicle was manufactured. Such vehicle shall have been subsequently authorized for sale to civilians, except that a "military surplus vehicle" does not include a tracked vehicle.
History:
L. 2021, ch. 18, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1501 Application of sections in article 15.

8-1501. Application of sections in article 15.
The provisions of this article relating to the operation of vehicles refer exclusively to the operation of vehicles upon highways except:
(a) Where a different place is specifically referred to in a given section; and
(b) The provisions of K.S.A. 8-1566 through 8-1568 and the provisions of article 10 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, shall apply upon highways and elsewhere throughout the state.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1501; L. 2012, ch. 172, § 19; L. 2018, ch. 106, § 12; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1503 Required obedience to lawful order of police officer or fireman; misdemeanor.

8-1503.
Required obedience to lawful order of police officer or fireman; misdemeanor.
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer or fireman invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1503; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 2; January 1, 1985.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1504 Rights and duties of person riding animal or driving animal-drawn vehicle.

8-1504.
Rights and duties of person riding animal or driving animal-drawn vehicle.
Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this article, except those provisions of this article which by their very nature can have no application.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1504; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1505 Application of traffic laws to highway construction or maintenance operations.

8-1505.
Application of traffic laws to highway construction or maintenance operations.
Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this article except those contained in K.S.A. 8-1566 to 8-1568, inclusive, shall not apply to persons, motor vehicles and equipment while actually engaged in work upon a highway, but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1505; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1506 Authorized emergency vehicles; rights, duties and liability of drivers thereof.

8-1506.
Authorized emergency vehicles; rights, duties and liability of drivers thereof.
(a) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, but subject to the conditions herein stated.
(b) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
(1) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this article;
(2) proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;
(3) exceed the maximum speed limits so long as such driver does not endanger life or property;
(4) disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions; and
(5) proceed through toll booths on roads or bridges without stopping for payment of tolls, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation and the picking up or returning of toll cards.
(c) The exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when such vehicle is making use of an audible signal meeting the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1738 and visual signals meeting the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1720, except that an authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle need not be equipped with or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle.
(d) The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from the consequences of reckless disregard for the safety of others.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1506; L. 1977, ch. 43, § 1; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1507 Official traffic-control devices; required obedience; placement; presumptions.

8-1507.
Official traffic-control devices; required obedience; placement; presumptions.
(a) The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto, placed in accordance with the provisions of this act, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle in this act.
(b) No provision of this act for which official traffic-control devices are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation, an official device is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular section does not state that official traffic-control devices are required, such section shall be effective even though no devices are erected or in place.
(c) Whenever official traffic-control devices are placed in position approximately conforming to the requirements of this act, such devices shall be presumed to have been so placed by the official act or direction of lawful authority, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
(d) Any official traffic-control device placed pursuant to the provisions of this act and purporting to conform to the lawful requirements pertaining to such devices shall be presumed to comply with the requirements of this act, unless the contrary shall be established by competent evidence.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1507; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1509 Pedestrian control signals.

8-1509.
Pedestrian control signals.
Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words "walk" or "don't walk" or symbols of "walking person" or "upraised palm" are in place, such signals shall indicate as follows:
(a) Flashing or steady walk or walking person. Pedestrians facing such signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all vehicles.
(b) Flashing or steady don't walk or upraised palm. No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed crossing on the "walk" or "walking person" signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the "don't walk" or upraised palm signal is showing.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1509; L. 1995, ch. 188, § 2; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1510 Flashing traffic signals.

8-1510.
Flashing traffic signals.
(a) Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow light is used in a traffic signal or with a traffic sign it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as follows:
(1) Flashing red (stop signal). When a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
(2) Flashing yellow (caution signal). When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles may proceed through the intersection or past such signal only with caution.
(b) This section shall not apply at railroad grade crossings. Conduct of drivers of vehicles approaching railroad grade crossings shall be governed by the rules as set forth in K.S.A. 8-1558*.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1510; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1511 Lane-direction-control signals.

8-1511.
Lane-direction-control signals.
When lane-direction-control signals are placed over the individual lanes of a street or highway, such signals shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles as follows:
(a) Green indication. Vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown.
(b) Steady yellow indication. Vehicular traffic is thereby warned that a lane control change is being made.
(c) Steady red indication. Vehicular traffic shall not enter or travel in any lane over which a red signal is shown.
(d) Flashing yellow indication. Vehicular traffic may use the lane only for the purpose of approaching and making a left turn.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1511; L. 1995, ch. 188, § 3; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1512 Placement, maintenance or display of unauthorized signs, signals, markings or devices.

8-1512.
Placement, maintenance or display of unauthorized signs, signals, markings or devices.
(a) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of an official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.
(b) No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon any highway any official traffic control device bearing thereon any commercial advertising, except for business signs included as part of official motorist service panels or roadside area information panels approved by the secretary of transportation.
(c) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(d) Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without notice.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1512; L. 1995, ch. 188, § 4; July 1.
2023 Kansas Statutes › Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles › Article 15 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Rules Of The Road › 8-1513 Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals; misdemeanor.

8-1513.
Interference with official traffic-control devices or railroad signs or signals; misdemeanor.
No person, without lawful authority, shall attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down or remove any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1513; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 3; January 1, 1985.