Chapter 8 — AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES

8-1612. Accident report forms; department of transportation to provide division of vehicles accident reports or data. (a) The department of transportation shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, sheriffs and other appropriate agencies or individuals, forms fo…

8-1613. Tabulation and analysis of accident reports by secretary of transportation. The secretary of transportation shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports received in compliance with this article, and shall publish annually, or at more frequent intervals, statistical…

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

8-1701. Scope and effect of sections in article 17; unlawful acts. (a) It is unlawful for any person to drive or move or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any highway any vehicle or combination of vehicles which does not contain those parts or is…

8-1702. Approval or disapproval of equipment by secretary of transportation. (a) The secretary of transportation is hereby required to approve or disapprove any lighting device or other safety equipment, components or assemblies of a type for which approval is specifically requir…

8-1703. When lighted lamps required. (a) Every vehicle, except as provided in subsection (b), upon a highway within this state, at all times shall display lighted head and other lamps and illuminating devices as required for different classes of vehicles, subject to exceptions wi…

8-1704. Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps; method and conditions of measuring. (a) Whenever any requirement is declared in this article as to distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which such lamps or devices shall be vi…

8-1705. Head lamps on motor vehicles. (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with at least two (2) head lamps with at least one (1) on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which head lamps shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in this article. (b…

8-1706. Tail lamps. (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two (2) tail lamps mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required in K.S.A…

8-1707. Reflectors. (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two (2) or more red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section: Provided, That vehicles of the types mentioned in…

8-1708. Stop lamps and turn signals. (a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall be equipped with two (2) or more stop lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of K.S.A. 8-1721, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to January…

8-1709. Application of K.S.A. 8-1710 through 8-1714. K.S.A. 8-1710, 8-1711, 8-1712, 8-1713 and 8-1714, relating to clearance lamps, marker lamps and reflectors, shall apply as stated in said sections to vehicles of the type therein enumerated, namely buses, trucks, truck-tractors…

8-1710. Additional lighting equipment required on certain vehicles. In addition to other equipment required in this article, the following vehicles shall be equipped as herein stated. (a) Buses, trucks, motor homes and motor vehicles with mounted truck-camper, 80 inches or more i…

8-1711. Color of clearance lamps, identification lamps, side marker lamps and reflectors. (a) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.…

8-1712. Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side marker lamps. (a) Reflectors when required by K.S.A. 8-1710 shall be mounted at a height not less than twenty-four (24) inches and not more than sixty (60) inches above the ground on which the vehicle stands, except that if…

8-1713. Visibility requirements for reflectors, clearance lamps, identification lamps and side marker lamps. (a) Every reflector upon any vehicle referred to in K.S.A. 8-1710 shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible at nighttime from al…

8-1714. Operation of obstructed lamps not required on combination of vehicles. Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any lamp, except tail lamps, which, by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination, wo…

8-1715. Lamps or flags required on projecting loads. Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four (4) feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, two (2)…

8-1716. Parked vehicles; lamps required; color; location; time for display of lighted lamps; depressing or dimming of head lamps. (a) Every vehicle shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps which, when lighted, shall display a white or amber light visible from a distance of on…

8-1717. Lights, lamps and reflectors on farm tractors; slow-moving vehicle and slow-moving vehicle emblem defined; requirements for slow-moving vehicles; unlawful acts; exception. (a) Every farm tractor manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1975, shall be equipped with vehic…

8-1718. Lamps and equipment required on implements of husbandry, road rollers, road machinery and animal-drawn vehicles. (a) Every vehicle, including animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles referred to in subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-1701, not specifically required by the provisions of …

8-1719. Spot lamps, fog lamps, auxiliary passing lamps and auxiliary driving lamps. (a) Spot lamps. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two (2) spot lamps. Every lighted spot lamp emitting a white light shall be so aimed and used that no part of the high intensit…

8-1720. Lamps and lights on authorized emergency vehicles; alternately or simultaneously flashing head lamps. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every authorized emergency vehicle, in addition to any other equipment required by this act, shall be equipped with signal lamps…

8-1721. Stop lamps and signal lamps; color; visibility. (a) Any vehicle may be equipped and when required under this act shall be equipped with a stop lamp or lamps on the rear of the vehicle which shall display a red or amber light, or any shade of color between red and amber, v…

8-1722. Vehicular hazard warning lamps; warning lamps on police vehicles; trash trucks. (a) Any vehicle may be equipped with lamps for the purpose of warning the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in ap…

8-1723. Additional lighting equipment permitted; ground effect lighting; lead vehicle of funeral procession. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light without glare. (b) Any motor vehicle may be…

8-1724. Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment; visibility; direction of beam; high beam indicator. (a) Except as hereinafter provided, the head lamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles shall be so arranged that the…

8-1725. Head lamps; use of; exception for alternately or simultaneously flashing head lamps. When a motor vehicle is being operated on a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto, the driver shall use a distribution o…

8-1726. Single-beam road-lighting equipment permitted on certain vehicles. Head lamp systems which provide only a single distribution of light shall be permitted on all farm tractors, regardless of date of manufacture, and on other motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to Ju…

8-1727. Alternate road-lighting equipment on certain vehicles; limitations on speed. Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in K.S.A. 8-1703 when equipped with two (2) lighted lamps upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and vehicles one hun…

8-1728. Number of driving lamps required or permitted. (a) At all times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, at least two (2) lighted head lamps shall be displayed, one (1) on each side at the front of every motor vehicle, except when such vehicle is parked, subject to the regulations gov…

8-1729. Lights and signals; restrictions; exceptions for certain vehicles including school, church and day care buses. (a) During the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto, any lighted lamp or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spo…

8-1730. Lighting equipment and warning devices on school buses. (a) Every school bus, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive markings required by this act: (1) Shall be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which sha…

8-1730a. Definitions of "church bus" and "day care program bus"; equipment and markings. (a) As used in chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, "church bus" means every bus owned by a religious organization, and operated for the transportation of persons to or from services or ac…

8-1731. Lights on highway construction and maintenance vehicles; rules and regulations of secretary. The secretary of transportation shall adopt rules or regulations establishing specifications and rules governing the design and use of special flashing lights on vehicles engaged …

8-1734. Braking systems for motor vehicles and combinations of vehicles; performance requirements; additional braking systems, when; antique vehicles exempted. (a) Every motor vehicle and every combination of vehicles shall have a service braking system which will stop such vehic…

8-1737. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1737; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 39; Repealed, L. 1979, ch. 42, § 2; July 1. Source or prior law: 8-5,101a, 8-5,101b, 8-5,101c. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVIS…

8-1738. Horns and warning devices. (a) Every motor vehicle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet, but no horn or other warning device…

8-1739. Mufflers and noise suppressing systems. (a) Every vehicle shall be equipped, maintained and operated so as to prevent excessive or unusual noise. Every motor vehicle at all times shall be equipped with a muffler or other effective noise suppressing system in good working …

8-1740. Mirrors. (a) After January 1, 1975, every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror mounted on the left side of the vehicle and so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway to the rear of the vehicle. (b) Every motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, shall…

8-1741. Windshields and windows; damaged windshields prohibited; obstruction or impairment prohibited; wipers. (a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, side wings or side or rear windows of such …

8-1742. Restrictions as to tire equipment. (a) Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery. (b) No person shall operate or move on any highway any motor vehicle,…

8-1742a. Sale of unsafe tires; misdemeanor. No person in the business of selling tires shall sell or offer for sale for highway use any tire which is in unsafe condition or which has tread depth of less than 1/16 inch measured as provided in subsection (e) of K.S.A. 8-1742, and a…

8-1742b. Wide-base single tires; prohibitions. (a) As used in this section, "wide-base single tires" means all tires having a section width, as specified by the manufacturer, of 14 inches or more. (b) The following shall apply where wide-base single tires are used in the operatio…

8-1743. Safety glazing material requirements; limitation on registration; misdemeanor. (a) No person shall sell any new motor vehicle as specified in this section, nor shall any such new motor vehicle be registered, unless such vehicle is equipped with safety glazing material whe…

8-1744. Flares or warning devices; vehicles subject to requirements; use, when required; unlawful acts; compliance with federal requirements. (a) No person shall operate any truck, bus or truck-tractor, or any motor vehicle towing a trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer eighty (80…

8-1745. Display of vehicular hazard warning signal lamps and warning devices by certain stopped or disabled vehicles. (a) Whenever any truck, bus, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer or pole trailer eighty (80) inches or more in overall width or thirty (30) feet or more in overal…

8-1746. Vehicles transporting hazardous materials; regulations by secretary, compliance; markings of and equipment on vehicles; misdemeanor. (a) The secretary of transportation may adopt rules and regulations for the safe transportation of hazardous materials. (b) Any person oper…