Chapter 8, AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES

8-1329. Same; cards issued to persons under 18 or 21 distinguishable. (a) An identification card issued to any person under 21 years of age shall expire on such person's twenty-first birthday and shall bear on the face of the card an overprint of the words "UNDER 21" placed diago…

8-1330. Same; division not responsible for accuracy of information on card. The division shall not be liable for any loss or injury resulting directly or indirectly from false or inaccurate information contained in identification cards provided for in this act. History: L. 1973, …

8-1331. Same; change of address. Whenever any person after applying for and receiving an identification card acquires an address different from the address shown on the identification card, he or she shall, within fifteen (15) days thereafter, notify the division in writing of th…

8-1332. Identification cards; cancellation of cards; defined. (a) When used in reference to an identification card, "cancellation" means that an identification card is terminated without prejudice and must be surrendered. Cancellation of a card may be made when such card has been…

8-1333. Same; disposition of moneys; state highway fund. All moneys received pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1324 to 8-1332, inclusive, and amendments thereto, shall be remitted by the director of the division of vehicles to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75…

8-1342. Civil penalty for overloading certain vehicles. (a) No person shall, in return for any direct pecuniary benefit, while under no duress, willfully and knowingly cause any vehicle or combination of vehicles to be loaded with a gross weight exceeding the limitation for the m…

8-1343. Child passenger safety act. This act may be cited as the child passenger safety act. History: L. 1981, ch. 33, § 1; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Evidence of nonuse or misuse of child safety restraining device (K.S.A. 8-1344) as inadmissible under K.S.A. 8-1345(d) examined.…

8-1343a. Same; "passenger car" defined. As used in K.S.A. 8-1343 through 8-1347, and amendments thereto, "passenger car" means a motor vehicle, manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1968, or a motor vehicle manufactured or assembled prior to 1968 which was manufactured or as…

8-1344. Child passenger safety; restraining systems for children under the age of four; use of booster seats, when; use of seat belts by children, when; exceptions. (a) Every driver as defined in K.S.A. 8-1416, and amendments thereto, who transports a child under the age of 14 ye…

8-1345. Same; unlawful acts; penalties; fine waived, when; notification of waiver; defense to action. (a) It shall be unlawful for any driver to violate the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1344, and amendments thereto, and upon conviction such driver shall be punished by a fine of $60. Th…

8-1346. Same; nonuse not negligence per se. Failure to employ a child passenger restraint system shall not constitute negligence per se. History: L. 1981, ch. 33, § 4; July 1. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "Survey of Kansas Tort Law: Part I," William E. Westerbeke and St…

8-1347. Same; program of public education. The secretary of transportation shall develop a program of public education to promote the use of child passenger safety restraining systems and safety belts for children. As part of this program, the Kansas department of transportation …

8-1348. Driving motor vehicle upon or across real or personal property of another, intentionally damaging same, unlawful; civil liability; suspension of registration. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle upon, across or onto the lawn, sidewalk, yard, farml…

8-1349. Funeral processions; definitions. As used in K.S.A. 8-1349 through 8-1352, and amendments thereto: (a) "Funeral procession" means two or more vehicles accompanying the body of a deceased person, or traveling to the cemetery, church, chapel or other location where the fune…

8-1350. Same; right-of-way at intersections; funeral escort rights and duties; exceptions. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of state law, city ordinance or county resolution relating to traffic control devices or right-of-way provisions, pedestrians and operators of all vehicles…

8-1351. Same; vehicle rights and duties. (a) All vehicles comprising a funeral procession shall follow the preceding vehicle in the funeral procession as closely as is practical and safe. (b) In accordance with K.S.A. 8-1523, and amendments thereto, any state law, city ordinance …

8-1352. Same; notice to city or county; additional city or county requirements not in conflict authorized. Nothing in K.S.A. 8-1349 through 8-1351, and amendments thereto, shall be construed to prohibit any city or county from requiring: (a) A law enforcement or nonlaw enforcemen…

8-1401. Definitions applicable to uniform act regulating traffic on highways. As used in this act, the words and phrases defined in the sections of article 14 of chapter 8 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, shall have the meanings re…

8-1402. "Alley" defined. "Alley" means a street or highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1402; July 1. Attorney General's Opinions…

8-1402a. "All-terrain vehicle" defined. "All-terrain vehicle" means any motorized nonhighway vehicle, other than an electric-assisted bicycle, that is 55 inches or less in width measured from the outside of one tire rim to the outside of the other tire rim, having a dry weight of…

8-1403. "Arterial street" defined. "Arterial street" means any U.S. or state numbered route, controlled access highway or other major radial or circumferential street or highway designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial syst…

8-1404. "Authorized emergency vehicle" defined; exemptions. "Authorized emergency vehicle" means such fire department vehicles or police bicycles or police vehicles which are publicly owned; motor vehicles operated by ambulance services permitted by the emergency medical services…

8-1405. "Bicycle" defined. "Bicycle" means every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two (2) tandem wheels, either of which is more than fourteen (14) inches in diameter. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1405; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Use of bic…

8-1406. "Bus" defined. "Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten (10) passengers and used for the transportation of persons; and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation. History: L. …

8-1407. "Business district" defined. "Business district" means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when within any six hundred (600) feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels, banks …

8-1408. "Cancellation of a driver's license" defined. "Cancellation of a driver's license" means the annulment or termination by formal action of the division of a person's driver's license because of some error or defect in the license or because the licensee is not entitled to …

8-1409. "Commission," "secretary" and "department" defined. (a) "Commission" means the secretary of transportation. (b) "Secretary" means the secretary of transportation. (c) "Department" means the department of transportation. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1409; L. 1975, ch. 426…

8-1410. "Controlled-access highway" defined. "Controlled-access highway" means every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same, except at such points only and in such ma…

8-1411. "Crosswalk" defined. "Crosswalk" means: (a) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable …

8-1412. "Director" defined. "Director" means the director of vehicles. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1412; July 1.

8-1413. "Division" defined. "Division" means the division of vehicles of the department of revenue. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1413; July 1.

8-1414. "Divided highway" defined. "Divided highway" means a highway divided into two (2) or more roadways by leaving an intervening space or by a physical barrier or by a clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, …

8-1414a. "Drawbar" defined. "Drawbar" means a bar across the rear of a motor vehicle, or a device securely attached to the motor vehicle, which maintains a fixed position and to which a towbar may be coupled. History: L. 1978, ch. 42, § 4; July 1.

8-1415. "Driveaway-towaway operations" defined. "Driveaway-towaway operations" means any operation in which any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer, singly or in combination, new or used, constitutes the commodity being transported, when one set or more of wheels of any such ve…

8-1416. "Driver" defined. "Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1416; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Defective cruise control no defense to violation of speeding statute (K.S.A. 8-1336); absolute liability…

8-1417. "Driver's license" defined. "Driver's license" means any license to operate a motor vehicle issued under the laws of this state. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1417; July 1. Attorney General's Opinions: License for operation of motorized bicycle; issuance to person whose l…

8-1418. "Essential parts" defined. "Essential parts" means all integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered hereunder, the removal, alteration or substitution of which would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or substantially alter its appeara…

8-1419. "Explosives" defined. "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion, and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or…

8-1420. "Farm tractor" defined. "Farm tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines and other implements of husbandry, and such term shall include every self-propelled implement of husbandry. History: L. 1974…

8-1421. "Flammable liquid" defined. "Flammable liquid" means any liquid which has a flash point of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test device. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1421; July 1.

8-1422. "Foreign vehicle" defined. "Foreign vehicle" means every vehicle of a type required to be registered hereunder brought into this state from another state, territory or country other than in the ordinary course of business by or through a manufacturer or dealer and not reg…

8-1423. "Gross weight" defined. "Gross weight" means the weight of a vehicle without load plus the weight of any load thereon. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1423; July 1.

8-1424. "Highway" defined. "Highway" 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 travel. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1424; July 1. Attorney General's Opinions…

8-1425. "House trailer" defined. (a) "House trailer" means: (1) A trailer or semitrailer which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place, either permanently or temporarily, and is equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and high…

8-1426. "Identifying numbers" defined. "Identifying numbers" means the numbers, and letters, if any, on a vehicle designated by the division for the purpose of identifying the vehicle. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1426; July 1.

8-1427. "Implement of husbandry" defined. "Implement of husbandry" means every vehicle designed or adapted and used exclusively for agricultural operations and only incidentally moved or operated upon the highways. Such term shall include, but not be limited to, a fertilizer spre…

8-1428. "Intersection" defined. "Intersection" means: (a) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, …

8-1428a. "Interstate system" defined. "Interstate system" means the national system of interstate and defense highways. History: L. 1984, ch. 44, § 2; July 1.

8-1429. "Laned roadway" defined. "Laned roadway" means a roadway which is divided into two (2) or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1429; July 1.

8-1430. "License" and "license to operate a motor vehicle" defined. "License" or "license to operate a motor vehicle" means any driver's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under, or granted by, the laws of this state, including: (a) Any tempo…