8-1548


Chapter 8.--AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES


Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD

     
8-1548.   Turning movements and required signals.
(a) No person shall turn a vehicle or move right or left upon a roadway
unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety, nor
without giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided.

     
(b)   A signal of intention to turn or move right or left when required
shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred (100)
feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.

     
(c)   No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle
without first giving an appropriate signal, in the manner provided herein,
to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is
opportunity to give such signal.

     
(d)   The signals required on vehicles by subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1549
shall not be flashed on one side only on a disabled vehicle, flashed as a
courtesy or "do pass" signal to operators of other vehicles approaching
from the rear, nor be flashed on one side only of a parked vehicle except
as may be necessary for compliance with this section.

     
History:   L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1548; July 1.