8-1564


Chapter 8.--AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES


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

     
8-1564.   Violations of speed limits; requirements for complaint,
summons and notice to appear; effect of maximum speed limits in civil
action.

(a) In every charge of violation of any speed regulation in this
article, except charges of violations of K.S.A. 8-1557, the complaint, also
the summons or notice to appear, shall specify the speed at which the
defendant is alleged to have driven, also the speed limit applicable within
the district or at the location.

     
(b)   The provisions of this article declaring maximum speed limitations
shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any action from the
burden of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate
cause of an accident.

     
History:   L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1564; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 13; April 19.