Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
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. 8-1703, shall emit a red light
plainly visible from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear,
except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to July 1, 1959,
shall have at least one (1) tail lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only
the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the
distance specified. On vehicles equipped with more than one (1) tail lamp,
the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally
as practicable.
(b) Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of
not more than seventy-two (72) inches nor less than fifteen (15) inches.
(c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and
placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and
render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the rear.
Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for
illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be
lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
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. 8-1703, shall emit a red light
plainly visible from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear,
except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to July 1, 1959,
shall have at least one (1) tail lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only
the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the
distance specified. On vehicles equipped with more than one (1) tail lamp,
the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally
as practicable.
(b) Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of
not more than seventy-two (72) inches nor less than fifteen (15) inches.
(c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and
placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and
render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the rear.
Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for
illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be
lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
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. 8-1703, shall emit a red light
plainly visible from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear,
except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to July 1, 1959,
shall have at least one (1) tail lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only
the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the
distance specified. On vehicles equipped with more than one (1) tail lamp,
the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally
as practicable.
(b) Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of
not more than seventy-two (72) inches nor less than fifteen (15) inches.
(c) Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and
placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and
render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty (50) feet to the rear.
Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for
illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be
lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.