Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
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 vehicular hazard warning lights of a type described
in K.S.A. 8-1722, and amendments thereto, visible from a distance of not
less than 1,000 feet to the front and rear in normal sunlight, which shall be
displayed whenever any such vehicle is operated upon a highway.
(b) Every farm tractor manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1975,
shall at all times, and every other such motor vehicle shall at all times
mentioned in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto, be equipped with
lamps and reflectors as
follows:
(1) At least two head lamps meeting the requirements of K.S.A.
8-1724, 8-1726 or 8-1727, and amendments thereto.
(2) At least one red lamp visible when lighted from a distance of
not less than 1,000 feet to the rear mounted as far to the
left of the center of the vehicle as practicable.
(3) At least two red reflectors visible from all distances within 600
feet to 100 feet
to the rear when directly
in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps.
(c) On every combination of farm tractor and towed farm equipment or
towed implement of husbandry, the farm tractor shall be equipped as
required in subsections (a) and (b), and the towed unit shall be equipped
at all times mentioned in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto,
with
lamps and reflectors as
follows:
(1) If the towed unit or its load extends more than four feet to the
rear of the tractor or obscures any light thereon, the unit shall be
equipped on the rear with at least one red lamp visible when lighted
from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear,
mounted as far to the left of the center of the towed unit as practicable,
and at least two red reflectors visible from all distances within 600
feet to 100 feet to the
rear when directly in
front of lawful lower beams of head lamps.
(2) If the towed unit of such combination extends more than four
feet to the left of the center line of the tractor, the unit shall be
equipped on the front with an amber reflector visible from all distances
within 600 feet to 100
feet to the front when
directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps. This reflector shall
be so positioned to indicate, as nearly as practicable, the extreme left
projection of the towed unit.
(3) If the towed unit or its load obscures either of the vehicle hazard
warning lights on the tractor, the towed unit shall be equipped with
vehicle hazard warning lights described in subsection (a).
(d) The two red reflectors required in the preceding
subsections
shall be so positioned as to show from the rear, as nearly as practicable,
the extreme width of the vehicle or combination carrying them. If all
other requirements are met, reflective tape or
paint may be used in lieu of the reflectors required by subsection (c).
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "Slow-moving vehicle" means any vehicle, farm tractor, implement of
husbandry, equipment or piece of machinery designed for use at speeds of
less than 25 miles per hour, or which is normally moved at
speeds of less than 25 miles per hour, and includes all road construction
or maintenance machinery,
except when such
machinery is engaged in actual construction or maintenance work and there
is either a flagman or clearly visible warning signs to warn of such
machinery's presence on the roadway.
(2) "Slow-moving vehicle emblem" means a triangular-shaped emblem of
substantial construction having equal sides of 14 inches and an
altitude of 12 inches, and such emblem shall be painted a
fluorescent yellow-orange color and bordered with reflective red-colored
strips having a minimum width of 1 3/4
inches, with
the vertices of the overall triangle truncated in such a manner that the
remaining altitude shall be at least 14 inches.
(f) The secretary of transportation shall
approve slow-moving vehicle emblems which meet the requirements of this
act, and shall compile and publish a list of approved emblems and the
manufacturers thereof.
(g) A slow-moving vehicle emblem shall be mounted or affixed on the rear
of the slow-moving vehicle in compliance with standard S276.2 of the
American society of agricultural engineers, as such standard was revised in
March, 1968.
(h) No person shall operate any slow-moving
vehicle on any highway
which is within the national system of interstate and defense highways, the
state highway system or the state system of modern express highways and
freeways, unless such vehicle is equipped with a properly mounted
slow-moving vehicle emblem, which has been approved by the secretary of
transportation, and which is maintained in a clean, fluorescent and
reflective condition, or display a slow-moving vehicle emblem on any vehicle
other than a
slow-moving vehicle or display such emblem on a slow-moving vehicle
which is being operated at
a speed of 25 miles per hour or more, or to use such emblem
in any manner other than authorized by this section.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a low-speed vehicle
shall not be required to display a slow-moving vehicle emblem.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1717; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 19; L. 1975, ch. 427,
§ 34; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 15;
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 23; July 1.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
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 vehicular hazard warning lights of a type described
in K.S.A. 8-1722, and amendments thereto, visible from a distance of not
less than 1,000 feet to the front and rear in normal sunlight, which shall be
displayed whenever any such vehicle is operated upon a highway.
(b) Every farm tractor manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1975,
shall at all times, and every other such motor vehicle shall at all times
mentioned in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto, be equipped with
lamps and reflectors as
follows:
(1) At least two head lamps meeting the requirements of K.S.A.
8-1724, 8-1726 or 8-1727, and amendments thereto.
(2) At least one red lamp visible when lighted from a distance of
not less than 1,000 feet to the rear mounted as far to the
left of the center of the vehicle as practicable.
(3) At least two red reflectors visible from all distances within 600
feet to 100 feet
to the rear when directly
in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps.
(c) On every combination of farm tractor and towed farm equipment or
towed implement of husbandry, the farm tractor shall be equipped as
required in subsections (a) and (b), and the towed unit shall be equipped
at all times mentioned in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto,
with
lamps and reflectors as
follows:
(1) If the towed unit or its load extends more than four feet to the
rear of the tractor or obscures any light thereon, the unit shall be
equipped on the rear with at least one red lamp visible when lighted
from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear,
mounted as far to the left of the center of the towed unit as practicable,
and at least two red reflectors visible from all distances within 600
feet to 100 feet to the
rear when directly in
front of lawful lower beams of head lamps.
(2) If the towed unit of such combination extends more than four
feet to the left of the center line of the tractor, the unit shall be
equipped on the front with an amber reflector visible from all distances
within 600 feet to 100
feet to the front when
directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps. This reflector shall
be so positioned to indicate, as nearly as practicable, the extreme left
projection of the towed unit.
(3) If the towed unit or its load obscures either of the vehicle hazard
warning lights on the tractor, the towed unit shall be equipped with
vehicle hazard warning lights described in subsection (a).
(d) The two red reflectors required in the preceding
subsections
shall be so positioned as to show from the rear, as nearly as practicable,
the extreme width of the vehicle or combination carrying them. If all
other requirements are met, reflective tape or
paint may be used in lieu of the reflectors required by subsection (c).
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "Slow-moving vehicle" means any vehicle, farm tractor, implement of
husbandry, equipment or piece of machinery designed for use at speeds of
less than 25 miles per hour, or which is normally moved at
speeds of less than 25 miles per hour, and includes all road construction
or maintenance machinery,
except when such
machinery is engaged in actual construction or maintenance work and there
is either a flagman or clearly visible warning signs to warn of such
machinery's presence on the roadway.
(2) "Slow-moving vehicle emblem" means a triangular-shaped emblem of
substantial construction having equal sides of 14 inches and an
altitude of 12 inches, and such emblem shall be painted a
fluorescent yellow-orange color and bordered with reflective red-colored
strips having a minimum width of 1 3/4
inches, with
the vertices of the overall triangle truncated in such a manner that the
remaining altitude shall be at least 14 inches.
(f) The secretary of transportation shall
approve slow-moving vehicle emblems which meet the requirements of this
act, and shall compile and publish a list of approved emblems and the
manufacturers thereof.
(g) A slow-moving vehicle emblem shall be mounted or affixed on the rear
of the slow-moving vehicle in compliance with standard S276.2 of the
American society of agricultural engineers, as such standard was revised in
March, 1968.
(h) No person shall operate any slow-moving
vehicle on any highway
which is within the national system of interstate and defense highways, the
state highway system or the state system of modern express highways and
freeways, unless such vehicle is equipped with a properly mounted
slow-moving vehicle emblem, which has been approved by the secretary of
transportation, and which is maintained in a clean, fluorescent and
reflective condition, or display a slow-moving vehicle emblem on any vehicle
other than a
slow-moving vehicle or display such emblem on a slow-moving vehicle
which is being operated at
a speed of 25 miles per hour or more, or to use such emblem
in any manner other than authorized by this section.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a low-speed vehicle
shall not be required to display a slow-moving vehicle emblem.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1717; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 19; L. 1975, ch. 427,
§ 34; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 15;
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 23; July 1.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
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 vehicular hazard warning lights of a type described
in K.S.A. 8-1722, and amendments thereto, visible from a distance of not
less than 1,000 feet to the front and rear in normal sunlight, which shall be
displayed whenever any such vehicle is operated upon a highway.
(b) Every farm tractor manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1975,
shall at all times, and every other such motor vehicle shall at all times
mentioned in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto, be equipped with
lamps and reflectors as
follows:
(1) At least two head lamps meeting the requirements of K.S.A.
8-1724, 8-1726 or 8-1727, and amendments thereto.
(2) At least one red lamp visible when lighted from a distance of
not less than 1,000 feet to the rear mounted as far to the
left of the center of the vehicle as practicable.
(3) At least two red reflectors visible from all distances within 600
feet to 100 feet
to the rear when directly
in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps.
(c) On every combination of farm tractor and towed farm equipment or
towed implement of husbandry, the farm tractor shall be equipped as
required in subsections (a) and (b), and the towed unit shall be equipped
at all times mentioned in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto,
with
lamps and reflectors as
follows:
(1) If the towed unit or its load extends more than four feet to the
rear of the tractor or obscures any light thereon, the unit shall be
equipped on the rear with at least one red lamp visible when lighted
from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear,
mounted as far to the left of the center of the towed unit as practicable,
and at least two red reflectors visible from all distances within 600
feet to 100 feet to the
rear when directly in
front of lawful lower beams of head lamps.
(2) If the towed unit of such combination extends more than four
feet to the left of the center line of the tractor, the unit shall be
equipped on the front with an amber reflector visible from all distances
within 600 feet to 100
feet to the front when
directly in front of lawful lower beams of head lamps. This reflector shall
be so positioned to indicate, as nearly as practicable, the extreme left
projection of the towed unit.
(3) If the towed unit or its load obscures either of the vehicle hazard
warning lights on the tractor, the towed unit shall be equipped with
vehicle hazard warning lights described in subsection (a).
(d) The two red reflectors required in the preceding
subsections
shall be so positioned as to show from the rear, as nearly as practicable,
the extreme width of the vehicle or combination carrying them. If all
other requirements are met, reflective tape or
paint may be used in lieu of the reflectors required by subsection (c).
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "Slow-moving vehicle" means any vehicle, farm tractor, implement of
husbandry, equipment or piece of machinery designed for use at speeds of
less than 25 miles per hour, or which is normally moved at
speeds of less than 25 miles per hour, and includes all road construction
or maintenance machinery,
except when such
machinery is engaged in actual construction or maintenance work and there
is either a flagman or clearly visible warning signs to warn of such
machinery's presence on the roadway.
(2) "Slow-moving vehicle emblem" means a triangular-shaped emblem of
substantial construction having equal sides of 14 inches and an
altitude of 12 inches, and such emblem shall be painted a
fluorescent yellow-orange color and bordered with reflective red-colored
strips having a minimum width of 1 3/4
inches, with
the vertices of the overall triangle truncated in such a manner that the
remaining altitude shall be at least 14 inches.
(f) The secretary of transportation shall
approve slow-moving vehicle emblems which meet the requirements of this
act, and shall compile and publish a list of approved emblems and the
manufacturers thereof.
(g) A slow-moving vehicle emblem shall be mounted or affixed on the rear
of the slow-moving vehicle in compliance with standard S276.2 of the
American society of agricultural engineers, as such standard was revised in
March, 1968.
(h) No person shall operate any slow-moving
vehicle on any highway
which is within the national system of interstate and defense highways, the
state highway system or the state system of modern express highways and
freeways, unless such vehicle is equipped with a properly mounted
slow-moving vehicle emblem, which has been approved by the secretary of
transportation, and which is maintained in a clean, fluorescent and
reflective condition, or display a slow-moving vehicle emblem on any vehicle
other than a
slow-moving vehicle or display such emblem on a slow-moving vehicle
which is being operated at
a speed of 25 miles per hour or more, or to use such emblem
in any manner other than authorized by this section.
(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a low-speed vehicle
shall not be required to display a slow-moving vehicle emblem.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1717; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 19; L. 1975, ch. 427,
§ 34; L. 1984, ch. 39, § 15;
L. 2000, ch. 179, § 23; July 1.