Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1720.Lamps and lights on authorized emergency
vehicles; alternately
or simultaneously flashing head lamps.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every authorized emergency
vehicle, in addition to any other
equipment required by this act, shall be equipped with signal lamps mounted
as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall be
capable of displaying to the front two alternately flashing red
lights
located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red
lights located at the same level, or in lieu thereof, any such authorized
emergency vehicle shall be equipped with at least one rotating or
oscillating light, which shall be mounted as high as practicable on such
vehicle and which shall display to the front and rear of such vehicle a
flashing red light or alternate flashes of
red and white lights or red and blue lights in
combination. All lights required or authorized by this subsection shall
have sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight.
Every authorized emergency vehicle may, but need not, be equipped with
head lamps which alternately flash or
simultaneously
flash.
(b) A police vehicle when used as an authorized emergency vehicle may,
but need not, be equipped with:
(1) Head lamps which alternately flash or
simultaneously flash;
(2) flashing lights specified in subsection (a), but
any flashing lights, used on a
police vehicle, other than the flashing lights specified in K.S.A. 8-1722,
and amendments thereto, rotating or oscillating lights or alternately
flashing
head lamps or
simultaneously flashing head lamps, shall be red in color; or
(3) rotating or oscillating lights, which may display a flashing red light
or alternate flashes of red and blue lights in combination.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1720; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 21;
L. 1989, ch. 43, § 1;
L. 1991, ch. 41, § 1;
L. 2005, ch. 18, § 1; July 1.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1720.Lamps and lights on authorized emergency
vehicles; alternately
or simultaneously flashing head lamps.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every authorized emergency
vehicle, in addition to any other
equipment required by this act, shall be equipped with signal lamps mounted
as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall be
capable of displaying to the front two alternately flashing red
lights
located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red
lights located at the same level, or in lieu thereof, any such authorized
emergency vehicle shall be equipped with at least one rotating or
oscillating light, which shall be mounted as high as practicable on such
vehicle and which shall display to the front and rear of such vehicle a
flashing red light or alternate flashes of
red and white lights or red and blue lights in
combination. All lights required or authorized by this subsection shall
have sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight.
Every authorized emergency vehicle may, but need not, be equipped with
head lamps which alternately flash or
simultaneously
flash.
(b) A police vehicle when used as an authorized emergency vehicle may,
but need not, be equipped with:
(1) Head lamps which alternately flash or
simultaneously flash;
(2) flashing lights specified in subsection (a), but
any flashing lights, used on a
police vehicle, other than the flashing lights specified in K.S.A. 8-1722,
and amendments thereto, rotating or oscillating lights or alternately
flashing
head lamps or
simultaneously flashing head lamps, shall be red in color; or
(3) rotating or oscillating lights, which may display a flashing red light
or alternate flashes of red and blue lights in combination.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1720; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 21;
L. 1989, ch. 43, § 1;
L. 1991, ch. 41, § 1;
L. 2005, ch. 18, § 1; July 1.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1720.Lamps and lights on authorized emergency
vehicles; alternately
or simultaneously flashing head lamps.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), every authorized emergency
vehicle, in addition to any other
equipment required by this act, shall be equipped with signal lamps mounted
as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall be
capable of displaying to the front two alternately flashing red
lights
located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red
lights located at the same level, or in lieu thereof, any such authorized
emergency vehicle shall be equipped with at least one rotating or
oscillating light, which shall be mounted as high as practicable on such
vehicle and which shall display to the front and rear of such vehicle a
flashing red light or alternate flashes of
red and white lights or red and blue lights in
combination. All lights required or authorized by this subsection shall
have sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight.
Every authorized emergency vehicle may, but need not, be equipped with
head lamps which alternately flash or
simultaneously
flash.
(b) A police vehicle when used as an authorized emergency vehicle may,
but need not, be equipped with:
(1) Head lamps which alternately flash or
simultaneously flash;
(2) flashing lights specified in subsection (a), but
any flashing lights, used on a
police vehicle, other than the flashing lights specified in K.S.A. 8-1722,
and amendments thereto, rotating or oscillating lights or alternately
flashing
head lamps or
simultaneously flashing head lamps, shall be red in color; or
(3) rotating or oscillating lights, which may display a flashing red light
or alternate flashes of red and blue lights in combination.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1720; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 21;
L. 1989, ch. 43, § 1;
L. 1991, ch. 41, § 1;
L. 2005, ch. 18, § 1; July 1.