Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1729.Lights and signals; restrictions; exceptions
for certain vehicles
including school, church and day care buses.
(a) During the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto,
any lighted lamp or
illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spot
lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, vehicular hazard warning
lamps and school bus warning lamps, which projects a beam of light of an
intensity greater than 300 candlepower shall
be so
directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will
strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a
distance of more than 75 feet from the vehicle.
(b) Except as required or permitted in K.S.A. 8-1720 and 8-1730, and
amendments thereto, no person shall drive or move
any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device
capable of displaying a red light visible from directly in front of the
center thereof, nor shall any vehicle or equipment upon any highway have
any lamp or device displaying any color of light visible from directly
in front of the center thereof except white or amber or any shade of
color between white and amber.
(c) Flashing lights are prohibited except as authorized or required
in K.S.A. 8-1717, 8-1720, 8-1721, 8-1722, 8-1723, 8-1730, 8-1730a and
8-1731, and amendments thereto.
(d) The flashing lights described in K.S.A. 8-1720, 8-1730 and 8-1730a,
and amendments thereto,
shall not be used on any vehicle other than a school bus, church bus or
day care program bus, as
defined in K.S.A. 8-1730a, and amendments thereto, or an authorized
emergency
vehicle.
(e) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any
vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or
other signal device, which may be red, amber or yellow, and except that
the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light
emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1729; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 24; L.
1978, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 43, § 1;
L. 2005, ch. 18, § 3; July 1.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1729.Lights and signals; restrictions; exceptions
for certain vehicles
including school, church and day care buses.
(a) During the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto,
any lighted lamp or
illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spot
lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, vehicular hazard warning
lamps and school bus warning lamps, which projects a beam of light of an
intensity greater than 300 candlepower shall
be so
directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will
strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a
distance of more than 75 feet from the vehicle.
(b) Except as required or permitted in K.S.A. 8-1720 and 8-1730, and
amendments thereto, no person shall drive or move
any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device
capable of displaying a red light visible from directly in front of the
center thereof, nor shall any vehicle or equipment upon any highway have
any lamp or device displaying any color of light visible from directly
in front of the center thereof except white or amber or any shade of
color between white and amber.
(c) Flashing lights are prohibited except as authorized or required
in K.S.A. 8-1717, 8-1720, 8-1721, 8-1722, 8-1723, 8-1730, 8-1730a and
8-1731, and amendments thereto.
(d) The flashing lights described in K.S.A. 8-1720, 8-1730 and 8-1730a,
and amendments thereto,
shall not be used on any vehicle other than a school bus, church bus or
day care program bus, as
defined in K.S.A. 8-1730a, and amendments thereto, or an authorized
emergency
vehicle.
(e) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any
vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or
other signal device, which may be red, amber or yellow, and except that
the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light
emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1729; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 24; L.
1978, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 43, § 1;
L. 2005, ch. 18, § 3; July 1.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1729.Lights and signals; restrictions; exceptions
for certain vehicles
including school, church and day care buses.
(a) During the times specified in K.S.A. 8-1703, and amendments thereto,
any lighted lamp or
illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than head lamps, spot
lamps, auxiliary lamps, flashing turn signals, vehicular hazard warning
lamps and school bus warning lamps, which projects a beam of light of an
intensity greater than 300 candlepower shall
be so
directed that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will
strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a
distance of more than 75 feet from the vehicle.
(b) Except as required or permitted in K.S.A. 8-1720 and 8-1730, and
amendments thereto, no person shall drive or move
any vehicle or equipment upon any highway with any lamp or device
capable of displaying a red light visible from directly in front of the
center thereof, nor shall any vehicle or equipment upon any highway have
any lamp or device displaying any color of light visible from directly
in front of the center thereof except white or amber or any shade of
color between white and amber.
(c) Flashing lights are prohibited except as authorized or required
in K.S.A. 8-1717, 8-1720, 8-1721, 8-1722, 8-1723, 8-1730, 8-1730a and
8-1731, and amendments thereto.
(d) The flashing lights described in K.S.A. 8-1720, 8-1730 and 8-1730a,
and amendments thereto,
shall not be used on any vehicle other than a school bus, church bus or
day care program bus, as
defined in K.S.A. 8-1730a, and amendments thereto, or an authorized
emergency
vehicle.
(e) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any
vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop light or
other signal device, which may be red, amber or yellow, and except that
the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light
emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1729; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 24; L.
1978, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1980, ch. 43, § 1;
L. 2005, ch. 18, § 3; July 1.