Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1730.Lighting equipment and warning devices on
school buses.
(a) Every school bus, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive
markings required by this act:
(1) Shall be equipped with
signal lamps mounted
as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall display
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, and these lights shall be visible at
500 feet in normal sunlight; and
(2) every new school bus put into initial service after July 1, 2007,
shall be equipped with a white flashing strobe light mounted on the roof of
such bus to afford optimum visibility.
(b) Any school bus, in addition to the lights required by subsection
(a), may be equipped with:
(1) Yellow signal lamps mounted near each of the four red
lamps and at the same level but closer to the vertical centerline
of the bus, which shall display two alternately flashing yellow lights
to the front and two alternately flashing yellow lights to the rear,
and these lights shall be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight. These lights shall be displayed by the school bus driver at
least 200 feet, but not more than 1,000 feet, before every stop at which the
alternately flashing red lights required by
subsection (a) will be actuated; or
(2) head lamps which alternately flash on low beam or
simultaneously flash on low beam, except such head lamps shall only be
activated during daylight hours.
(c) The state board of education is
authorized to adopt rules and
regulations promulgating standards and specifications applicable to
lighting equipment on and special warning devices to be carried by school
buses consistent with the provisions of this act.
Such standards and specifications shall correlate with and so far as
consistent with the provisions of this act conform to the specifications
then current as approved by the society of automotive engineers.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions
contained in K.S.A. 8-2009a, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1730;
L. 1975, ch. 39, § 25;
L. 1975, ch. 427, § 35;
L. 1976, ch. 40, § 8;
L. 1994, ch. 201, § 3;
L. 2000, ch. 74, § 2;
L. 2006, ch. 103, § 1; July 1, 2007.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1730.Lighting equipment and warning devices on
school buses.
(a) Every school bus, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive
markings required by this act:
(1) Shall be equipped with
signal lamps mounted
as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall display
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, and these lights shall be visible at
500 feet in normal sunlight; and
(2) every new school bus put into initial service after July 1, 2007,
shall be equipped with a white flashing strobe light mounted on the roof of
such bus to afford optimum visibility.
(b) Any school bus, in addition to the lights required by subsection
(a), may be equipped with:
(1) Yellow signal lamps mounted near each of the four red
lamps and at the same level but closer to the vertical centerline
of the bus, which shall display two alternately flashing yellow lights
to the front and two alternately flashing yellow lights to the rear,
and these lights shall be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight. These lights shall be displayed by the school bus driver at
least 200 feet, but not more than 1,000 feet, before every stop at which the
alternately flashing red lights required by
subsection (a) will be actuated; or
(2) head lamps which alternately flash on low beam or
simultaneously flash on low beam, except such head lamps shall only be
activated during daylight hours.
(c) The state board of education is
authorized to adopt rules and
regulations promulgating standards and specifications applicable to
lighting equipment on and special warning devices to be carried by school
buses consistent with the provisions of this act.
Such standards and specifications shall correlate with and so far as
consistent with the provisions of this act conform to the specifications
then current as approved by the society of automotive engineers.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions
contained in K.S.A. 8-2009a, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1730;
L. 1975, ch. 39, § 25;
L. 1975, ch. 427, § 35;
L. 1976, ch. 40, § 8;
L. 1994, ch. 201, § 3;
L. 2000, ch. 74, § 2;
L. 2006, ch. 103, § 1; July 1, 2007.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1730.Lighting equipment and warning devices on
school buses.
(a) Every school bus, in addition to any other equipment and distinctive
markings required by this act:
(1) Shall be equipped with
signal lamps mounted
as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which shall display
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, and these lights shall be visible at
500 feet in normal sunlight; and
(2) every new school bus put into initial service after July 1, 2007,
shall be equipped with a white flashing strobe light mounted on the roof of
such bus to afford optimum visibility.
(b) Any school bus, in addition to the lights required by subsection
(a), may be equipped with:
(1) Yellow signal lamps mounted near each of the four red
lamps and at the same level but closer to the vertical centerline
of the bus, which shall display two alternately flashing yellow lights
to the front and two alternately flashing yellow lights to the rear,
and these lights shall be visible at 500 feet in
normal sunlight. These lights shall be displayed by the school bus driver at
least 200 feet, but not more than 1,000 feet, before every stop at which the
alternately flashing red lights required by
subsection (a) will be actuated; or
(2) head lamps which alternately flash on low beam or
simultaneously flash on low beam, except such head lamps shall only be
activated during daylight hours.
(c) The state board of education is
authorized to adopt rules and
regulations promulgating standards and specifications applicable to
lighting equipment on and special warning devices to be carried by school
buses consistent with the provisions of this act.
Such standards and specifications shall correlate with and so far as
consistent with the provisions of this act conform to the specifications
then current as approved by the society of automotive engineers.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions
contained in K.S.A. 8-2009a, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1730;
L. 1975, ch. 39, § 25;
L. 1975, ch. 427, § 35;
L. 1976, ch. 40, § 8;
L. 1994, ch. 201, § 3;
L. 2000, ch. 74, § 2;
L. 2006, ch. 103, § 1; July 1, 2007.