Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1745.Display of vehicular hazard warning signal lamps and warning
devices by certain stopped or disabled vehicles.
(a) Whenever any truck, bus, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer or pole
trailer eighty (80) inches or more in overall width or thirty (30) feet or
more in overall length is stopped upon a roadway or adjacent shoulder, the
driver immediately shall actuate vehicular hazard warning signal lamps
meeting the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1722. Such lights need not be
displayed by a vehicle parked lawfully in an urban district, or stopped
lawfully to receive or discharge passengers, or stopped to avoid conflict
with other traffic or to comply with the directions of a police officer or
an official traffic-control device, or while the devices specified in
subsections (b) to (h) are in place.
(b) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in subsection (a) is
disabled, or stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, upon a roadway outside
of an urban district at any time when lighted lamps are required, the
driver of such vehicle shall display the following warning devices, except
as provided in subsection (c):
(1) A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern or a portable red
emergency reflector shall immediately be placed at the traffic side of the
vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic.
(2) As soon thereafter as possible but in any event within the burning
period of the fusee, the driver shall place three (3) liquid-burning
flares, or three (3) lighted red electric lanterns, or three (3) portable
red emergency reflectors on the roadway in the following order:
(i) One (1) approximately one hundred (100) feet from the disabled
vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by such vehicle and toward
traffic approaching in that lane.
(ii) One (1) approximately one hundred (100) feet in the opposite
direction from the disabled vehicle and in the center of the traffic lane
occupied by such vehicle.
(iii) One (1) at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle not less than
ten (10) feet rearward or forward thereof in the direction of the nearest
approaching traffic. If a lighted red electric lantern or a red portable
emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in
accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, it may be used for this
purpose.
(c) Whenever any vehicle referred to in this section is disabled, or
stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, within five hundred (500) feet of a
curve, hillcrest or other obstruction to view, the warning device in that
direction shall be so placed as to afford ample warning to other users of
the highway, but in no case less than one hundred (100) feet nor more than
five hundred (500) feet from the disabled vehicle.
(d) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this section is
disabled, or stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, upon any roadway of a
divided highway during the time lighted lamps are required, the appropriate
warning devices prescribed in subsections (b) and (e) shall be placed as
follows: One (1) at a distance of approximately two hundred (200) feet from
the vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by the stopped vehicle and
in the direction of traffic approaching in that lane; one (1) at a distance
of approximately one hundred (100) feet from the vehicle, in the center of
the lane occupied by the vehicle and in the direction of traffic
approaching in that lane; one (1) at the traffic side of the vehicle and
approximately ten (10) feet from the vehicle in the direction of the
nearest approaching traffic.
(e) Whenever any motor vehicle used in the transportation of explosives
or any cargo tank truck used for the transportation of any flammable liquid
or compressed gas is disabled, or stopped for more than ten (10) minutes,
at any time and place mentioned in subsection (b), (c) or (d), the driver
of such vehicle shall immediately display red electric lanterns or portable
red emergency reflectors in the same number and manner specified therein.
Flares, fusees or signals produced by flame shall not be used as warning
devices for vehicles of the type mentioned in this subsection nor for
vehicles using compressed gas as a fuel.
(f) The warning devices described in subsections (b) to (e) need not be
displayed where there is sufficient light to reveal persons and vehicles
within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet.
(g) Whenever any vehicle described in this section is disabled, or
stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, upon a roadway outside of an urban
district or upon the roadway of a divided highway at any time when lighted
lamps are not required by K.S.A. 8-1703, the driver of the vehicle shall
display two (2) red flags as follows:
(1) If traffic on the roadway moves in two (2) directions, one (1) flag
shall be placed approximately one hundred (100) feet to the rear and one
(1) flag approximately one hundred (100) feet in advance of the vehicle in
the center of the lane occupied by such vehicle.
(2) Upon a one-way roadway, one (1) flag shall be placed approximately
one hundred (100) feet and one (1) flag approximately two hundred (200)
feet to the rear of the vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by such
vehicle.
(h) When any vehicle described in this section is stopped entirely off
the roadway and on an adjacent shoulder at any time and place hereinbefore
mentioned, the warning devices shall be placed, as nearly as practicable,
on the shoulder near the edge of the roadway.
(i) The flares, fusees, red electric lanterns, portable red emergency
reflectors and flags to be displayed as required in this section shall
conform with the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1744 applicable thereto.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1745.Display of vehicular hazard warning signal lamps and warning
devices by certain stopped or disabled vehicles.
(a) Whenever any truck, bus, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer or pole
trailer eighty (80) inches or more in overall width or thirty (30) feet or
more in overall length is stopped upon a roadway or adjacent shoulder, the
driver immediately shall actuate vehicular hazard warning signal lamps
meeting the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1722. Such lights need not be
displayed by a vehicle parked lawfully in an urban district, or stopped
lawfully to receive or discharge passengers, or stopped to avoid conflict
with other traffic or to comply with the directions of a police officer or
an official traffic-control device, or while the devices specified in
subsections (b) to (h) are in place.
(b) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in subsection (a) is
disabled, or stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, upon a roadway outside
of an urban district at any time when lighted lamps are required, the
driver of such vehicle shall display the following warning devices, except
as provided in subsection (c):
(1) A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern or a portable red
emergency reflector shall immediately be placed at the traffic side of the
vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic.
(2) As soon thereafter as possible but in any event within the burning
period of the fusee, the driver shall place three (3) liquid-burning
flares, or three (3) lighted red electric lanterns, or three (3) portable
red emergency reflectors on the roadway in the following order:
(i) One (1) approximately one hundred (100) feet from the disabled
vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by such vehicle and toward
traffic approaching in that lane.
(ii) One (1) approximately one hundred (100) feet in the opposite
direction from the disabled vehicle and in the center of the traffic lane
occupied by such vehicle.
(iii) One (1) at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle not less than
ten (10) feet rearward or forward thereof in the direction of the nearest
approaching traffic. If a lighted red electric lantern or a red portable
emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in
accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, it may be used for this
purpose.
(c) Whenever any vehicle referred to in this section is disabled, or
stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, within five hundred (500) feet of a
curve, hillcrest or other obstruction to view, the warning device in that
direction shall be so placed as to afford ample warning to other users of
the highway, but in no case less than one hundred (100) feet nor more than
five hundred (500) feet from the disabled vehicle.
(d) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this section is
disabled, or stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, upon any roadway of a
divided highway during the time lighted lamps are required, the appropriate
warning devices prescribed in subsections (b) and (e) shall be placed as
follows: One (1) at a distance of approximately two hundred (200) feet from
the vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by the stopped vehicle and
in the direction of traffic approaching in that lane; one (1) at a distance
of approximately one hundred (100) feet from the vehicle, in the center of
the lane occupied by the vehicle and in the direction of traffic
approaching in that lane; one (1) at the traffic side of the vehicle and
approximately ten (10) feet from the vehicle in the direction of the
nearest approaching traffic.
(e) Whenever any motor vehicle used in the transportation of explosives
or any cargo tank truck used for the transportation of any flammable liquid
or compressed gas is disabled, or stopped for more than ten (10) minutes,
at any time and place mentioned in subsection (b), (c) or (d), the driver
of such vehicle shall immediately display red electric lanterns or portable
red emergency reflectors in the same number and manner specified therein.
Flares, fusees or signals produced by flame shall not be used as warning
devices for vehicles of the type mentioned in this subsection nor for
vehicles using compressed gas as a fuel.
(f) The warning devices described in subsections (b) to (e) need not be
displayed where there is sufficient light to reveal persons and vehicles
within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet.
(g) Whenever any vehicle described in this section is disabled, or
stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, upon a roadway outside of an urban
district or upon the roadway of a divided highway at any time when lighted
lamps are not required by K.S.A. 8-1703, the driver of the vehicle shall
display two (2) red flags as follows:
(1) If traffic on the roadway moves in two (2) directions, one (1) flag
shall be placed approximately one hundred (100) feet to the rear and one
(1) flag approximately one hundred (100) feet in advance of the vehicle in
the center of the lane occupied by such vehicle.
(2) Upon a one-way roadway, one (1) flag shall be placed approximately
one hundred (100) feet and one (1) flag approximately two hundred (200)
feet to the rear of the vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by such
vehicle.
(h) When any vehicle described in this section is stopped entirely off
the roadway and on an adjacent shoulder at any time and place hereinbefore
mentioned, the warning devices shall be placed, as nearly as practicable,
on the shoulder near the edge of the roadway.
(i) The flares, fusees, red electric lanterns, portable red emergency
reflectors and flags to be displayed as required in this section shall
conform with the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1744 applicable thereto.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1745.Display of vehicular hazard warning signal lamps and warning
devices by certain stopped or disabled vehicles.
(a) Whenever any truck, bus, truck-tractor, trailer, semitrailer or pole
trailer eighty (80) inches or more in overall width or thirty (30) feet or
more in overall length is stopped upon a roadway or adjacent shoulder, the
driver immediately shall actuate vehicular hazard warning signal lamps
meeting the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1722. Such lights need not be
displayed by a vehicle parked lawfully in an urban district, or stopped
lawfully to receive or discharge passengers, or stopped to avoid conflict
with other traffic or to comply with the directions of a police officer or
an official traffic-control device, or while the devices specified in
subsections (b) to (h) are in place.
(b) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in subsection (a) is
disabled, or stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, upon a roadway outside
of an urban district at any time when lighted lamps are required, the
driver of such vehicle shall display the following warning devices, except
as provided in subsection (c):
(1) A lighted fusee, a lighted red electric lantern or a portable red
emergency reflector shall immediately be placed at the traffic side of the
vehicle in the direction of the nearest approaching traffic.
(2) As soon thereafter as possible but in any event within the burning
period of the fusee, the driver shall place three (3) liquid-burning
flares, or three (3) lighted red electric lanterns, or three (3) portable
red emergency reflectors on the roadway in the following order:
(i) One (1) approximately one hundred (100) feet from the disabled
vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by such vehicle and toward
traffic approaching in that lane.
(ii) One (1) approximately one hundred (100) feet in the opposite
direction from the disabled vehicle and in the center of the traffic lane
occupied by such vehicle.
(iii) One (1) at the traffic side of the disabled vehicle not less than
ten (10) feet rearward or forward thereof in the direction of the nearest
approaching traffic. If a lighted red electric lantern or a red portable
emergency reflector has been placed at the traffic side of the vehicle in
accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, it may be used for this
purpose.
(c) Whenever any vehicle referred to in this section is disabled, or
stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, within five hundred (500) feet of a
curve, hillcrest or other obstruction to view, the warning device in that
direction shall be so placed as to afford ample warning to other users of
the highway, but in no case less than one hundred (100) feet nor more than
five hundred (500) feet from the disabled vehicle.
(d) Whenever any vehicle of a type referred to in this section is
disabled, or stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, upon any roadway of a
divided highway during the time lighted lamps are required, the appropriate
warning devices prescribed in subsections (b) and (e) shall be placed as
follows: One (1) at a distance of approximately two hundred (200) feet from
the vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by the stopped vehicle and
in the direction of traffic approaching in that lane; one (1) at a distance
of approximately one hundred (100) feet from the vehicle, in the center of
the lane occupied by the vehicle and in the direction of traffic
approaching in that lane; one (1) at the traffic side of the vehicle and
approximately ten (10) feet from the vehicle in the direction of the
nearest approaching traffic.
(e) Whenever any motor vehicle used in the transportation of explosives
or any cargo tank truck used for the transportation of any flammable liquid
or compressed gas is disabled, or stopped for more than ten (10) minutes,
at any time and place mentioned in subsection (b), (c) or (d), the driver
of such vehicle shall immediately display red electric lanterns or portable
red emergency reflectors in the same number and manner specified therein.
Flares, fusees or signals produced by flame shall not be used as warning
devices for vehicles of the type mentioned in this subsection nor for
vehicles using compressed gas as a fuel.
(f) The warning devices described in subsections (b) to (e) need not be
displayed where there is sufficient light to reveal persons and vehicles
within a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet.
(g) Whenever any vehicle described in this section is disabled, or
stopped for more than ten (10) minutes, upon a roadway outside of an urban
district or upon the roadway of a divided highway at any time when lighted
lamps are not required by K.S.A. 8-1703, the driver of the vehicle shall
display two (2) red flags as follows:
(1) If traffic on the roadway moves in two (2) directions, one (1) flag
shall be placed approximately one hundred (100) feet to the rear and one
(1) flag approximately one hundred (100) feet in advance of the vehicle in
the center of the lane occupied by such vehicle.
(2) Upon a one-way roadway, one (1) flag shall be placed approximately
one hundred (100) feet and one (1) flag approximately two hundred (200)
feet to the rear of the vehicle in the center of the lane occupied by such
vehicle.
(h) When any vehicle described in this section is stopped entirely off
the roadway and on an adjacent shoulder at any time and place hereinbefore
mentioned, the warning devices shall be placed, as nearly as practicable,
on the shoulder near the edge of the roadway.
(i) The flares, fusees, red electric lanterns, portable red emergency
reflectors and flags to be displayed as required in this section shall
conform with the requirements of K.S.A. 8-1744 applicable thereto.