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189.060 Lights on vehicles in tow and projections -- Motor vehicle used as towing unit. (1) Each vehicle towed by a towline shall display the lights required on vehicles of the class to which it belongs. (2) Each vehicle being hauled by another and connected to it in a manner that will keep them uniformly spaced shall carry at least one (1) light on the left side in such a <br>manner as to show an amber light to the front and a red light to the rear visible at <br>least one thousand (1,000) feet away. (3) When any part of a load projects more than four (4) feet beyond a vehicle, two (2) red flags by day and two (2) red lights during the period provided in KRS 189.030 <br>must be placed upon the extremity of the projection marking the width of the <br>overhang. (4) Any motor vehicle used as a towing unit where two (2) lamps displaying red lights are not obscured by the towed unit or its load may be equipped with two (2) lamps <br>displaying red lights on the towed unit, the towing unit, or both. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006; and ch. 173, sec. 5, effective July 12, 2006. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective <br>October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2739g-29 to 2739g-31. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006).This section was amended by 2006 Ky. Acts chs. 72 and 173, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been <br>codified together.

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189.060 Lights on vehicles in tow and projections -- Motor vehicle used as towing unit. (1) Each vehicle towed by a towline shall display the lights required on vehicles of the class to which it belongs. (2) Each vehicle being hauled by another and connected to it in a manner that will keep them uniformly spaced shall carry at least one (1) light on the left side in such a <br>manner as to show an amber light to the front and a red light to the rear visible at <br>least one thousand (1,000) feet away. (3) When any part of a load projects more than four (4) feet beyond a vehicle, two (2) red flags by day and two (2) red lights during the period provided in KRS 189.030 <br>must be placed upon the extremity of the projection marking the width of the <br>overhang. (4) Any motor vehicle used as a towing unit where two (2) lamps displaying red lights are not obscured by the towed unit or its load may be equipped with two (2) lamps <br>displaying red lights on the towed unit, the towing unit, or both. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006; and ch. 173, sec. 5, effective July 12, 2006. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective <br>October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2739g-29 to 2739g-31. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006).This section was amended by 2006 Ky. Acts chs. 72 and 173, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been <br>codified together.

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Statutes > Kentucky > 189-00 > 060

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189.060 Lights on vehicles in tow and projections -- Motor vehicle used as towing unit. (1) Each vehicle towed by a towline shall display the lights required on vehicles of the class to which it belongs. (2) Each vehicle being hauled by another and connected to it in a manner that will keep them uniformly spaced shall carry at least one (1) light on the left side in such a <br>manner as to show an amber light to the front and a red light to the rear visible at <br>least one thousand (1,000) feet away. (3) When any part of a load projects more than four (4) feet beyond a vehicle, two (2) red flags by day and two (2) red lights during the period provided in KRS 189.030 <br>must be placed upon the extremity of the projection marking the width of the <br>overhang. (4) Any motor vehicle used as a towing unit where two (2) lamps displaying red lights are not obscured by the towed unit or its load may be equipped with two (2) lamps <br>displaying red lights on the towed unit, the towing unit, or both. Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006; and ch. 173, sec. 5, effective July 12, 2006. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective <br>October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2739g-29 to 2739g-31. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006).This section was amended by 2006 Ky. Acts chs. 72 and 173, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been <br>codified together.