8-2001. Provisions of act uniform throughout state; local traffic regulations. The provisions of this act shall be applicable and uniform throughout this state and in all cities and other political subdivisions therein, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance in conflict with the provisions of this act unless expressly authorized; however, local […]
8-2002. Powers of local authorities. (a) The provisions of this act shall not be deemed to prevent local authorities with respect to streets and highways under their jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power from: (1) Regulating or prohibiting stopping, standing or parking; (2) regulating traffic by means of police officers or […]
8-2003. Secretary of transportation to adopt sign manual. The secretary of transportation shall adopt a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic-control devices consistent with the provisions of this act for use upon highways within this state. Such uniform system shall correlate with and so far as possible conform to the system set […]
8-2004. Traffic-control devices on state highways; doubling of fine in road construction zone. (a) The secretary of transportation shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices, conforming to the manual and specifications adopted under K.S.A. 8-2003, and amendments thereto, upon all state highways as the secretary shall deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the […]
8-2005. Local traffic-control devices; highways and streets designated as connecting links; township roads. (a) Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall place and maintain such traffic-control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction as they may deem necessary to indicate and to carry out the provisions of this act or local traffic ordinances or to regulate, […]
8-2006. Restrictions on pedestrian crossings. Local authorities, by ordinance or resolution, and the secretary of transportation, by erecting appropriate official traffic-control devices, are hereby empowered within their respective jurisdictions to prohibit pedestrians from crossing any roadway in a business district or any designated highways except in a crosswalk. History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-2006; […]
8-2007. Same; unmarked crosswalks. The secretary of transportation and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions, after an engineering and traffic investigation, may designate unmarked crosswalk locations where pedestrian crossing is prohibited or where pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles. Such restrictions shall be effective only when official traffic-control devices indicating the restrictions are in […]
8-2008. Erection and maintenance of stop signs, yield signs and traffic-control devices. The secretary of transportation, with reference to state highways, and local authorities with reference to highways under their jurisdiction may erect and maintain stop signs, yield signs, or other official traffic-control devices to designate through highways, or to designate intersections or other roadway […]
8-2009. Regulations governing design and operation of school buses; effect of noncompliance. (a) All seats on school buses shall be forward-facing and shall be securely fastened to that part or parts of the school bus which support them, and any rule and regulation of the state board of education providing for any other seating arrangement […]
8-2009a. School buses; exemptions from requirements of law and regulations; approval by state board of education. (a) Every school bus, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1461, and amendments thereto, shall be governed by the requirements of law and rules and regulations of the state board of education applicable to design, lighting equipment, distinctive markings, special warning […]
8-2010. Designation of authorized emergency vehicles. (a) Any particular vehicle listed in subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-2010a, and amendments thereto, shall be designated, by the board of county commissioners in which such vehicle is located, as an authorized emergency vehicle upon the filing of an application pursuant to K.S.A. 8-2010a, and amendments thereto and a […]
8-2010a. Designation of authorized emergency vehicle; application; vehicles which may be designated. (a) An application for the designation of a vehicle as an authorized emergency vehicle pursuant to K.S.A. 8-2010, and amendments thereto, shall be submitted to the board of county commissioners in the county in which such vehicle is located and shall be completed […]
8-2010b. Operation of vehicle with red light prohibited unless approved emergency vehicle. A person, partnership, association, corporation, municipality or public official shall not operate, or cause to be operated upon a public highway, road or street within this state, a motor vehicle which is required to be designated under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-2010, and […]
8-2010c. Wreckers, tow trucks or car carriers; operation of emergency lights; when. (a) Wreckers, tow trucks or car carriers designated as authorized emergency vehicles under subsection (c) of K.S.A. 8-2010, and amendments thereto, shall operate such lights authorized under K.S.A. 8-1720, and amendments thereto, only when such wreckers, tow trucks or car carriers are stationary […]
8-2011. Removal of traffic hazards on private property. (a) It shall be the duty of the owner of real property to remove from such property any tree, plant, shrub or other obstruction, or part thereof, which, by obstructing the view of any driver, constitutes a traffic hazard. (b) When the secretary of transportation or any […]
8-2012. Rights of owners of real property. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the owner of real property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel by permission of the owner, and not as a matter of right, from prohibiting such use, or from requiring other or different or additional conditions […]
