8-1704. Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps; method and conditions of measuring. - Kansas Statutes

8-1704

Chapter 8.--AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES

      8-1704.   Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps; method and conditions of measuring. (a) Whenever any requirement is declared in this article as to distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, said provisions shall apply during the times stated in K.S.A. 8-1703 in respect to a vehicle without load when upon a straight, level, unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions, unless a different time or condition is expressly stated.

      (b)   Whenever any requirement is declared in this article as to the mounted height of lamps or devices it shall mean from the center of such lamp or device to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a load.

      History:   L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1704; July 1.