8-1759. Spot inspections by highway patrol; penalties. - Kansas Statutes

8-1759

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

      8-1759.   Spot inspections by highway patrol; penalties. (a) Every driver of a motor vehicle shall stop and submit such vehicle and its equipment to an inspection of the mechanical condition thereof and such test, with reference thereto, as may be appropriate at any location where signs are displayed requiring such stop and where members of the Kansas highway patrol are conducting such inspections and tests of motor vehicles. Such an inspection and test shall be referred to as a "spot inspection." Spot inspections shall be conducted in a manner that the operator of a motor vehicle, whether private or commercial, shall not be unnecessarily inconvenienced by extended detours, unnecessary delays or any other unreasonable cause.

      (b)   Violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.

      History:   L. 1974, ch. 42, § 10; L. 1975, ch. 40, § 6; L. 1984, ch. 35, § 2; L. 1991, ch. 42, § 1; July 1.