8-1809. Approval of braking systems on motor-driven cycles; suspension or revocation of registration; prohibited acts. - Kansas Statutes

8-1809

Chapter 8.--AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES Article 18.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT ON MOTORCYCLES AND MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES

      8-1809.   Approval of braking systems on motor-driven cycles; suspension or revocation of registration; prohibited acts. (a) The secretary of transportation is authorized to require an inspection of the braking system on any motor-driven cycle and to disapprove the braking system on any such vehicle which it finds will not comply with the performance ability standard set forth in K.S.A. 8-1808, or which in the opinion of the secretary is equipped with a braking system that is not so designed or constructed as to insure reasonable and reliable performance in actual use.

      (b)   The director may refuse to register or may suspend or revoke the registration of any vehicle referred to in this section when the secretary of transportation determines that the braking system thereon does not comply with the provisions of this section.

      (c)   No person shall operate on any highway any vehicle referred to in this section in the event the secretary of transportation has disapproved the braking system upon such vehicle.

      History:   L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1809; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 45; Aug. 15.