CHAPTER 5
HOUSE BILL No. 2643
An Act regulating traffic; concerning the width of certain
loads on vehicles; amending
K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 8-1902 and repealing the existing
section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 8-1902
is hereby amended to read as
follows: 8-1902. (a) The total outside width of any vehicle or the
load
thereon shall not exceed 81/2 feet, except as otherwise provided in
this
section.
(b) A farm tractor or a fertilizer
dispensing machine shall not be per-
mitted to travel on any highway which is a part of the national
system of
interstate and defense highways. Whenever a farm tractor or
implement
of husbandry, and any load on any such vehicle, exceeds the width
limi-
tations prescribed by this section to the extent that the width of
such
vehicle, including any load thereon, exceeds the width of that
portion of
a roadway on which such vehicle is driven, which is marked as a
single
lane of traffic, or, if such roadway has not been marked for lanes
of traffic,
the width of such vehicle exceeds more than 1/2 the width of such
roadway,
the driver shall move such vehicle as soon as possible as far to
the right
side of the highway as is practicable and safe upon the approach of
any
oncoming or following vehicle and upon approaching the crest of a
hill.
(c) The secretary shall adopt rules and
regulations consistent with
federal requirements designating safety and other devices which may
ex-
tend out on either side of the vehicle.
(d) (1) A vehicle may be loaded
with bales of hay which shall not
exceed 12 feet in width and a height as authorized by K.S.A.
8-1904, and
amendments thereto, but vehicles so loaded shall not be moved on
any
highway designated as a part of the national network of highways,
except
as permitted under subsection (j) of K.S.A. 8-1911, and
amendments
thereto, or under paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(2) A farm vehicle may be loaded with
bales of hay which shall not
exceed 12 feet in width and a height as authorized by K.S.A.
8-1904, and
amendments thereto, but vehicles so loaded shall not be moved on
any
highway designated as a part of the national system of interstate
and
defense highways, except as permitted under subsection (j) of
K.S.A. 8-
1911, and amendments thereto. As used in this paragraph
``farm vehicle''
means a truck or truck tractor registered under K.S.A. 8-143, and
amend-
ments thereto, as a farm truck or truck tractor
and. Such farm truck or
truck tractor may be used in combination with any type of
trailer or
semitrailer.
(3) Any such vehicles under paragraphs
(1) or (2) so loaded shall not
be moved during the period beginning 30 minutes after sunset and
ending
30 minutes before sunrise. Any vehicle loaded with bales of hay as
au-
thorized by the exception in this subsection, with the load
extending be-
yond 81/2 feet, shall have attached thereto a sign which states
``OVERSIZE
LOAD'' and the dimensions of the sign shall be a minimum of seven
feet
long and 18 inches high. Letters shall be a minimum of 10 inches
high
with a brush stroke of not less than 12/5 inches. The sign shall be
readily
visible from a distance of 500 feet and shall be removed when the
vehicle
or load does not exceed the legal width. Each vehicle shall be
equipped
with red flags on all four corners of the oversized load.
(e) The secretary of transportation shall
adopt rules and regulations
authorizing vehicles to be loaded with two combine headers which
exceed
the legal width, but vehicles so loaded shall not be moved on any
highway
designated as a part of the national system of interstate and
defense high-
ways, except as permitted under subsection (i) of K.S.A. 8-1911,
and
amendments thereto, and vehicles so loaded shall not be moved
during
the period beginning 30 minutes after sunset and ending 30
minutes
before sunrise.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 8-1902 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved February 29, 2000.
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