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senate bill No. 8 An Act concerning traffic regulations; relating to the duty of drivers approaching stationary vehicles; providing a penalty for unlawful passing thereof; amending K.S.A. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: New Section 1. (a) The driver of a motor vehicle, upon approaching a stopped, standing or parked vehicle that is displaying hazard warning signal lamps, road flares or caution signals, including traffic cones, caution signs or reflective triangles, shall do either of the following: (1) If the driver of the motor vehicle is traveling on a highway that consists of at least two lanes that carry traffic in the same direction of travel as that of the driver's motor vehicle, the driver shall proceed with due caution and, if possible and with due regard to the road, weather and traffic conditions, shall change lanes into a lane that is not adjacent to that of the stationary vehicle; or (2) if the driver is not traveling on a highway of a type described in paragraph (1), or if the driver is traveling on a highway of that type but it is not possible to change lanes or if to do so would be unsafe, the driver shall proceed with due caution, reduce the speed of the motor vehicle and maintain a safe speed for the road, weather and traffic conditions. (b) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the uniform act regulating traffic on highways. Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-2118 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-2118. (a) A person charged with a traffic infraction shall, except as provided in subsection (b), appear at the place and time specified in the notice to appear. If the person enters an appearance, waives right to trial, pleads guilty or no contest, the fine shall be no greater than that specified in the uniform fine schedule in subsection (c) and court costs shall be taxed as provided by law. (b) Prior to the time specified in the notice to appear, a person charged with a traffic infraction may enter a written appearance, waive right to trial, plead guilty or no contest and pay the fine for the violation as specified in the uniform fine schedule in subsection (c) and court costs provided by law. Payment may be made in any manner accepted by the court. The traffic citation shall not have been complied with if the payment is not honored for any reason, or if the fine and court costs are not paid in full. When a person charged with a traffic infraction makes payment without executing a written waiver of right to trial and plea of guilty or no contest, the payment shall be deemed such an appearance, waiver of right to trial and plea of no contest. (c) The following uniform fine schedule shall apply uniformly throughout the state but shall not limit the fine that may be imposed following a court appearance, except an appearance made for the purpose of pleading and payment as permitted by subsection (a). The description of offense contained in the following uniform fine schedule is for reference only and is not a legal definition. 49Description of Offense Statute Fine 50Unsafe speed for prevailing 8-1557 $75 51 conditions 52Exceeding maximum speed 8-1558 1-10 mph over the 53 limit; or speeding in zone to limit, $45 54 posted by the state depart- 8-1560 55 ment of transportation; or 8-1560a 11-20 mph over the 56 speeding in locally posted or limit, $45 plus $6 57 zone 8-1560b per mph over 10 58 mph over the limit; 59 21-30 mph over the 60 limit, $105 plus $9 61 per mph over 20 62 mph over the limit; 1 31 and more mph 2 over the limit, $195 3 plus $15 per mph 4 over 30 mph over 5 the limit; 6Disobeying traffic control de- 8-1507 $75 7 vice 8Violating traffic control signal 8-1508 $75 9Violating pedestrian control 8-1509 $45 10 signal 11Violating flashing traffic signals 8-1510 $75 12Violating lane-control signal 8-1511 $75 13Unauthorized sign, signal, 8-1512 $45 14 marking or device 15Driving on left side of roadway 8-1514 $75 16Failure to keep right to pass 8-1515 $75 17 oncoming vehicle 18Improper passing; increasing 8-1516 $75 19 speed when passed 20Improper passing on right 8-1517 $75 21Passing on left with insuffi- 8-1518 $75 22 cient clearance 23Driving on left side where 8-1519 $75 24 curve, grade, intersec- 25 tion railroad crossing, or 26 obstructed view 27Driving on left in no-passing 8-1520 $75 28 zone 29Unlawful passing of stopped 8-1520a $75 30 emergency vehicle 31Driving wrong direction on 8-1521 $75 32 one-way road 33Improper driving on laned 8-1522 $75 34 roadway 35Following too close 8-1523 $75 36Improper crossover on di- 8-1524 $45 37 vided highway 38Failure to yield right-of-way 8-1526 $75 39 at uncontrolled intersection 40Failure to yield to approach- 8-1527 $75 41 ing vehicle when turning 42 left 43Failure to yield at stop or 8-1528 $75 44 yield sign 45Failure to yield from private 8-1529 $75 46 road or driveway 47Failure to yield to emergency 8-1530 $195 48 vehicle 49Failure to yield to pedestrian 8-1531 $105 50 or vehicle working on 51 roadway 52Failure to comply with re- 8-1531a $45 53 strictions in road con- 54 struction zone 55Disobeying pedestrian traffic 8-1532 $45 56 control device 57Failure to yield to pedestrian 8-1533 $75 58 in crosswalk; pedestrian 59 suddenly entering road- 60 way; passing vehicle 1 stopped for pedestrian at 2 crosswalk 3Improper pedestrian crossing 8-1534 $45 4Failure to exercise due care in 8-1535 $45 5 regard to pedestrian 6Improper pedestrian move- 8-1536 $45 7 ment in crosswalk 8Improper use of roadway by 8-1537 $45 9 pedestrian 10Soliciting ride or business 8-1538 $45 11 on roadway 12Driving through safety zone 8-1539 $45 13Failure to yield to pedestrian 8-1540 $45 14 on sidewalk 15Failure of pedestrian to yield 8-1541 $45 16 to emergency vehicle 17Failure to yield to blind pe- 8-1542 $45 18 destrian 19Pedestrian disobeying bridge 8-1544 $45 20 or railroad signal 21Improper turn or approach 8-1545 $75 22Improper "U" turn 8-1546 $75 23Unsafe starting of stopped 8-1547 $45 24 vehicle 25Unsafe turning or stopping, 8-1548 $75 26 failure to give proper sig- 27 nal; using turn signal un- 28 lawfully 29Improper method of giving 8-1549 $45 30 notice of intention to turn 31Improper hand signal 8-1550 $45 32Failure to stop or obey 8-1551 $195 33 road crossing signal 34Failure to stop at railroad 8-1552 $135 35 crossing stop sign 36Certain hazardous vehicles 8-1553 $195 37 failure to stop at railroad 38 crossing 39Improper moving of heavy 8-1554 $75 40 equipment at railroad 41 crossing 42Vehicle emerging from alley, 8-1555 $75 43 private roadway, building 44 or driveway 45Improper passing of school 8-1556 $315 46 bus; improper use of 47 school bus signals 48Improper passing of church 8-1556a $195 49 or day-care bus; improper 50 use of signals 51Impeding normal traffic 8-1561 $45 52 by slow speed 53Speeding on motor-driven 8-1562 $75 54 cycle 55Speeding in certain vehicles 8-1563 $45 56 or on posted bridge 57Improper stopping, standing 8-1569 $45 58 or parking on roadway 59Parking, standing or stopping 8-1571 $45 1 in prohibited area 2Improper parking 8-1572 $45 3Unattended vehicle 8-1573 $45 4Improper backing 8-1574 $45 5Driving on sidewalk 8-1575 $45 6Driving with view or driving 8-1576 $45 7 mechanism obstructed 8Unsafe opening of vehicle 8-1577 $45 9 door 10Riding in house trailer 8-1578 $45 11Unlawful riding on vehicle 8-1578a $75 12Improper driving in defiles, 8-1579 $45 13 canyons, or on grades 14Coasting 8-1580 $45 15Following fire apparatus too 8-1581 $75 16 closely 17Driving over fire hose 8-1582 $45 18Putting glass, etc., on high- 8-1583 $105 19 way 20Driving into intersection, 8-1584 $45 21 crosswalk, or crossing 22 without sufficient space 23 on other side 24Improper operation of snow- 8-1585 $45 25 mobile on highway 26Parental responsibility of 8-1586 $45 27 child riding bicycle 28Not riding on bicycle seat; 8-1588 $45 29 too many persons on 30 bicycle 31Clinging to other vehicle 8-1589 $45 32Improper riding of bicycle on 8-1590 $45 33 roadway 34Carrying articles on bicycle; 8-1591 $45 35 one hand on handlebars 36Improper bicycle lamps, 8-1592 $45 37 brakes or reflectors 38Improper operation of mo- 8-1594 $45 39 torcycle; seats; passen- 40 gers, bundles 41Improper operation of motor 8-1595 $75 42 cycle on laned roadway 43Motorcycle clinging to other 8-1596 $45 44 vehicle 45Improper motorcycle handle- 8-1597 $75 46 bars or passenger 47 equipment 48Motorcycle helmet and eye- 8-1598 $45 49 protection requirements 50Unlawful operation of all-ter- 8-15,100 $75 51 rain vehicle 52Unlawful operation of 8-15,101 $75 53 low-speed vehicle 54Littering 8-15,102 $115 55Disobeying school crossing 8-15,103 $75 56 guard 57Unlawful operation of micro 8-15,106 $75 58 utility truck 59Failure to remove vehicles in 8-15,107 $75 1 accidents 2Unlawful operation of golf 8-15,108 $75 3 cart 4Unlawful operation of work- 8-15,109 $75 5 site utility vehicle 6Unlawful display of license 8-15,110 $60 7 plate 8Unlawful text messaging 8-15,111 $60 9Unlawful passing of a waste 8-15,112 $45 10 collection vehicle 11Unlawful operation of 8-15,113 $45 12 electric-assisted scooter 13Unlawful passing of a utility or 8-15,114 $105 14 telecommunications vehicle 15Unlawful passing of a section 1 $75 16 stationary vehicle 17Equipment offenses that are 8-1701 $75 18 not misdemeanors 19Driving without lights when 8-1703 $45 20 needed 21Defective headlamps 8-1705 $45 22Defective tail lamps 8-1706 $45 23Defective reflector 8-1707 $45 24Improper stop lamp or turn 8-1708 $45 25 signal 26Improper lighting equipment 8-1710 $45 27 on certain vehicles 28Improper lamp color on cer- 8-1711 $45 29 tain vehicles 30Improper mounting of re- 8-1712 $45 31 flectors and lamps on cer- 32 tain vehicles 33Improper visibility of reflec- 8-1713 $45 34 tors and lamps on certain 35 vehicles 36No lamp or flag on projecting 8-1715 $75 37 load 38Improper lamps on parked 8-1716 $45 39 vehicle 40Improper lights, lamps, re- 8-1717 $45 41 flectors and emblems on 42 farm tractors or slow- 43 moving vehicles 44Improper lamps and equip- 8-1718 $45 45 ment on implements of 46 husbandry, road machin- 47 ery or animal-drawn ve- 48 hicles 49Unlawful use of spot, fog, or 8-1719 $45 50 auxiliary lamp 51Improper lamps or lights on 8-1720 $45 52 emergency vehicle 53Improper stop or turn signal 8-1721 $45 54Improper vehicular hazard 8-1722 $45 55 warning lamp 56Unauthorized additional 8-1723 $45 57 lighting equipment 58Improper multiple-beam lights 8-1724 $45 59Failure to dim headlights 8-1725 $75 1Improper single-beam head- 8-1726 $45 2 lights 3Improper speed with alter- 8-1727 $45 4 nate lighting 5Improper number of driving 8-1728 $45 6 lamps 7Unauthorized lights and sig- 8-1729 $45 8 nals 9Improper school bus lighting 8-1730 $45 10 equipment and warning 11 devices 12Unauthorized lights and de- 8-1730a $45 13 vices on church or day- 14 care bus 15Improper lights on highway 8-1731 $45 16 construction or maintenance 17 vehicles 18Defective brakes 8-1734 $45 19Defective or improper use of 8-1738 $45 20 horn or warning device 21Defective muffler 8-1739 $45 22Defective mirror 8-1740 $45 23Defective wipers; obstructed 8-1741 $45 24 windshield or windows 25Improper tires 8-1742 $45 26Improper flares or warning 8-1744 $45 27 devices 28Improper use of vehicular 8-1745 $45 29 hazard warning lamps 30 and devices 31Improper air-conditioning 8-1747 $45 32 equipment 33Improper safety belt or 8-1749 $45 34 shoulder harness 35Improper wide-based single 8-1742b $75 36 tires 37Improper compression re- 8-1761 $75 38 lease engine braking sys- 39 tem 40Defective motorcycle head- 8-1801 $45 41 lamp 42Defective motorcycle tail 8-1802 $45 43 lamp 44Defective motorcycle reflec- 8-1803 $45 45 tor 46Defective motorcycle stop 8-1804 $45 47 lamps and turn signals 48Defective multiple-beam 8-1805 $45 49 lighting 50Improper road-lighting equip- 8-1806 $45 51 ment on motor-driven cy- 52 cles 53Defective motorcycle or mo- 8-1807 $45 54 tor-driven cycle brakes 55Improper performance abil- 8-1808 $45 56 ity of brakes 57Operating motorcycle with 8-1809 $45 58 disapproved braking sys- 59 tem 1Defective horn, muffler, mir- 8-1810 $45 2 rors or tires 3Unlawful statehouse parking 75-4510a $30 4Exceeding gross weight of 8-1909 Pounds Overweight 5 vehicle or combination up to 1000 …........$40 6 1001 to 2000 3¢ 7 per pound 8 2001 to 5000 5¢ 9 per pound 10 5001 to 7500 7¢ 11 per pound 12 7501 and over 10¢ 13 per pound 14Exceeding gross weight on 8-1908 Pounds Overweight 15 any axle or tandem, up to 1000 …........$40 16 triple or quad axles 1001 to 2000 3¢ 17 per pound 18 2001 to 5000 5¢ 19 per pound 20 5001 to 7500 7¢ 21 per pound 22 7501 and over 10¢ 23 per pound 24Failure to obtain proper re- 66-1324 $287 25 gistration, clearance or 26 to have current cer- 27 tification 28Insufficient liability insur- 66-1,128 $137 29 ance for motor carriers or 66-1314 30Failure to obtain interstate 79-34,122 $137 31 motor fuel tax author- 32 ization 33No authority as private or 66-1,111 $137 34 common carrier 35Violation of motor carrier 66-1,129 $115 36 safety rules and regula- 37 tions, except for viola- 38 tions specified in K.S.A. 39 66-1,130(b)(2), and 40 amendments thereto(d) Traffic offenses classified as traffic infractions by this section shall be classified as ordinance traffic infractions by those cities adopting ordinances prohibiting the same offenses. A schedule of fines for all ordinance traffic infractions shall be established by the municipal judge in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 12-4305, and amendments thereto. Such fines may vary from those contained in the uniform fine schedule contained in subsection (c).(e) Fines listed in the uniform fine schedule contained in subsection (c) shall be doubled if a person is convicted of a traffic infraction, which is defined as a moving violation in accordance with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 8-249, and amendments thereto, committed within any road construction zone as defined in K.S.A. 8-1458a, and amendments thereto.(f) For a second violation of K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, within two years after a prior conviction of K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, such person, upon conviction shall be fined 11/2 times the applicable amount from one, but not both, of the schedules listed in the uniform fine schedule contained in subsection (c). For a third violation of K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, within two years, after two prior convictions of K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, such person, upon conviction shall be fined two times the applicable amount from one, but not both, of the schedules listed in the uniform fine schedule contained in subsection (c). For a fourth and each succeeding violation of K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, within two years after three prior convictions of K.S.A. 8-1908 or 8-1909, and amendments thereto, such person, upon conviction shall be fined 21/2 times the applicable amount from one, but not both, of the schedules listed in the uniform fine schedule contained in subsection (c).(g) Fines listed in the uniform fine schedule contained in subsection (c) relating to exceeding the maximum speed limit, shall be doubled if a person is convicted of exceeding the maximum speed limit in a school zone authorized under K.S.A. 8-1560(a)(4), and amendments thereto.(h) For a second violation of K.S.A. 8-1556, and amendments thereto, within five years after a prior conviction of K.S.A. 8-1556, and amendments thereto, such person, upon conviction, shall be fined $750 for the second violation. For a third and each succeeding violation of K.S.A. 8-1556, and amendments thereto, within five years after two prior convictions of K.S.A. 8-1556, and amendments thereto, such person, upon conviction, shall be fined $1,000 for the third and each succeeding violation.Sec. 3. K.S.A. 8-2118 is hereby repealed.Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.I hereby certify that the above Bill originated in theSenate, and passed that body_________________________ _________________________President of the Senate. _________________________ Secretary of the Senate. Passed the House _________________________Speaker of the House. _________________________ Chief Clerk of the House. Approved _________________________ Governor.
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