Printable Format8-1546. Limitations on "U" turns. (a) The driver of any vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction unless such movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic.
(b) No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred (500) feet.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, ยง 8-1546; July 1.
Source or prior law:
8-545.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Uniform act regulating traffic; powers of state and local authorities; uniformity; local traffic regulation. 89-49.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Traffic stop upheld based on officer's reasonable belief that defendant made unsafe u-turn on bridge. State v. Kotas, 35 Kan. App. 2d 769, 777, 134 P.3d 677 (2006).
2. Evidence was sufficient to support defendant's conviction for improper U-turn. State v. Trostle, 44 Kan. App. 2d 543, 239 P.3d 110 (2010).