§ 35-801. Authorized emergency vehicles.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, every authorized emergency vehicle, in addition to any other equipment required by this chapter, shall be equipped with signal lamps mounted as high and as widely spaced laterally as practicable which shall be capable of displaying to the front two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level and to the rear two alternately flashing red lights located at the same level or in lieu thereof any such authorized emergency vehicle shall be equipped with at least one rotating or oscillating light which shall be mounted as high as practicable on such vehicle and which shall display to the front and rear of such vehicle a flashing red light or alternate flashes of red and white lights or red and blue lights in combination. All lights required or authorized by this subsection shall have sufficient intensity to be visible at 500 feet in normal sunlight. Every authorized emergency vehicle may, but need not be equipped with head lamps which alternately flash from high to low beam or simultaneously flash high to low beam.

(b)

A police vehicle when used as an authorized emergency vehicle may, but need not be, equipped with:

(1)

Head lamps which alternately flash from high to low beam or simultaneously flash from high to low beam;

(2)

Flashing lights specified in subsection (a) of this section, but any flashing lights used on a police vehicle other than the flashing lights specified in section 35-803, rotating or oscillating lights or alternately flashing head lamps or simultaneously flashing head lamps, shall be red in color; or

(3)

Rotating or oscillating lights, which may display a flashing red light or alternate flashes of red and blue lights in combination.

(c)

A person, partnership, association, corporation, municipality, or public official shall not operate, or cause to operated, on a public highway, road, or street a motor vehicle with a red light, siren, or both unless the vehicle has been designated as an authorized emergency vehicle pursuant to K.S.A. 8-2010.

(Code 1964, § 36-249; Code 1988, § 35-702; Ord. No. 53410, § 1, 1-7-1975; Ord. No. 53976, § 9, 7-22-1975; Ord. No. 65479, § 22, 11-16-1989; Ord. No. O-2-05, § 16, 1-6-2005)

State law reference

Similar provisions, K.S.A. 8-1720.