APPENDIX D – STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE (2023, as amended through Ord. 3212)APPENDIX D – STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE (2023, as amended through Ord. 3212)\ARTICLE 18. EQUIPMENT ON MOTORCYCLES AND MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES

(a)   Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one head lamp which shall comply with the requirements and limitations of this article.

(b)   Every head lamp upon every motorcycle and motor- driven cycle shall be located at a height of not more than 54 inches nor less than 24 inches to be measured as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 145.

(c)   Any headlamp, required by this section, may be wired with a headlamp modulation system provided the headlamp modulation system complies with federal standards established by 49 C.F.R. § 571.108.

(K.S.A. 8-1801)

Ref.: Sec. 35.

(a)   Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall have at least one tail lamp which shall be located at a height of not more than 72 nor less than 15 inches.

(b)   Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.

(K.S.A. 8-1802)

Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall carry on the rear, either as part of the tail lamp or separately, at least one red reflector meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 140.

(K.S.A. 8-1803)

(a)   Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of Section 161.

(b)   Every motorcycle manufactured after January 1, 1973, shall be equipped with electric turn signals meeting the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 161. Motor- driven cycles may, but need not, be equipped with electric turn signals.

(c)   In addition to the lamps otherwise permitted by this article, a motorcycle may be equipped with lamps on the sides thereof, visible from the side of the motorcycle but not from the front or the rear thereof, which lamps, together with mountings or receptacles, shall be set into depressions or recesses in the body or wheel of the motorcycle and shall not protrude beyond or outside the body or the wheel of the motorcycle. The light source may emit only white, amber or red light without glare.

(K.S.A. Supp. 8-1804)

Every motorcycle, other than a motor-driven cycle, shall be equipped with multiple-beam road-lighting equipment. Such equipment shall:

(a)   Reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 300 feet ahead when the uppermost distribution of light is selected; and

(b)   Reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 150 feet ahead when the lowermost distribution of light is selected, and on a straight, level road under any condition of loading, none of the high intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.

(K.S.A. 8-1805)

The head lamp or head lamps upon every motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type, but in either event shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows:

(a)   Every such head lamp or head lamps on a motor-driven cycle shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of not less than 100 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at any speed less than 25 miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than 200 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 25 or more miles per hour, and at a distance of not less than 300 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at a speed of 35 or more miles per hour.

(b)   In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a multiple-beam head lamp or head lamps, such equipment shall comply with the requirements of Section 187.

(c)   In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a single-beam lamp or lamps, such lamp or lamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is loaded none of the high-intensity portion of light, at a distance of 25 feet ahead, shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.

(K.S.A. 8-1806)

Ref.: Sec. 35.

Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 173, except that the wheel of a sidecar attached to a motorcycle or to a motor-driven cycle, and the front wheel of a motor-driven cycle need not be equipped with brakes: provided, that such motorcycle or motor-driven cycle is capable of complying with the performance requirements of this article.

(K.S.A. 8-1807)

Upon application of the service brake, every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle, at all times and under all conditions of loading, shall be capable of stopping from a speed of 20 miles per hour in not more than 30 feet, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or control begins. Tests for stopping distance shall be made on a dry smooth, hard and substantially level surface, not to exceed 1% grade, that is free from loose material.

(K.S.A. 8-1808)

(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. (K.S.A. 8-1809)

(a)   Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall comply with the requirements and limitations of Section 174 on horns and warning devices, Section 175 on noise prevention and mufflers, Section 176 on mirrors and Section 178 on tires.

(b)   Every motorcycle and every motor-driven cycle shall comply with the requirements and limitations contained in this article, and unless otherwise specifically made applicable, motorcycles and motor-driven cycles shall not be subject to the requirements and limitations imposed elsewhere in this ordinance with respect to equipment on vehicles.

(K.S.A. 8-1810)