It is unlawful for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required in this ordinance.
No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer or fireman of this city invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.
(K.S.A. 8-1503)
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail, neglect or refuse to comply with restrictions or traffic regulations in a road construction zone or fail to comply with traffic orders or traffic directions by a flagman in a road construction zone. (K.S.A 8-1531a).
Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this ordinance, except those provisions of this ordinance which by their very nature can have no application.
(K.S.A. 8-1504)
Unless specifically made applicable, the provisions of this ordinance, except those contained in Sections 29 to 31, inclusive, of this ordinance, shall not apply to persons, motor vehicles and equipment while actually engaged in work upon a highway, but shall apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
(K.S.A. 8-1505)
The provisions of this ordinance applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, this state or any county, city or any other political subdivision of the state, subject to such specific exceptions as are set forth in this ordinance.
(K.S.A. 8-2103)
(a) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may exercise the privileges set forth in this section, but subject to the conditions herein stated.
(b) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
(1) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this ordinance.
(2) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation.
(3) Exceed the maximum speed limits so long as such driver does not endanger life or property.
(4) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.
(5) Proceed through toll booths on roads or bridges without stopping for payment of tolls, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation and the picking up or returning of toll cards.
(c) The exemptions herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply only when such vehicle is making use of an audible signal meeting the requirements of Section 174 and visual signals meeting the requirements of Section 160 of this ordinance, except that an authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle need not be equipped with or display a red light visible from in front of the vehicle.
(d) The foregoing provisions shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from the consequences of reckless disregard for the safety of others.
(K.S.A. 8-1506)
Ref.: Sec. 61.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of state law, city ordinance or county resolution relating to traffic control devices or right of-way provisions, pedestrians and operators of all vehicles, except as provided in subsection (b), funeral escorts may reasonably direct vehicle and pedestrian traffic to allow funeral processions to pass through intersections and disregard traffic control devices. When the funeral lead vehicle is directed by a funeral escort to lawfully enter an intersection, the remaining vehicles in the funeral procession may follow such funeral lead vehicle through the intersection regardless of any traffic control devices or right-of-way provisions prescribed by state law, city ordinance or county resolution.
(b) Funeral processions shall have the right-of-way at intersections regardless of traffic control devices, subject to the following conditions and exceptions:
(1) Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall yield the right of-way to an approaching authorized emergency vehicle, and amendments thereto, using an audible signal meeting the requirements of Sec. 174, and amendments thereto, or a visual signal meeting the requirements of Sec. 160, and amendments thereto;
(2) operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall yield the right of-way when directed by a police officer;
(3) operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall exercise due care when participating in a funeral procession and avoid colliding with any other vehicle or pedestrian in accordance Sec. 66, and amendments thereto; and
(4) an operator of a vehicle in a funeral procession shall not have the right-of-way at an intersection, if the vehicle is more than 300 feet behind the immediately preceding vehicle in the funeral procession.
(c) All vehicles comprising a funeral procession shall follow the preceding vehicle in the funeral procession as closely as is practical and safe.
(d) In accordance with Sec. 47, and amendments thereto, any state law, city ordinance or county resolution stating that motor vehicles shall be operated to allow sufficient space, enabling any other vehicle to enter and occupy such space without danger, shall not be applicable to funeral processions.
(e) Each vehicle that is a part of a funeral procession shall have such vehicle’s headlights, either high beam or low beam, and tail lights lighted and may also use flashing hazard lights if the vehicle is so equipped.
(f) No funeral procession shall occupy, march or proceed along any highway until the city police department has been notified by the person or persons in charge thereof and until the chief of police or designee shall have made provision for such purpose together with a law enforcement or non-law enforcement funeral escort if he or she deems such escort necessary. (K.S.A. 8-2002(a) (3)); K.S.A. 8-1350:1352).