Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 8-1515 (2026)

Overtaking and passing; vehicles proceeding in opposite directions

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8-1515. Overtaking and passing; vehicles proceeding in opposite directions. Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having width for not more than one (1) line of traffic in each direction, each driver shall give to the other at least one-half (½) of the main-traveled portion of the roadway as nearly as possible.

History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1515; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Eldon L. Bergeson, Individually & as Adm'r of the Est. of Sheryl L. Bergeson, Deceased v. Edward K. Dilworth & Nathan O. Dilworth, 959 F.2d 245 (10th Cir. 1992).

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Eldon L. Bergeson, Individually & as Adm'r of the Est. of Sheryl L. Bergeson, Deceased v. Edward K. Dilworth & Nathan O. Dilworth, 959 F.2d 245 (10th Cir. 1992). “3 1 Defendants had never hauled the backhoe on this trailer nor had they ever attempted to pull the trailer with the pickup 2 Highway 77 is a two-lane road with no emergency shoulders on either side 3 The seven theories of negligence were as follows: (1) driving a motor vehicle…”

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