Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 8-1518 (2026)

Same; limitations on passing on the left

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8-1518. Same; limitations on passing on the left. Except as otherwise provided in this article, no vehicle shall be driven to the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless such left side is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the operation of any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or any vehicle overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle must return to an authorized lane of travel as soon as practicable and in the event the passing movement involves the use of a lane authorized for vehicles approaching from the opposite direction, before coming within two hundred (200) feet of any approaching vehicle.

History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1518; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2021–2021 · leading case: City of Emporia v. Estrada (Kan. Ct. App. 2021).

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City of Emporia v. Estrada (Kan. Ct. App. 2021). “8-1599[b]), and for driving left of center in violation of City Ordinance 25-21 §42, (K.S.A. 8-1518). Under both City Ordinance 25-21 §30(a) and K.”

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