8-1519.
Driving on left side of roadway prohibited; exceptions.
(a) No vehicle shall be driven on the left side of the roadway under the following conditions:
(1) When approaching or upon the crest of a grade or a curve in the highway where the driver's view is obstructed within such distance as to create a hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction;
(2) when approaching within 100 feet of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing, except that this section shall not apply to any intersection on a state or county maintained highway located outside city limits unless such intersection is marked by an official department of transportation or county road department traffic control device or pavement marking or both indicating that passing is prohibited and such marking is placed at least 100 feet before the intersection; or
(3) when the view is obstructed upon approaching within 100 feet of any bridge, viaduct or tunnel.
(b) The foregoing limitations shall not apply upon a one-way roadway, nor under the conditions described in subsection (a)(2) of K.S.A. 8-1514, and amendments thereto, nor to the driver of a vehicle turning left into or from an alley, private road or driveway.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1519; L. 1987, ch. 47, § 1; July 1.
Notes of Decisions
– State v. Jenkins –, 455 P.3d 779 (Kan. 2020).
· cites it 2× “(K.S.A. 8-1519) Making an unsafe turn or lane change.”
Nirschl v. Webb, 716 P.2d 173 (Kan. 1986).
· cites it 6× “Plaintiff Nirschl contended, in substance, that the cause of the accident was the act of the Webb vehicle in passing his vehicle within 100 feet of an intersection in violation of K.S.A. 8-1519, in failing to keep his vehicle under control, in failing to yield to the plaintiff…”
Carlson v. Ferguson, 17 P.3d 333 (Kan. 2001).
“They acknowledged the exception to K.S.A. 8-1519 (prohibiting a vehicle from being driven on the left side of the roadway when approaching within 100 feet of an intersection does not apply to unmarked intersections outside city limits).”
Peoples Bank of Pratt v. Integral Ins. Co., 840 P.2d 503 (Kan. 1992).
· cites it 2× “They call our attention to K.S.A. 8-1519, reproduced in pertinent part, as follows: “(a) No vehicle shall be driven on the left side of the roadway under the following conditions: (2) when approaching within 100 feet of or traversing any intersection or railroad grade crossing,…”
State v. Figures (Kan. Ct. App. 2020).
“8-1522[a]); driving in the left lane while approaching a hill, curve, intersection, or railroad grade crossing (K.S.A. 8-1519); making an unsafe turn or lane change (K.”
— K.S.A. § 8-1519(a)(2) — 1 case
Nirschl v. Webb, 716 P.2d 173 (Kan. 1986).
“Plaintiff Nirschl contended, in substance, that the cause of the accident was the act of the Webb vehicle in passing his vehicle within 100 feet of an intersection in violation of K.S.A. 8-1519, in failing to keep his vehicle under control, in failing to yield to the plaintiff…”
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