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K.S.A. § 8-1557 (2026)

Basic rule governing speed of vehicles

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8-1557. Basic rule governing speed of vehicles. No person shall drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual hazards then existing. Consistent with the foregoing, every person shall drive at a safe and appropriate speed when approaching and crossing an intersection or railroad grade crossing, when approaching and going around a curve, when approaching a hill crest, when traveling upon any narrow or winding roadway, and when special hazards exist with respect to pedestrians or other traffic or by reason of weather or highway conditions.

History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1557; July 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1977–2022 · leading case: State v. Dumler, 559 P.2d 798 (Kan. 1977).
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State v. Dumler, 559 P.2d 798 (Kan. 1977). “The provisions of this act shall expire on the date when the Congress of the United States shall remove all restrictions on maximum speed limits, and until said date the operation of sections 8-1557, 8-1558, 8-1559 and 8-1560 of 1973 Senate bill No.”
Eckdall v. Negley, 624 P.2d 473 (Kan. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “33, § 8-2205) and replacing it with K.S.A. 8-1557. The Kansas legislature subsequently suspended the operation of K.”
City of Lincoln Ctr. v. Farmway Co-Op, Inc., 274 P.3d 680 (Kan. Ct. App. 2012). “The Fisher court cited to other statutory provisions demonstrating “reasonableness,” namely driving “at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions” (K.S.A. 8-1557), a “reasonable belief ’ standard for compulsion, self-defense, and defense of property (K.”
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). “8-1515, 1519, 1522 and 1907; (2) causing or prmitting a homemade trailer to whip or travel into the wrong traffic lane and collide with Sheryl Bergeson's vehicle; (3) driving a motor vehicle pulling a homemade trailer in a careless and reckless manner; (4) driving at a speed…”
State v. Chavez-Majors (Kan. Ct. App. 2017). “8-142, First, an unclassified misdemeanor; and driving at a speed greater than was reasonable, in violation of K.S.A. 8-1557, a traffic infraction. Prior to trial, Chavez-Majors filed a motion to suppress evidence of the blood draw.”
State v. Deere (Kan. Ct. App. 2022). “8-1528, K.S.A. 8-1557, and K.S.A. 2020 Supp. 8-1558—have not been found by either the Kansas Supreme Court or our court to require a culpable mental state.”
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