8-1561.
Minimum speed regulation.
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
(b) Whenever the secretary of transportation or local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any highway or part of a highway impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the secretary or any such local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law and that limit shall be effective when posted upon appropriate fixed or variable signs.
History:
L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1561; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 26; August 15.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
5
cases (
3 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case:
State v. Fish, 612 P.2d 180 (Kan. 1980).
State v. Fish, 612 P.2d 180 (Kan. 1980).
“For example see K.S.A. 8-1561(a) and K.S.A. 8-1562. See also K.”
State v. Pray, 613 P.2d 400 (Kan. Ct. App. 1980).
· cites it 4× “: Defendant was charged in the District Court of Butler County with impeding the normal flow of traffic, contrary to K.S.A. 8-1561(a). Following trial to the court, defendant was found guilty as charged and has appealed.”
Bu v. Midwest Crane & Rigging, 589 P.3d 1008 (Kan. Ct. App. 2026).
· cites it 3× “They likewise requested a handcrafted instruction that largely mirrored K.S.A. 8-1561, the provision that addresses when a driver's slow operation of a motor vehicle impedes traffic.”
State v. Robinson, 507 P.3d 563 (Kan. Ct. App. 2022).
“" K.S.A. 8-1561(a). While Fetrow did not observe Robinson impede any traffic at that time, Robinson's slow speed could create a safety issue if another car driving the posted speed limit did approach Robinson, given that Highway 50 is usually a heavily trafficked road.”
State v. Rush, 519 P.3d 1236 (Kan. Ct. App. 2022).
“But even if the initial contact had been a seizure, we agree with the State that Shoemake had reasonable suspicion sufficient to stop Rush to conduct an investigatory detention. Shoemake observed Rush committing a traffic infraction by driving below the mandatory minimum speed…”
K.S.A. § 8-1561(a): 4 cases
State v. Fish, 612 P.2d 180 (Kan. 1980).
“For example see K.S.A. 8-1561(a) and K.S.A. 8-1562. See also K.”
State v. Pray, 613 P.2d 400 (Kan. Ct. App. 1980).
“: Defendant was charged in the District Court of Butler County with impeding the normal flow of traffic, contrary to K.S.A. 8-1561(a). Following trial to the court, defendant was found guilty as charged and has appealed.”
Bu v. Midwest Crane & Rigging, 589 P.3d 1008 (Kan. Ct. App. 2026).
“They likewise requested a handcrafted instruction that largely mirrored K.S.A. 8-1561, the provision that addresses when a driver's slow operation of a motor vehicle impedes traffic.”
State v. Robinson, 507 P.3d 563 (Kan. Ct. App. 2022).
“" K.S.A. 8-1561(a). While Fetrow did not observe Robinson impede any traffic at that time, Robinson's slow speed could create a safety issue if another car driving the posted speed limit did approach Robinson, given that Highway 50 is usually a heavily trafficked road.”
K.S.A. § 8-1561(b): 1 case
State v. Rush, 519 P.3d 1236 (Kan. Ct. App. 2022).
“But even if the initial contact had been a seizure, we agree with the State that Shoemake had reasonable suspicion sufficient to stop Rush to conduct an investigatory detention. Shoemake observed Rush committing a traffic infraction by driving below the mandatory minimum speed…”
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