K.S.A. § 8-540 (2026)
8-540.
History: L. 1937, ch. 283, § 40; L. 1968, ch. 218, § 13; Repealed, L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-2205; July 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Damage action; passing on left side at intersection forbidden. Gabel v. Hanby, 165 Kan. 116, 128, 193 P.2d 239.
2. Violation of clause (b)(2) caused by driver of other vehicle not contributory negligence. Hubbard v. Allen, 168 Kan. 695, 698, 699, 215 P.2d 647.
3. Applied; plaintiff not contributorily negligent as a matter of law. Garrison v. Denton, 170 Kan. 79, 82, 223 P.2d 718.
4. Collision proximately resulting from driving on wrong side of road; actionable negligence. Beecher v. Stepanian, 170 Kan. 201, 204, 224 P.2d 1017.
5. Fourth-degree manslaughter; driving car while drunk; information sufficient. State v. Spohr, 171 Kan. 129, 130, 230 P.2d 1013.
6. Mentioned; refusal of trial court to give certain instructions upheld. Blakeman v. Lofland, 173 Kan. 725, 732, 252 P.2d 852.
7. Damages; section discussed; no evidence plaintiff violated section. Nolan v. Hebrew, 177 Kan. 363, 366, 278 P.2d 1011.
8. Plaintiff's evidence did not show contributory negligence; demurrer properly overruled; violation of section. Koch v. Suttle, 180 Kan. 603, 605, 306 P.2d 123.
9. Violations not actionable negligence unless violations contributed to the accident and were legal cause of injuries sustained. Oil Transport Co. v. Pash, 191 Kan. 229, 230, 231, 237, 380 P.2d 341.
10. Driving left of the center of highway proximately resulting in collision is actionable negligence, when. In re Estate of Storer, 191 Kan. 645, 648, 383 P.2d 956.
11. Violation, provided death flows therefrom, sufficient to constitute offense of negligent homicide. State v. Miles, 203 Kan. 707, 709, 710, 711, 712, 457 P.2d 166.
12. Evidence sufficient to support conviction under subsection (b). State v. Wall, 206 Kan. 760, 482 P.2d 41.
13. Instructions to jury as to provisions of section erroneous; action for damages; motorcycle-truck collision. Williams v. Esaw, 214 Kan. 658, 663, 665, 522 P.2d 950.