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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 189.400 (2026)

Turning around on curve or grade

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No vehicle shall be turned around upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest of a grade, unless it can be seen for a distance of five hundred (500) feet by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-69n.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1947–2025 · leading case: Dixie Ice Cream Co. v. Ravenna Grocery Co., 206 S.W.2d 824 (Ky. Ct. App. 1947).
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Dixie Ice Cream Co. v. Ravenna Grocery Co., 206 S.W.2d 824 (Ky. Ct. App. 1947). · cites it 2× “Section 189.400, KRS, by implication confirms the right of a driver of a motor vehicle to make a turn from one side of the highway to the other when his effort to do so “can be seen for a distance of five hundred feet by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either…”
Wilborn v. Sneed, 415 S.W.2d 858 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 2× “” KRS 189.400. There was evidence in this case that the Sneed truck was 11 feet high, and upon that hypothesis an engineer testifying for Kingery calculated under cross-examination that the driver of an approaching vehicle, from an eye level 4½ feet above the road surface, could…”
Bryant v. Rauls (W.D. Ky. 2025). “450, KRS 189.400, 49 C.F.R. § 392.2 , and 601 KAR 1:005, relating to vehicle operation (Id.”
Bryant v. Rauls (W.D. Ky. 2025). “They also allege that he violated KRS 189.400 by attempting to execute his turn without required sight-distance for other drivers and that he attempted to turn and proceed in the opposite direction in an unsafe manner in violation of KRS 189.”
Arnett v. Hensley, 273 S.W.2d 816 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “was not improper, *817 in view of the positive testimony' of' the-officers who measured the visibility distance at-the curve: where the accident occurred, and which made KRS 189.400 ap-’ plicable to the case. The motion for an appeal is overruled, and the judgment .”
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