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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 189.440 (2026)

Starting a parked vehicle

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No person shall start a vehicle that is stopped or parked unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-69o.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1949–2023 · leading case: Clay v. Sammons, 239 S.W.2d 927 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951).
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Clay v. Sammons, 239 S.W.2d 927 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). “” Nor did it contain the following requirement of law as to her duty set forth in KRS 189.440, to-wit: “No person shall start a vehicle that is stopped or parked unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety.”
Lewis v. Walters, 341 S.W.2d 67 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). “KRS 189.440 states: “No person shall start a vehicle that is stopped or parked unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety.”
Gauze v. Horn, 253 S.W.2d 606 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952). “” (b) KRS 189.440: “No person shall start a vehicle that is stopped or' parked unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety.”
Clem v. Ball, 237 S.W.2d 839 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). “KRS 189.440. Under the facts shown in this case, a question arises concerning .”
Ferguson v. Stevenson, 427 S.W.2d 822 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “KRS 189.440 provides that no person shall start a stopped vehicle “unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety”.”
Stinson v. Prot. Ins. Co. (E.D. Ky. 2023). “First, Stinson cites KRS 189.440, which states that “no person shall start a vehicle that is stopped or parked unless and until the movement can be made with reasonable safety.”
Hargis v. Noel, 221 S.W.2d 94 (Ky. Ct. App. 1949). “KRS 189.440 provides that no person shall start a stopped vehicle “until the movement can be made with reasonable safety.”
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