2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 189 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -- VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE 189.060 Lights on vehicles in tow and projections -- Motor vehicle used as towing unit.
189.060 Lights on vehicles in tow and projections -- Motor vehicle used as towing
unit.
(1) Each vehicle towed by a towline shall display the lights required on vehicles of the
class to which it belongs.
(2) Each vehicle being hauled by another and connected to it in a manner that will keep
them uniformly spaced shall carry at least one (1) light on the left side in such a <br>manner as to show an amber light to the front and a red light to the rear visible at <br>least one thousand (1,000) feet away.
(3) When any part of a load projects more than four (4) feet beyond a vehicle, two (2)
red flags by day and two (2) red lights during the period provided in KRS 189.030 <br>must be placed upon the extremity of the projection marking the width of the <br>overhang.
(4) Any motor vehicle used as a towing unit where two (2) lamps displaying red lights
are not obscured by the towed unit or its load may be equipped with two (2) lamps <br>displaying red lights on the towed unit, the towing unit, or both.
Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 72, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006; and ch. 173,
sec. 5, effective July 12, 2006. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective <br>October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2739g-29 to 2739g-31.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006).This section was amended by 2006
Ky. Acts chs. 72 and 173, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been <br>codified together.
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