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2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 189 - Traffic regulations -- vehicle equipment and storage
189.290 Operator of vehicle to drive carefully.

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KY Rev Stat § 189.290 (2025)
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189.290 Operator of vehicle to drive carefully. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) The operator of any vehicle upon a highway shall operate the vehicle in a careful manner, with regard for the safety and convenience of pedestrians and other vehicles upon the highway. A person shall not willfully operate any vehicle on any highway in such a manner as to injure the highway. A person shall not willfully operate any vehicle on any highway in such a manner as to injure vehicles or equipment located in or near a highway work zone. A person shall not operate any vehicle in a reckless or negligent manner as to endanger persons or property in or near a highway, or in or near a highway work zone. In addition to any other penalty, an operator who violates subsection (3) or (4) of this section shall be subject to revocation of his or her operator's license under KRS 186.560. Effective: July 15, 2024 History: Amended 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 198, sec. 15, effective July 15, 2024. -Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2739g-33, 2739g-35.
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