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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 189.070: Motor vehicles to carry and use required flares or similar signals.

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  1. KRS Chapter 189

(1) A person shall not operate any commercial motor vehicle upon a highway outside of

a business or residence district at any time from one-half (1/2) hour before sunset to

one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise unless that vehicle carries the number and type of

flares, electric lanterns, or other signals which the Department of Vehicle

Regulation shall by regulation require.

(2) Whenever any commercial motor vehicle and its lighting equipment are disabled

during a period when lighted lamps must be illuminated on v ehicles and the vehicle

cannot immediately be removed from the main traveled portion of a highway

outside of a business or residence district, the person in charge of the vehicle shall

cause to be placed upon the highway such flares, lanterns, and other si gnals as the

Department of Vehicle Regulation shall by regulation require, and such flares,

lanterns, or other signals shall be utilized as required by the regulations.

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