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