{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-277.245","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 277.245","heading":"Required equipment on cars for transportation of railroad employees.","body":"It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of a railroad running through or within the\nboundaries of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and engaged in the business of common\ncarrier to operate for or transport its employees in a motor car which is not equipp ed with\na reasonably substantial top for the protection of said employees from rain, snow, sleet\nand hail and equipped with a transparent windshield sufficient in width and height to\nreasonably protect said employees, which windshield shall be of safety glass and such car\nshall also be equipped with a permanent electric headlamp of sufficient candle power as\nto render visible at a distance of three hundred (300) feet in advance of such car under\nordinary atmospheric conditions, any obstruction, land mark, w arning sign or grade\ncrossing on such railroad and said car shall also be equipped with two (2) electric lights\non the rear end thereof with sufficient candle power as to be visible at a distance of three\nhundred (300) feet under ordinary atmospheric condi tions, and such car shall also be\nequipped with an electric windshield wiper that will remove rain, snow and sleet from the\nwindshield on such car while such car is moving, and said windshield wiper shall be so\ndevised that the driver of said car can start  or stop said windshield wiper while he is\ndriving the car.","path":["KRS Chapter 277"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=14015","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:29Z","sha256":"57cd8d7c55c3446cc6660a521273c02f4228243dc5c46aa324eb0b461a54a3b4","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-277.240","next":"us-ky/krs-277.250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}