Printable Format8-1475. "Through highway" defined. "Through highway" means every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on such highway in obedience to either a stop sign, yield sign or other traffic-control device, when such signs or devices are erected as provided in this act.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, ยง 8-1475; July 1.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"Survey of Kansas Law: Torts," William Edward Westerbeke, 27 K.L.R. 321, 325 (1979).
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Through highway defined; cannot defeat K.S.A. 8-1526 in absence of stop or yield signs. Ellis v. Sketers, 1 Kan. App. 2d 323, 327, 564 P.2d 568.
2. Instructions on duty upon entrance on through highway supported by evidence. Klinzmann v. Beale, 9 Kan. App. 2d 20, 25, 670 P.2d 67 (1983).