Kentucky Statutes 189.960 – Right-of-way to public safety vehicle or to pedestrian engaged in work on highway
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(1) The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any public safety vehicle, as defined in KRS § 189.910(2), or any pedestrian actually engaged in work upon a highway or within any highway construction or maintenance area indicated by official traffic control devices.
(2) The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any public safety vehicle obviously and actually engaged in work upon a highway whenever such vehicle displays flashing lights meeting the requirements of KRS § 189.920(4).
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011. — Created 1978
Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 10, effective June 17, 1978.
(2) The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to any public safety vehicle obviously and actually engaged in work upon a highway whenever such vehicle displays flashing lights meeting the requirements of KRS § 189.920(4).
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 189.960
- Operator: means the person in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010
- Pedestrian: means any person afoot or in a wheelchair. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010
- Right-of-way: means the right of one (1) vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed, and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010
- Vehicle: includes :
1. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010
Effective: June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 1, effective June 8, 2011. — Created 1978
Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 10, effective June 17, 1978.