Driving Laws
  Courses can enhance your driving knowledge & skill,
Traffic School
  Skills to become a more watchful and careful driver
Defensive Driving
  An easy way to get insurance Discounts
Driver Improvement
  How to remove points from your record
Teen Driver Ed Course
  Online Teen Driver Education course is fun, easy and hassle- Free
Point Reduction
  Required in many states to get a learner's permit
Driving Records
  Required in many states to get a learner's permit
Home > Driving Laws Change State:  
Kansas
Driving Laws Information
  CONTENTS
 

Suspension & Revocation

 Suspension & Revocation
  Reasons for Restriction, Suspension or Revocation
Under Kansas driving law, the Division of Vehicles is authorized to restrict, suspend or revoke a person's driving privileges upon a showing by its records or other sufficient evidence the person:  
Advertisement
 
$ 19 .95 Only
  • Has been convicted with such frequency of serious offenses against Kansas driving law governing the movement of vehicles as to indicate a disrespect for traffic laws and a disregard for the safety of other persons on the highways;
  • Has been convicted of three or more moving traffic violations committed on separate occasions within a 12-month period;
  • Is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle;
  • Has been convicted of a moving traffic violation, committed at a time when the person's driving privileges were restricted, suspended or revoked; or
  • Is a member of the armed forces of the United States stationed at a military installation located in the state of Kansas, and the authorities of the military establishment certify that such person's on-base driving privileges have been suspended, by action of the proper military authorities, for violating the rules and regulations of the military installation governing the movement of vehicular traffic or for any other reason relating to the person's inability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle.

The Division of Vehicles, in accordance with Kansas driving law, shall revoke a person's driving privileges upon receiving a record of the person's conviction of any of the following offenses, including municipal violations, when the conviction has become final, or upon receiving a record of a person's adjudication as a juvenile offender for commission of an act which, if committed by a person 18 or more years of age, would constitute any of the following offenses when the adjudication has become final:

  • Aggravated vehicular homicide;
  • Vehicular homicide;
  • Vehicular battery;
  • Failure to stop and render aid as required under Kansas driving law in the event of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another;
  • Conviction, or forfeiture of bail not vacated, upon a charge of reckless driving;
  •  Conviction, or forfeiture of bail not vacated of any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used; or
  • Fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer as provided in Kansas driving law, and amendments thereto, or conviction of violation of an ordinance of any city or a law of another state which is in substantial conformity with such statute.

Speed Limits:

Where no special hazard exists the traffic laws set up speed limits for normal driving conditions. Unless otherwise posted maximum limits are:

In Towns or Cities:

  • Thirty miles per hour in any urban district.

On Roads and Highways Outside of Towns:

  • 70 miles per hour on any separated multilane highway as designated and posted by the Secretary of Transportation;
  • 65 miles per hour on any State or Federal Highway;
  • 55 miles per hour on any county or township highway.
  Back to Top

Contact Us | About Us | Home