Slow moving vehicles — Kansas Permit Test

A fluorescent or reflective orange and red triangle displayed on the rear of a Kansas vehicle drawn by animals, farm equipment or construction equipment means the vehicle is traveling less than 25 mph.

The triangle is a speed warning, not a hazard symbol. Closing on one at highway speed happens fast.

displayed on the rear of vehicles drawn by animals, farm equipment or construction equipment means the vehicle is traveling less than 25 mph.

Kansas farm machinery usually does not have turn signals, and to make a right turn its operator may pull wide to the left and then turn to the right.

A combine swinging left is not changing lanes. Passing it then puts you where it is about to turn.

Farm machinery usually does not have turn signals, and to make a right turn, operators of farm machinery may pull wide to the left and then turn to the right.

The operator of Kansas farm machinery cannot hear approaching vehicles, so a driver should pass with caution.

The machine is deafening from the seat. They will not hear you and may not check behind.

remember the operator of the farm machinery cannot hear approaching vehicles.

Normal speeds for Kansas animal drawn vehicles range between 5 and 8 miles per hour, and may be even slower when pulling large farm equipment or crossing intersections.

Closing on something doing five on a sixty-five road happens far faster than it looks.

Normal speeds for animal drawn vehicles range between 5 and 8 miles per hour.

A Kansas driver should pass an animal drawn vehicle with caution and not use the horn or rev the engine, because this may scare the horse and cause a crash.

A frightened horse bolts into the road. The noise that startles it is the thing you were doing to be noticed.

Pass with caution and do not use your horn or “rev” the engine because this may scare the horse and cause a crash.

Kansas horseback riders must ride single file near the right curb or road edge, or on a usable right shoulder, lane or path, and a driver must drive at a reasonable speed and a reasonable distance away from the horse.

A horse is unpredictable in a way a vehicle is not. Distance and quiet are what keep it calm.

They must ride single file near the right curb or road edge, or on a usable right shoulder, lane or path.

If a Kansas driver is driving a slow-moving vehicle so slowly that other vehicles have to reduce speed behind, they pull to the side of the roadway when safe and let the other vehicles pass.

The line of traffic behind is a hazard you are creating. Pulling over clears it in one move.

pull to the side of the roadway when safe to do so and let the other vehicles pass.

What does the slow moving vehicle triangle mean in Kansas?

The vehicle is traveling less than 25 mph. The triangle is a speed warning, not a hazard symbol. Closing on one at highway speed happens fast. Kansas Driving Handbook, p.88: “displayed on the rear of vehicles drawn by animals, farm equipment or construction equipment means the vehicle is traveling less than 25 mph.”