Thornton v. Shore

As indicated in Thornton v. Shore, 232 Kan. 394, 654 P.2d 475 (1982), I would reverse the trial court.

As the majority correctly notes, this case is governed by K.S.A. 8-1506. That statute gives the driver of an “authorized emergency vehicle” certain privileges when “in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law.”. These privileges include running red lights or stop signs, exceeding the speed limit, and disregarding regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions. Subsection (c) of the statute allows the privileges only when the vehicle is “making…