Obstruction to operator's view or control
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Coy v. Hoover (1954)
Most recently applied in Schweitzer v. Good (June 1964)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) No person shall operate a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such number of persons, exceeding three (3), as to obstruct the view of the operator to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the operator's control over the vehicle.
(2) No passenger in a vehicle or street car shall ride in such a position as to interfere with the operator's view ahead or to the sides, or to interfere with his control over the vehicle or street car.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.