Title 32 — MOTOR VEHICLES
55 chapters · 1,941 sections in this title.
SDCL § 32-31-1 Emergency vehicle--Traffic regulations
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The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm or when operating a funeral escort vehicle as defined in § 32-26…
SDCL § 32-31-2 Particular regulations which may be disregarded
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The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may: (1) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of chapter 32-30 ; (2) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation; (3) Disregard regulations governing dire…
SDCL § 32-31-3 Use of emergency signals required
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The exemptions granted in subdivisions 32-31-2(2) and (3) to an authorized emergency vehicle apply only if the vehicle is making use of audible or visual signals meeting the requirements of law. However, the exemption granted in subdivision 32-31-2(1) to an authorized emergency v…
Speed limits inapplicable--Conditions
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The speed limits set forth in §§ 32-25-1.1 to 32-25-17 , inclusive, do not apply to any authorized emergency vehicle responding to an emergency call if the driver sounds an audible siren or air horn, or both, or displays flashing, oscillating, or rotating beams of red light, or c…
SDCL § 32-31-5 Duty of operator to use care--Liability for recklessness
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The provisions of this chapter shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall such provisions protect the driver from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of othe…
SDCL § 32-31-6 Duty of other motorists upon approach of emergency vehicle--Violation as misdemeanor
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Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of audible or visual signals meeting the requirements of this chapter, or of a police vehicle properly and lawfully making use of an audible or visual signal only, the driver of every other vehicle shall im…
SDCL § 32-31-6.1 Occupying highway shoulder or stopped--Requirements for approaching vehicles--Penalty
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Upon approaching from any direction any stopped authorized emergency vehicle making use of red visual signals meeting the requirements of this title, the driver of a motor vehicle shall come to a complete stop before reaching the stopped emergency vehicle and may, unless otherwis…
SDCL § 32-31-6.2 Occupying highway shoulder or stopped--Accident caused--Penalty
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Any driver of a motor vehicle who, while violating § 32-31-6.1 , causes an accident, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if: (1) The accident is with a stopped emergency vehicle making use of its red visual signals; or (2) The accident is with any vehicle making use of amber, yell…
SDCL § 32-31-7 Following fire apparatus as misdemeanor--Minimum following or parking distance
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It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for the driver of any vehicle other than one on official business to follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than five hundred feet or to drive into or park such vehicle within the block where the fire apparatus has stopp…
SDCL § 32-31-8 Driving over fire hose prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor
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No vehicle may be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any street, private road, or driveway to be used at any fire or alarm of fire, without the consent of the fire department official in command. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdem…
SDCL § 32-31-9 SDCL 32-31-9
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Repealed by SL 1989, ch 255 , § 213.