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SD Codified L § 32-17-30 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-30 - Subsequent violations of flare requirements--Revocation of license.

32-17-30. Subsequent violations of flare requirements--Revocation of license.If a person violates §32-17-28 or 32-17-29 more than once, the court may impose as an additional penalty the revoking of any permit or license, or both, which the person so convicted holds pertaining to ownership or operation of motor vehicles. Source: SDC 1939, §44.9918; SL 1976, ch 158, §43-6; SL 1989, ch 255, §66.
SD Codified L § 32-17-42 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-42 - Lights on emergency vehicles--Duty of driver--Authorization to use lights--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-17-42. Lights on emergency vehicles--Duty of driver--Authorization to use lights--Violation as misdemeanor.Any motor vehicle authorized by the Department of Transportation, a tow truck or wrecker as defined in §32-17-10, or a vehicle operated by a member of an organized fire department or organized search and rescue unit or by a person who is an ambulance driver, attendant, or emergency medical technician affiliated with a licensed ambulance service may be equipped with blue lights. This provision does not relieve the driver of such a vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the street nor does it protect the driver of any such vehicle from the consequence of a reckless disregard of the safety of others.No person may use a blue light unless the person is authorized by this chapter and is either operating a Department of Transportation vehicle in performance of their duties in maintaining the highway, or actually en route to the scene of a fire or other emergency requiring the person's services and the person has been authorized in writing to so use a blue light. The authorization may be given by the Department of Transportation, highway patrol, chief of the fire department, coordinator of the search and rescue unit, or operator or ambulance service director of the ambulance service only to members of the department or service who are in good standing.The unauthorized use of a blue light in violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1968, ch 179; SL 1974, ch 219, §22; SL 1978, ch 158, §37; SL 1986, ch 258; SL 1993, ch 234, §1; SL 2014, ch 150, §1; SL 2020, ch 119, § 2.
SD Codified L § 32-17-43 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-43 - Exemption of towed highway maintenance vehicles.

32-17-43. Exemption of towed highway maintenance vehicles.A vehicle used primarily for the maintenance of highways and drawn by another vehicle equipped and operated with flashing yellow lights is exempt from the provisions of this chapter when operated during daylight hours. Source: SL 1985, ch 254.
SD Codified L § 32-17-44 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-44 - Command post vehicle to be equipped with green light.

32-17-44. Command post vehicle to be equipped with green light.Any vehicle used as a command post at the site of any accident or emergency incident involving any hazard may be equipped with one green rotating beacon light to be visible 360 degrees. Source: SL 1989, ch 269.
SD Codified L § 32-17-45 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-45 - Red and blue lights authorized for law enforcement officers.

32-17-45. Red and blue lights authorized for law enforcement officers.Any law enforcement officer may operate a police vehicle with a combination of red lights as provided by §32-31-4 and blue lights as described in §32-17-42. Source: SL 1993, ch 233, §1.
SD Codified L § 32-17-46 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-46 - Warning light on certain slow-moving vehicles during darkness--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-17-46. Warning light on certain slow-moving vehicles during darkness--Violation as misdemeanor.No vehicle that is required to display a slow-moving vehicle emblem pursuant to §32-15-20 may be operated during the period of day between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise on the following day on any public highway unless the vehicle has a flashing or rotating white or amber warning light placed on the vehicle. The warning light shall be clearly visible to motorists approaching from the rear. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1995, ch 182, §1.
SD Codified L § 32-17-47 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-47 - Flashing lights required on certain animal-drawn vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-17-47. Flashing lights required on certain animal-drawn vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.Any animal-drawn vehicle operating on a highway during the period from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render the vehicle clearly discernible to any person on the highway at a distance of two hundred feet ahead, shall be equipped with a flashing amber light that is visible from the front of the vehicle and a red flashing light visible from the rear of the vehicle. The red flashing light shall have a minimum diameter of four inches with at least three square inches of surface. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 2016, ch 164, §1.
SD Codified L § 32-18-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-1 - Brakes required on particular vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-18-1. Brakes required on particular vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.Every motor vehicle, as defined by subdivision §32-14-1(17) and every trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer manufactured or sold in this state, and any combination of such vehicles operating upon a highway within this state shall be equipped with brakes in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0346; SL 1967, ch 197, §1; SL 1974, ch 222, §1; SL 1977, ch 262, §1; SL 1989, ch 255, §70.
SD Codified L § 32-18-1.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-1.1 - Certain farm vehicles exempt.

32-18-1.1. Certain farm vehicles exempt.Any farm vehicle designed and used primarily for tillage or harvesting, or wagons and other implements of husbandry, drawn by another vehicle, if the use thereof is confined to agricultural purposes or to the conveyance of agricultural products and the transportation of farm property by or for the producers thereof, from farm to farm within his vicinity or from local community or market to farm or from farm to a local community or market, is exempt from the provisions of this chapter. Any farm vehicle, except wagons and other implements of husbandry drawn by another vehicle, traveling at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour shall comply with §32-18-8. Source: SL 1975, ch 196, §5; SL 1989, ch 256, §14.
SD Codified L § 32-18-1.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-1.2 - Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt--Exception for new vehicles.

32-18-1.2. Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt--Exception for new vehicles.Any vehicle designed and used primarily for the distribution and application of agricultural fertilizer or chemicals, when drawn by another vehicle shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. However, vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of over twenty thousand pounds manufactured after July 1, 1979, shall have brakes acting on all wheels. Source: SL 1979, ch 223, §4.
SD Codified L § 32-18-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-2 - Wheels on which brakes must act--Particular vehicles.

32-18-2. Wheels on which brakes must act--Particular vehicles.Every vehicle described in §32-18-1 shall be equipped with brakes acting on all wheels except as provided by §§32-18-3 to 32-18-6, inclusive. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (c); SL 1968, ch 178, §3.
SD Codified L § 32-18-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-3 - Trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers exempt from all-wheel requirement.

32-18-3. Trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers exempt from all-wheel requirement.Trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers of a maximum gross weight not exceeding three thousand pounds, and trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers of a maximum gross weight not exceeding seven thousand pounds manufactured or assembled prior to July 1, 1974, need not be equipped with brakes acting on all wheels, provided that:(1)The total weight on and including the wheels of the trailer or trailers shall not exceed forty percent of the gross weight of the towing vehicle when connected to the trailer or trailers; and(2)The combination of vehicles, consisting of the towing vehicle and its total towed load, is capable of complying with the performance requirements of §§32-18-8 and 32-18-9. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (c) (1); SL 1968, ch 178, §3; SL 1974, ch 222, §2; SL 1977, ch 262, §2.
SD Codified L § 32-18-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-4 - Towed vehicles exempt from all-wheel requirement.

32-18-4. Towed vehicles exempt from all-wheel requirement.Any vehicle being towed in driveaway or towaway operations need not be equipped with brakes acting on all wheels, provided the combination of vehicles is capable of complying with the performance requirements of §§32-18-8 and 32-18-9. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (c) (2); SL 1968, ch 178, §3.
SD Codified L § 32-18-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-5 - Multiaxle trucks and truck tractors exempt from all-wheel requirement.

32-18-5. Multiaxle trucks and truck tractors exempt from all-wheel requirement.Any truck and truck tractor having three or more axles need not have brakes on the front wheels if the vehicle was manufactured before July 25, 1980. If any truck and truck tractor having three or more axles is equipped with at least two steerable axles, the wheels of one steerable axle need not have brakes. However, such trucks and truck tractors shall be capable of complying with the performance requirements of §§32-18-8 and 32-18-9. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (c) (3); SL 1968, ch 178, §3; SL 1989, ch 256, §15.
SD Codified L § 32-18-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-6 - Motorcycles exempt from all-wheel requirement.

32-18-6. Motorcycles exempt from all-wheel requirement.The wheel of a sidecar attached to a motorcycle or to a motor-driven cycle, or the front wheel of a motor-driven cycle need not be equipped with brakes, provided that such motorcycle or motor-driven cycle is capable of complying with the performance requirements of §§32-18-8 and 32-18-9. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (c) (4); SL 1968, ch 178, §3.
SD Codified L § 32-18-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-7 - Service brakes required--Exceptions--Adequacy--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-18-7. Service brakes required--Exceptions--Adequacy--Violation as misdemeanor.Every vehicle described in §32-18-1 and combination of vehicles except special mobile equipment which includes vehicles not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including but not limited to: ditch-digging apparatus, well-boring apparatus, and road construction and maintenance machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving carry-alls and scrapers, power shovels and draglines, and self-propelled cranes and earth-moving equipment, shall be equipped with service brakes complying with the performance requirements of §§32-18-8 and 32-18-9 and adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold such vehicle under all conditions of loading, and on any grade incident to its operation. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (a); SL 1968, ch 178, §1; SL 1989, ch 255, §71.
SD Codified L § 32-18-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-8 - Capabilities of service brakes--Braking force--Stopping distance--Classification of particular vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-18-8. Capabilities of service brakes--Braking force--Stopping distance--Classification of particular vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.Every motor vehicle described in §32-18-1 and combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable of:(1)Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage of its gross weight tabulated herein for its classification;(2)Decelerating to a stop from not more than twenty miles per hour at not less than the feet per second per second tabulated therein for its classification; and(3)Stopping from a speed of twenty miles per hour in not more than the distance tabulated herein for its classification, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or control begins.  1234     Classification of VehiclesBraking force as a percentage of gross vehicle or combination weight  Deceleration in feet per second per secondBrake system application and braking distance in feet from an initial speed of 20 m.p.h.APassenger vehicles with a seating capacity of 10 people or less including driver, not having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating     52.8%     17     25B-1All motorcycles and motor-driven cycles 43.5% 14 30B-2Single unit vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less   43.5%   14   30C-1Single unit vehicles with a manufacturer's gross weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds   43.5%   14   40C-2Combination of a two-axle towing vehicle and a trailer with a gross trailer weight of 3,000 pounds or less    43.5%    14    40C-3Buses, regardless of the number of axles, not having a manufacturer's gross weight rating   43.5%   14   40C-4All combinations of vehicles in driveaway-towaway operations   43.5%   14   14DAll other vehicles and combinations of vehicles 43.5% 14 50 A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0346; SL 1967, ch 197, §2; SL 1989, ch 255, §72.
SD Codified L § 32-18-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-9 - Testing of brakes.

32-18-9. Testing of brakes.Tests for deceleration and stopping distance under §32-18-8 shall be made on a substantially level (not to exceed plus or minus one percent grade), dry, smooth, hard surface that is free from loose material. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0346; SL 1967, ch 197, §2.
SD Codified L § 32-18-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-10 - Single control device operating all service brakes--Violation as misdemeanor--Additional control devices.

32-18-10. Single control device operating all service brakes--Violation as misdemeanor--Additional control devices.Every motor vehicle described in §32-18-1, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, and every combination of such vehicles, except motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, equipped with brakes shall have the braking system so arranged that one control device can be used to operate all service brakes. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.This section does not prohibit vehicles from being equipped with an additional control device to be used to operate brakes on the towed vehicles. This section does not apply to driveaway or towaway operations unless the brakes on the individual vehicles are designed to be operated by a single control on the towing vehicle. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (h); SL 1989, ch 255, §73.
SD Codified L § 32-18-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-11 - Towing vehicles with air brakes--Application of trailer brakes--Automatic application--Manual application--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-18-11. Towing vehicles with air brakes--Application of trailer brakes--Automatic application--Manual application--Violation as misdemeanor.Every towing vehicle, when used to tow another vehicle equipped with air controlled brakes, in other than driveaway or towaway operations, shall be equipped with two means for emergency application of the trailer brakes. One of these means shall apply the brakes automatically in the event of a reduction of the towing vehicle air supply to a fixed pressure which may not be lower than twenty pounds per square inch nor higher than forty-five pounds per square inch. The other means shall be a manually controlled device for applying and releasing the brakes, readily operable by a person seated in the driving seat, and its emergency position or method of operation shall be clearly indicated. In no instance may the manual means be so arranged as to permit its use to prevent operation of the automatic means. The automatic and the manual means required by this section may be, but are not required to be, separate. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (g) (1); SL 1989, ch 255, §74.
SD Codified L § 32-18-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-12 - Towing vehicles with vacuum brakes--Operation of towed vehicle brakes--Independent control system--Automatic application--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-18-12. Towing vehicles with vacuum brakes--Operation of towed vehicle brakes--Independent control system--Automatic application--Violation as misdemeanor.Every towing vehicle used to tow other vehicles equipped with vacuum brakes, in operations other than driveaway or towaway operations, shall have, in addition to the single control device required by §32-18-10, a second control device which can be used to operate the brakes on towed vehicles in emergencies. The second control shall be independent of brake air, hydraulic, and other pressure, and independent of other controls, unless the braking system be so arranged that failure of the pressure upon which the second control depends will cause the towed vehicle brakes to be applied automatically. The second control is not required to provide modulated braking. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (g) (2); SL 1989, ch 255, §75.
SD Codified L § 32-18-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-13 - Parking brakes--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-18-13. Parking brakes--Violation as misdemeanor.Every vehicle described in §32-18-1 and combination of vehicles, except motorcycles and motor-driven cycles, shall be equipped with parking brakes adequate to hold the vehicle on any grade on which it is operated, under all conditions of loading, on a surface free from snow, ice, or loose material. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (b); SL 1968, ch 178, §2; SL 1989, ch 255, §76.
SD Codified L § 32-18-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-14 - Capability of parking brake--Parking brake assisted by service brake.

32-18-14. Capability of parking brake--Parking brake assisted by service brake.The parking brakes shall be capable of being applied in conformance with the requirements of §32-18-13 by the driver's muscular effort or by spring action or by equivalent means. Their operation may be assisted by the service brakes or other source of power provided that failure of the service brake actuation system or other power assisting mechanism will not prevent the parking brakes from being applied in conformance with the requirements of §32-18-13. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (b); SL 1968, ch 178, §2.
SD Codified L § 32-18-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-15 - Continuing application of parking brake.

32-18-15. Continuing application of parking brake.The parking brakes shall be so designed that when once applied they shall remain applied with the required effectiveness despite exhaustion of any source of energy or leakage of any kind. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (b); SL 1968, ch 178, §2.
SD Codified L § 32-18-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-16 - Use of same braking mechanism for service and parking brakes.

32-18-16. Use of same braking mechanism for service and parking brakes.The same brake drums, brake shoes, and lining assemblies, brake shoe anchors, and mechanical brake shoe actuation mechanism normally associated with the wheel brake assemblies may be used for both the service brakes and the parking brakes. On vehicles manufactured or sold after July 1, 1968, if the means of applying the parking brakes and the service brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one part shall not leave the vehicle without operative brakes. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (b); SL 1968, ch 178, §2.
SD Codified L § 32-18-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-17 - Trailers with air or vacuum brakes--Automatic continuing operation--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-18-17. Trailers with air or vacuum brakes--Automatic continuing operation--Violation as misdemeanor.Every trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer equipped with air or vacuum actuated brakes and every trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer with a gross weight in excess of three thousand pounds, manufactured or assembled after July 1, 1967, shall be equipped with brakes acting on all wheels and of such character as to be applied automatically and promptly, and remain applied for at least fifteen minutes, upon breakaway from the towing vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (d); SL 1989, ch 255, §77.
SD Codified L § 32-18-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid|Section 32-18-18 - Brakes on towing vehicle in case towed vehicle breaks away--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-18-18. Brakes on towing vehicle in case towed vehicle breaks away--Violation as misdemeanor.Every motor vehicle manufactured or assembled after July 1, 1967, and used to tow a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer equipped with brakes, shall be equipped with means for providing that in case of breakaway of the towed vehicle, the towing vehicle will be capable of being stopped by the use of its service brakes. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (e); SL 1989, ch 255, §78.