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State of South Dakota
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EIGHTY-FIFTH SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2010 |
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Introduced by: Senators Tieszen, Abdallah, Gant, Merchant, Miles, Nelson, Rhoden, and
Schmidt and Representatives Krebs, Brunner, Kirkeby, Lucas, McLaughlin,
and Schlekeway
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise certain provisions regarding the yielding of the
right-of-way to pedestrians making a crossing of a highway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-27-1 be amended to read as follows:
32-27-1. The driver of any vehicle upon a highway within a business or residence district shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossingsuch the highway within any clearly marked
crosswalk or any regular pedestrian crossing included in the prolongation of the lateral boundary
lines of the adjacent sidewalk at the end of a block, except at intersections where the movement
of traffic is being regulated by traffic officers or traffic direction devices. However, no
pedestrian may suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of
a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. A violation of this section by
a driver is a petty offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 32-27-1 be amended to read as follows:
32-27-1. The driver of any vehicle upon a highway within a business or residence district shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing
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Insertions into existing statutes are indicated by underscores. Deletions from existing statutes are indicated by |
