<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=70:03:01:20"><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000000">70:03:01:20</span></a><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000001">.  Escort vehicles.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0"> Escort vehicles are required in front on two-lane highways or in the rear on divided highways</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0"> as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">    (1)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">Vehicles over </span><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">sixteen</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0"> feet wide traveling on the interstate highway system require an escort. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">    (2)  Vehicles over ten feet wide traveling on the following highways require a front escort:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (a)  U.S. Highway 14A from its intersection with Colorado Boulevard in Spearfish to its south junction with U.S. Highway 85;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (b)  U.S. Highway 85 from the Wyoming state line to its southernmost junction with U.S. Highway 14A and from its junction with U.S. Highway 14A in Lead to its junction with U.S. Highway 14A in Deadwood;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (c)  U.S. Highway 385 from its north junction with U.S. Highway 16 to its junction with U.S. Highway 85 and from its junction with U.S. Highway 18 in Hot Springs to its junction with State Trunk Highway 89 in Pringle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (d)  State Trunk Highway 44 from its junction with U.S. Highway 385 to its junction with U.S. Highway 16B;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (e)  State Trunk Highway 231;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (f)  U.S. Highway 16A;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (g)  State Trunk Highway 244;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (h)  State Trunk Highway 87;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (i)  State Trunk Highway 89 from its junction with U.S. Highway 16A in Custer to its junction with State Trunk Highway 87;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (j)  State Trunk Highway 36;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (k)  State Trunk Highway 40 from its junction with U.S. Highway 16A to its junction with State Trunk Highway 79; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (l)  State Trunk Highway 473.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">    (3)  Vehicles over sixteen feet wide traveling on the following highways require a front escort:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (a)  U.S. Highway 16 from its east junction with U.S. Highway 16A at the Keystone Wye to the Wyoming border;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (b)  U.S. Highway 14A from its south junction with U.S. Highway 85 to its junction with Intertate 90 at Exit 30;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (c)  U.S. Highway 385 from its junction with State Trunk Highway 89 to its junction with U.S. Highway 16;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (d)  State Trunk Highway 89 from its junction with U.S. Highway 18 to its junction with U.S. Highway 385 at Pringle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (e)  State Trunk Highway 85 from its north junction with U.S. Highway 14A in Deadwood to its junction with Interstate 90 at Exit 17;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (f)  State Trunk Highway 71 from its junction with U.S. Highway 18 in Hot Springs to the Nebraska border; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">        (g)  State Trunk Highway 471 from its junction with State Trunk Highway 71 to its junction with U.S. Highway 18 at Edgemont.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">    (4)  For all other highways on the state trunk highway system, v</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">ehicles over </span><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">twenty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0"> feet wide require an escort. The permit-issuing authority may also require escort vehicles because of route limitations, traffic conditions, or unusual permit vehicle configuration conditions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">    A local highway patrol trooper may waive the front escort requirement for a specified period of time on any section of state</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0"> trunk</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0"> highway if the highway has adequate geometrics to provide for the safe operation of the vehicle.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">    </span><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 1 SDR 66, effective April 15, 1975; 4 SDR 91, effective July 11, 1978; 10 SDR 7, effective July 31, 1983; 11 SDR 33, effective September 3, 1984; transferred from § 70:01:04:21, effective November 1, 1986; 13 SDR 179, effective June 1, 1987; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 134, effective July 1, 1987; 16 SDR 49, effective September 19, 1989; 17 SDR 151, effective April 8, 1991</span><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">; 49 SDR 89, effective May 1, 2023.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">    </span><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-22-42"><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000003">32-22-42</span></a><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">    </span><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=31-4-14"><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000003">31-4-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-22-41"><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000003">32-22-4</span><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0-000003">1</span></a><span class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf4cbfe7c-a30a-46b7-9f23-f36669045548000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>