<html> <head> <title>Rule 70:15:01:01 Definitions.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 70:15:01:01"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 70:15:01:01 Definitions."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} .MsoPapDefault {margin-bottom:10.0pt; line-height:115%;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; 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(1)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Crash</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> means any vehicle accident that triggers an obligation to provide information or make a report to law enforcement under SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=32-34-3">32-34-3</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=32-34-3.1">32-34-3.1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=32-34-4">32-34-4</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=32-34-6">32-34-6</A> or <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=32-34-7">32-34-7</A>;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Department</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> means the South Dakota Department of Public Safety;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Interstate highway system</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> means all highways on the national system of interstate highways;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;Motor carrier</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> means any person, corporation, lessee, trustee, or receiver operating any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer on any public highway in this state for the transportation of agricultural or commercial goods or merchandise;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (5)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Permit-issuing authority&quot; means any highway patrol trooper, highway patrol supervisor, motor carrier inspector, or highway patrol district office personnel;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (6)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;Permit vehicle&quot; means a vehicle operating under the authority of a permit issued under this chapter;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (7)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Platoon</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> or </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>platooning</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> means two vehicles traveling in a unified manner at electronically coordinated speeds and distance intervals that are closer than otherwise allowed under &#167;&#167; 32-26-40 through 32-26-42;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (8)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Secretary</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> means the Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Transportation;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (9)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;Trip&quot; means a single directional movement of a permit vehicle from origin to destination; and</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (10)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Vehicle</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&quot;</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> means a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or more and operating without a trailer or with only a single trailer.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>46</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> SDR </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>64</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, effective </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>November 25, 2019</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=32-26-50">32-26-50(1)(3)(6)(10).</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=32-26-50">32-26-50(1)(3)(6)(10).</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </body> </html>