<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-15-28 - Steering system requirements--Violation as petty offense. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054592Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2054592SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054592CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054592Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2054592DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054592Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2054592DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054592Normal-000003 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2054592000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054592SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054592SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2054592Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-15-28"><span class="s2054592SENU">32-15-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054592SENU">. </span><span class="s2054592CL">Steering system requirements--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054592Normal-000000"><span class="s2054592DefaultParagraphFont">No person may operate a motor vehicle required to be registered in this state which has an unloaded weight of six thousand pounds or less, other than a motorcycle, on a public highway unless the steering system complies with the following requirements:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054592Normal-000001"><span class="s2054592DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    No steering components may extend below the wheel rims in their lowest position;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054592Normal-000001"><span class="s2054592DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The steering system shall remain unobstructed when turned from lock to lock;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054592Normal-000001"><span class="s2054592DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The steering wheel may have not less than two turns or more than six turns when turning the road wheels from lock to lock;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054592Normal-000001"><span class="s2054592DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    When the motor vehicle is in a sharp turn at a speed between five and fifteen miles per hour, release of the steering wheel shall result in a distinct tendency for the vehicle to increase its turning radius;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054592Normal-000001"><span class="s2054592DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    The vehicle shall be capable of traversing a slalom type path passing alternately to the left and right of at least four cones or markers arranged in a straight line spaced sixty feet apart on a dry hard flat surface free from loose material, at a minimum velocity of twenty</span><span class="s2054592DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054592DefaultParagraphFont">five miles per hour.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054592Normal-000003"><span class="s2054592DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054592Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054592000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054592Normal"><span class="s2054592SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054592SCL-000005"> SL 1977, ch 260, § 1 (1) to (4), (7); SL 1989, ch 255, § 39.</span></p></div></body></html>