32-17-15. Vehicles requiring identification lamps--Mounting and spacing of identification lamps--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.

Every vehicle referred to in § 32-17-14 or combination of such vehicles having a length in excess of thirty feet or a width in excess of eighty inches shall be equipped with lamps on the front displaying three amber lights and lamps on the rear displaying three red lights, and the lights in each group shall be evenly spaced not less than six nor more than thirty inches apart along a horizontal line near the top of the vehicle and said lights shall be visible from distances of five hundred feet to the front and rear, respectively, of the vehicle. A violation of this section is a petty offense.

Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (10); SL 1957, ch 227, § 2; SL 1965, ch 197, § 2; SL 1989, ch 255, § 49.

32-17-15.1. Silage or seasonal farm trucks exempt--Gross weight--Restrictions on use.

Any silage truck or seasonal farm truck, licensed under the provisions of § 32-5-97.1 and having a gross vehicle weight of six to twenty tons, shall be exempt from the provisions of §§ 32-17-1, 32-17-8, 32-17-11, 32-17-14, and 32-17-15; provided, however, such motor vehicles shall be operated only during daylight hours and only within a twenty-five mile road distance of the main entrance to the farm where such vehicle is ordinarily parked.

Source: SL 1975, ch 213.

32-17-15.2. Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt--Rear reflector required.

Any vehicle 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, those vehicles are not exempt from the provisions of § 32-17-12.

Source: SL 1979, ch 223, § 3.