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content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/32-17"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eHG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eNormal"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eHG4C">VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eNormal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0e000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Headlamps required--Exceptions--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-2</span></a><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1984, ch 228, § 2.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-3</span></a><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1998, ch 189, § 1.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Periods during which lamps must be lighted--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-4.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Circumstances exempting law enforcement officers from use of motor vehicle lights.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Construction and adjustment of headlamps--Visibility distance--Four headlight system--High beam indicator--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Requirements respecting adjustment of headlamps--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Circumstances under which headlamps must be dimmed--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Rear lamps required--Visibility--Combination of vehicles--Height of mounting--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-8.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-8.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Stop lamps required--Mounting--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Red lights on front of vehicle prohibited--Excepted vehicles--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Tow truck or wrecker defined--Amber or blue flashers--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Registration plate illumination--Requirements respecting on-off switch--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Rear reflector required--Mounting and construction of rear reflector--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Mounting of reflectors--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-14" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Vehicles requiring clearance lamps--Location and visibility of clearance lamps--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-15" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Vehicles requiring identification lamps--Mounting and spacing of identification lamps--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-15.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-15.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Silage or seasonal farm trucks exempt--Gross weight--Restrictions on use.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-15.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-15.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt--Rear reflector required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Vehicles transporting passengers for compensation as requiring clearance and identification lamps--Buses excepted--Times during which lamps must be lighted--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Auxiliary driving lamps--Mounting--Lighting restricted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Turn light requirements--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-19" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Spot lamps--Aiming and adjustment--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-20" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Adjustment of other lamps--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-21" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Fire vehicles exempt when equipped with other approved devices.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-22" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    United States mail vehicles--Warning lights--Color--Mounting and location--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-23" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Special lights for vehicles operated by persons with disabilities--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-24" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Headlamps on motorcycles--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-24.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-24.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Headlamps on mopeds--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Bicycle lamps--Visibility and color--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Lights on other vehicles--Color and visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-27" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Lights on parked vehicles--Color and visibility--Vehicles parked within municipality--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-27.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-27.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-27.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-27.1</span></a><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1989, ch 255, § 41.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-28" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Vehicles required to be equipped with portable flares, lights or reflectors--Visibility--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-29" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Time during which flares must be displayed--Location and spacing of flares--Removal of vehicle--Violation as misdemeanor--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-30" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Subsequent violations of flare requirements--Revocation of license.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-31" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-31" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont"> to 32-17-41. Repealed by SL 1974, ch 219, § 24.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-42" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Blue lights on emergency vehicles--Driver duty and liability--Authorization to use lights--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-43" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-43</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Exemption of towed highway maintenance vehicles.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-44" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-44</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Command post vehicle to be equipped with green light.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-45" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-45</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Red and blue lights authorized for law enforcement officers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-46" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-46</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Warning light on certain slow-moving vehicles during darkness--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-47" rel="noopener"><span class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">32-17-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s990df8e6f4294a589ade03f1c1381d0eDefaultParagraphFont">    Flashing lights required on certain animal-drawn vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054604Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054604SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054604CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054604Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054604DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054604000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054604SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054604SCL-000002 { 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="s2054604Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-1"><span class="s2054604SENU">32-17-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054604SENU">. </span><span class="s2054604CL">Headlamps required--Exceptions--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054604Normal-000000"><span class="s2054604DefaultParagraphFont">Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, road roller, road machinery, or farm tractor shall be equipped with at least two headlamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054604Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054604000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054604Normal"><span class="s2054604SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054604SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (2); SL 1957, ch 226; SL 1974, ch 219, § 19; SL 1989, ch 255, § 42.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES32-17-2 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 32-17-2 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 32-17-2"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 32-17-2. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1984, ch 228, &#167;&nbsp;2.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES32-17-3 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 32-17-3 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 32-17-3"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 32-17-3. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1998, ch 189, &#167;&nbsp;1.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054607Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054607SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054607CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054607Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054607DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054607000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054607SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054607SCL-000002 { 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="s2054607Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054607SENU">32-17-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054607SENU">. </span><span class="s2054607CL">Periods during which lamps must be lighted--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054607Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054607DefaultParagraphFont">Each motor vehicle on a highway during the period from sunset to sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible any person on the highway at a distance of two hundred feet ahead, shall be equipped with lighted front and rear lamps for the different classes of motor vehicles as respectively required in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-1"><span class="s2054607DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054607DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-26"><span class="s2054607DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054607DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive. If a motor vehicle is parked or stopped on a highway, such motor vehicle shall be equipped with lighted front and rear lamps as required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-27"><span class="s2054607DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-27</span></a><span class="s2054607DefaultParagraphFont">. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054607Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054607000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054607Normal"><span class="s2054607SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054607SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (1); SL 1989, ch 255, § 58; SL 2018, ch 193, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054608Normal { 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.s2054608SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054608CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054608Normal-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.s2054608DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054608Normal-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.s2054608000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054608SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054608SCL-000003 { 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="s2054608Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4.1"><span class="s2054608SENU">32-17-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054608SENU">. </span><span class="s2054608CL">Circumstances exempting law enforcement officers from use of motor vehicle lights.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054608Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054608DefaultParagraphFont">The requirements of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054608DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054608DefaultParagraphFont"> do not apply to a law enforcement officer, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=23-3-27"><span class="s2054608DefaultParagraphFont">23-3-27</span></a><span class="s2054608DefaultParagraphFont">, while operating a motor vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise the property of the state or a political subdivision, in the performance of the officer's law enforcement duties if the officer's conduct is reasonable, and if the officer reasonably believes that operating the vehicle without lights is necessary under the circumstances to investigate a criminal violation or suspected criminal violation of state laws or rules, court orders, or municipal or county laws, ordinances, or regulations. A law enforcement officer may not operate a motor vehicle without lights under this section:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054608Normal-000001"><span class="s2054608DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    At speeds greater than what is reasonable and prudent under existing weather, road, and traffic conditions;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054608Normal-000001"><span class="s2054608DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    In situations in which the officer is an active participant in pursuing a motor vehicle; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054608Normal-000001"><span class="s2054608DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Contrary to written policies or procedures established by the law enforcement officer's employer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054608Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054608000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054608Normal"><span class="s2054608SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054608SCL-000003"> SL 1997, ch 192, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054609Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054609SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054609CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054609Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054609DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054609000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054609SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054609SCL-000002 { 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="s2054609Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-5"><span class="s2054609SENU">32-17-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054609SENU">. </span><span class="s2054609CL">Construction and adjustment of headlamps--Visibility distance--Four headlight system--High beam indicator--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054609Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054609DefaultParagraphFont">The headlamps of motor vehicles shall be so constructed, arranged, and adjusted that, except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-7"><span class="s2054609DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054609DefaultParagraphFont">, they shall at all times mentioned in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054609DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054609DefaultParagraphFont"> and under normal atmospheric conditions and on a level road produce a driving light sufficient to render clearly discernible a person two hundred feet ahead. However, headlamps may not project a glaring or dazzling light to persons in front of such headlamps. Any vehicle equipped with a four lamp headlight system shall have all lamps lighted on high beam, if such system was designed by the manufacturer to require all four headlamps be lighted, and shall have the two low beam lamps lighted on low beam when headlamps are lighted as required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054609DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054609DefaultParagraphFont">. Every motor vehicle, except those excluded in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-1"><span class="s2054609DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-1</span></a><span class="s2054609DefaultParagraphFont">, shall be equipped with a high beam indicator lamp which shall be lighted whenever the vehicle headlamps are on high beam position. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054609Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054609000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054609Normal"><span class="s2054609SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054609SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0355 (1); SL 1984, ch 228, § 3; SL 1988, ch 258; SL 1989, ch 255, § 59.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054610Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054610SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054610CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054610Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054610DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054610DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054610000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054610SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054610SCL-000003 { 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="s2054610Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-6"><span class="s2054610SENU">32-17-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054610SENU">. </span><span class="s2054610CL">Requirements respecting adjustment of headlamps--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054610Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054610DefaultParagraphFont">Headlamps shall be deemed to comply with the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-5"><span class="s2054610DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054610DefaultParagraphFont"> prohibiting glaring and dazzling lights, if none of the main bright portion of the headlamp beams rises above a horizontal plane passing through the lamp centers parallel to the level road upon which the loaded vehicle stands, and in no case higher than forty</span><span class="s2054610DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2054610DefaultParagraphFont">two inches, seventy</span><span class="s2054610DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2054610DefaultParagraphFont">five feet ahead of the vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054610Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054610000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054610Normal"><span class="s2054610SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054610SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 44.0355 (2); SL 1989, ch 255, § 60.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054611Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054611SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054611CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054611Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054611DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054611000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054611SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054611SCL-000002 { 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="s2054611Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-7"><span class="s2054611SENU">32-17-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054611SENU">. </span><span class="s2054611CL">Circumstances under which headlamps must be dimmed--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054611Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054611DefaultParagraphFont">Whenever a motor vehicle, except a moped equipped with a single beam headlamp as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-24.1"><span class="s2054611DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-24.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054611DefaultParagraphFont">, is being operated upon a highway, or a portion thereof, which is sufficiently lighted to reveal a person on the highway at a distance of two hundred feet ahead of the vehicle, the driver shall tilt the beam downward. Whenever a motor vehicle meets another vehicle or overtakes another vehicle proceeding in the same direction on any highway, the driver shall tilt the beams of the headlamps downward, provided that at all times, as required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054611DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span class="s2054611DefaultParagraphFont">, at least two lights shall be displayed on the front of and on opposite sides of every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054611Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054611000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054611Normal"><span class="s2054611SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054611SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0356; SL 1955, ch 176; SL 1978, ch 230, § 4; SL 1989, ch 255, § 61.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054612Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054612SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054612CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054612Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054612DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054612DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054612000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054612SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054612SCL-000003 { 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="s2054612Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-8"><span class="s2054612SENU">32-17-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054612SENU">. </span><span class="s2054612CL">Rear lamps required--Visibility--Combination of vehicles--Height of mounting--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054612Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont">Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer, except as otherwise provided in this section, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles shall be equipped with at least two tail lamps mounted on the rear, which when lighted as required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont"> shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of one thousand feet to the rear. However, motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers manufactured and assembled prior to July 1, 1973, shall have one tail lamp mounted on the left side of the rear which when lighted as required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont"> shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear. Motorcycles and motor driven cycles, except mopeds as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-20-1"><span class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont">32-20-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont">, shall have at least one tail lamp, which when lighted as required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont"> shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear. Mopeds shall have at least one tail lamp which when lighted as required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont"> shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of two hundred and fifty feet to the rear. Farm vehicles which are being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles may be equipped with two four</span><span class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont">inch reflectors in lieu of lighted lamps as provided in this section so as to exhibit a red light plainly visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear. On a combination of vehicles, only the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified. On vehicles with more than one tail lamp, the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable. Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than seventy</span><span class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2054612DefaultParagraphFont">two inches nor less than fifteen inches. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054612Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054612000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054612Normal"><span class="s2054612SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054612SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (4); SL 1955, ch 175; SL 1973, ch 207; SL 1974, ch 220, § 1; SL 1978, ch 230, § 5; SL 1980, ch 221; SL 1989, ch 255, § 43.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054613Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054613SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054613CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054613Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054613DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054613000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054613SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054613SCL-000002 { 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="s2054613Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-8.1"><span class="s2054613SENU">32-17-8.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054613SENU">. </span><span class="s2054613CL">Stop lamps required--Mounting--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054613Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054613DefaultParagraphFont">Except for a vehicle equipped with a slow-moving vehicle emblem in compliance with §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-15-20"><span class="s2054613DefaultParagraphFont">32-15-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054613DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-15-21"><span class="s2054613DefaultParagraphFont">32-15-21</span></a><span class="s2054613DefaultParagraphFont">, each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer shall be equipped with at least two stop lamps with at least one on each side. The side stop lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable. However, each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer manufactured and assembled before July 1, 1973, and each motorcycle and motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp. A stop lamp shall be mounted on the rear of the vehicle at a height of no more than seventy inches nor less than fifteen inches. Each stop lamp shall display a red light visible from a distance of not less than three hundred feet to the rear in normal sunlight, except for a moped, which shall be visible from a distance of not less than one hundred fifty feet. Each stop lamp shall be actuated upon application of the brake which may be incorporated with one or more rear lamps. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054613Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054613000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054613Normal"><span class="s2054613SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054613SCL-000002"> SL 1973, ch 206; SL 1974, ch 220, § 2; SL 1978, ch 230, § 6; SL 1989, ch 255, § 44; SL 2017, ch 139, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054614Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054614SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054614CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054614Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054614DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054614000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054614SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054614SCL-000002 { 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="s2054614Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-9"><span class="s2054614SENU">32-17-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054614SENU">. </span><span class="s2054614CL">Red lights on front of vehicle prohibited--Excepted vehicles--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054614Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054614DefaultParagraphFont">Except for any authorized emergency vehicle as defined by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-14-1"><span class="s2054614DefaultParagraphFont">32-14-1</span></a><span class="s2054614DefaultParagraphFont">, any person who drives or moves any vehicle upon a highway with any red light thereon visible from directly in front thereof, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054614Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054614000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054614Normal"><span class="s2054614SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054614SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.9924; SL 1967, ch 208, § 4; SL 1975, ch 206, § 1; SL 1977, ch 189, § 109; SL 1993, ch 233, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2080676Normal { 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.s2080676SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080676CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2080676Statute { 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.s2080676DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080676000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080676DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080676SCL { 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="s2080676Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-10"><span class="s2080676SENU">32-17-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080676SENU">. </span><span class="s2080676CL">Tow truck or wrecker defined--Amber or blue flashers--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080676Statute"><span class="s2080676DefaultParagraphFont">Unless the context otherwise requires, a tow truck or wrecker means any motor vehicle which is specially equipped to tow, haul, or push disabled automobiles, trucks, or tractors for commercial considerations, or operated by any person, for the purpose of towing or servicing any automobiles, trucks, or tractors owned by him. Any tow truck or wrecker may be equipped with and use an amber rotary beacon light or lights or other amber flashing or blinking light or lights of the type or similar to the type of lights used on emergency vehicles in this state. The amber lights may be used by a tow truck or wrecker only when actually engaging, towing, hauling, or pushing a disabled motor vehicle, or when ordered by a law enforcement officer for safety purposes to warn other motorists of the presence of the tow truck or wrecker. Any tow truck or wrecker may be equipped with and use a blue rotary beacon light or lights or other blue flashing or blinking light similar to the type of lights used on emergency vehicles in this state. The blue lights may be used by a tow truck or wrecker only when removing debris from a public road. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080676Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080676000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080676Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080676DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2080676SCL">SL 1967, ch 208, §§ 1 to 3; SL 1975, ch 206, § 2; SL 1978, ch 158, § 36; SL 1986, ch 257; SL 2020, ch 119, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054616Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054616SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054616CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054616CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054616Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054616DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054616000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054616SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054616SCL-000003 { 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="s2054616Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-11"><span class="s2054616SENU">32-17-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054616SENU">. </span><span class="s2054616CL">Registration plate illumination--Requirements respecting on</span><span class="s2054616CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2054616CL">off switch--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054616Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054616DefaultParagraphFont">Either the rear lamps required by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-8"><span class="s2054616DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054616DefaultParagraphFont"> or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. If the rear registration plate is illuminated by an electric lamp other than the required rear lamps, the lamps shall be turned on or off only by the same control switch at all times whenever headlamps are lighted. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054616Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054616000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054616Normal"><span class="s2054616SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054616SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (5); SL 1989, ch 255, § 45.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054617Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054617SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054617CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054617Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054617DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054617000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054617SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054617SCL-000002 { 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="s2054617Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-12"><span class="s2054617SENU">32-17-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054617SENU">. </span><span class="s2054617CL">Rear reflector required--Mounting and construction of rear reflector--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054617Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054617DefaultParagraphFont">Every new motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer hereafter sold and every commercial vehicle hereafter operated on a highway shall also carry at the rear, either as a part of the rear lamp or separately, a red reflector located at the extreme rear of the vehicle at a height not to exceed sixty inches above the ground upon which the vehicle stands, which reflector is so designed and maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred feet to fifty feet, except that on a commercial vehicle the reflector shall be visible from all distances within five hundred feet to fifty feet, when directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawfully lighted headlamps as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-5"><span class="s2054617DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054617DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-6"><span class="s2054617DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-6</span></a><span class="s2054617DefaultParagraphFont">. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054617Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054617000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054617Normal"><span class="s2054617SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054617SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (6); SL 1961, ch 231; SL 1989, ch 255, § 46.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054618Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054618SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054618CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054618Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054618DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054618DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054618000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054618SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054618SCL-000003 { 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="s2054618Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-13"><span class="s2054618SENU">32-17-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054618SENU">. </span><span class="s2054618CL">Mounting of reflectors--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054618Normal-000000"><span class="s2054618DefaultParagraphFont">Whenever in this chapter red reflectors are required upon a vehicle, every such reflector shall be maintained at a height not greater than forty</span><span class="s2054618DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2054618DefaultParagraphFont">two inches nor less than twenty</span><span class="s2054618DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054618DefaultParagraphFont">four inches above the ground upon which the vehicle stands, and every such reflector shall be so designed and maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred feet to fifty feet from such vehicle, unless a different distance is specifically required, when such reflector is directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawfully lighted headlamps as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-5"><span class="s2054618DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054618DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-6"><span class="s2054618DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-6</span></a><span class="s2054618DefaultParagraphFont">. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054618Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054618000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054618Normal"><span class="s2054618SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054618SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (7); SL 1989, ch 255, § 47.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054619Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054619SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054619CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054619Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054619DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054619000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054619SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054619SCL-000002 { 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="s2054619Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-14"><span class="s2054619SENU">32-17-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054619SENU">. </span><span class="s2054619CL">Vehicles requiring clearance lamps--Location and visibility of clearance lamps--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054619Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054619DefaultParagraphFont">Every truck, truck tractor, bus with a capacity of ten or more passengers, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer having a width at any part in excess of eighty inches shall be equipped with four clearance lamps. Two of such lamps shall be located at the extreme right and left sides of the front of such vehicle, and displaying an amber light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle, and the remaining two lamps located at the extreme right and left sides of the rear of the vehicle and displaying red lights visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle, which rear clearance lamps shall be in addition to the red lamps required in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-8"><span class="s2054619DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-8</span></a><span class="s2054619DefaultParagraphFont">. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054619Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054619000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054619Normal"><span class="s2054619SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054619SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (9); SL 1957, ch 227, § 1; SL 1959, ch 254; SL 1965, ch 197, § 1; SL 1973, ch 208; SL 1989, ch 255, § 48.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054620Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054620SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054620CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054620Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054620DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054620000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054620SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054620SCL-000002 { 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="s2054620Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-15"><span class="s2054620SENU">32-17-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054620SENU">. </span><span class="s2054620CL">Vehicles requiring identification lamps--Mounting and spacing of identification lamps--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054620Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054620DefaultParagraphFont">Every vehicle referred to in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-14"><span class="s2054620DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054620DefaultParagraphFont"> 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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054620Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054620000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054620Normal"><span class="s2054620SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054620SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (10); SL 1957, ch 227, § 2; SL 1965, ch 197, § 2; SL 1989, ch 255, § 49.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054621Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054621SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2054621Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-15.1"><span class="s2054621SENU">32-17-15.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054621SENU">. </span><span class="s2054621CL">Silage or seasonal farm trucks exempt--Gross weight--Restrictions on use.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054621Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">Any silage truck or seasonal farm truck, licensed under the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-5-97.1"><span class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">32-5-97.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont"> and having a gross vehicle weight of six to twenty tons, shall be exempt from the provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-1"><span class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-8"><span class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-11"><span class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-14"><span class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">, and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-15"><span class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-15</span></a><span class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">; provided, however, such motor vehicles shall be operated only during daylight hours and only within a twenty</span><span class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2054621DefaultParagraphFont">five mile road distance of the main entrance to the farm where such vehicle is ordinarily parked.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054621Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054621000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054621Normal"><span class="s2054621SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054621SCL-000003"> SL 1975, ch 213.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054622Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2054622Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-15.2"><span class="s2054622SENU">32-17-15.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054622SENU">. </span><span class="s2054622CL">Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt--Rear reflector required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054622Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054622DefaultParagraphFont">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 § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-12"><span class="s2054622DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-12</span></a><span class="s2054622DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054622Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054622000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054622Normal"><span class="s2054622SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054622SCL-000002"> SL 1979, ch 223, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054623Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054623SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054623CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054623Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054623DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054623000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054623SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054623SCL-000002 { 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="s2054623Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-16"><span class="s2054623SENU">32-17-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054623SENU">. </span><span class="s2054623CL">Vehicles transporting passengers for compensation as requiring clearance and identification lamps--Buses excepted--Times during which lamps must be lighted--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054623Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054623DefaultParagraphFont">Every motor propelled or motor drawn vehicle designed or used for the transportation of property or for the transportation of passengers for compensation, except buses operated entirely within municipalities when their interiors are illuminated, shall display lighted lamps at the times mentioned in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054623DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054623DefaultParagraphFont"> when and as required in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-14"><span class="s2054623DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054623DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-15"><span class="s2054623DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054623DefaultParagraphFont"> except that such lamps may be, but are not required to be, lighted when any such vehicle is upon a highway which is sufficiently illuminated by street lamps to render any person or objects visible at a distance of five hundred feet. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054623Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054623000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054623Normal"><span class="s2054623SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054623SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (8); SL 1989, ch 255, § 62.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054624Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054624SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054624CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054624Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054624DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054624DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054624Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054624000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054624SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054624SCL-000004 { 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="s2054624Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-17"><span class="s2054624SENU">32-17-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054624SENU">. </span><span class="s2054624CL">Auxiliary driving lamps--Mounting--Lighting restricted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054624Normal-000000"><span class="s2054624DefaultParagraphFont">Any motor vehicle may be equipped with up to three auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve inches nor more than twenty</span><span class="s2054624DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054624DefaultParagraphFont">four inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands, and every such auxiliary driving lamp or lamps shall meet the requirements and limitations of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-1"><span class="s2054624DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054624DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-16"><span class="s2054624DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-16</span></a><span class="s2054624DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive. A violation of this paragraph is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054624Normal-000002"><span class="s2054624DefaultParagraphFont">No auxiliary driving lamp mounted on a motor vehicle, other than a fog lamp, may be lighted at any time the lighted headlamps on the vehicle are on a low beam position. A violation of this paragraph is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054624Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054624000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054624Normal"><span class="s2054624SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054624SCL-000004"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (14); SL 1984, ch 228, § 4; SL 1990, ch 158, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054625Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054625SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054625CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054625Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054625DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054625000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054625SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054625SCL-000002 { 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="s2054625Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-18"><span class="s2054625SENU">32-17-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054625SENU">. </span><span class="s2054625CL">Turn light requirements--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054625Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054625DefaultParagraphFont">If a motor vehicle is equipped with a signal lamp to comply with the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-23"><span class="s2054625DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-23</span></a><span class="s2054625DefaultParagraphFont">, the signal lamp shall be so constructed and located on the vehicle as to give a signal, yellow or red in color, which shall be plainly visible in normal sunlight from a distance of one hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle but may not project a glaring or dazzling light. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054625Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054625000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054625Normal"><span class="s2054625SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054625SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (15); SL 1984, ch 228, § 5; SL 1989, ch 255, § 50.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054626Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054626SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054626CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054626Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054626DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054626000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054626SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054626SCL-000002 { 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="s2054626Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-19"><span class="s2054626SENU">32-17-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054626SENU">. </span><span class="s2054626CL">Spot lamps--Aiming and adjustment--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054626Normal-000000"><span class="s2054626DefaultParagraphFont">Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spot lamp and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle nor more than one hundred feet ahead of the vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054626Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054626000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054626Normal"><span class="s2054626SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054626SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (13); SL 1989, ch 255, § 63.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054627Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054627SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054627CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054627Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054627DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054627DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054627000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054627SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054627SCL-000003 { 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="s2054627Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-20"><span class="s2054627SENU">32-17-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054627SENU">. </span><span class="s2054627CL">Adjustment of other lamps--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054627Normal-000000"><span class="s2054627DefaultParagraphFont">Any device other than headlamps, spot lamps, or auxiliary driving lamps, which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than twenty</span><span class="s2054627DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2054627DefaultParagraphFont">five candle power shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the surface on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than fifty feet from the vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054627Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054627000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054627Normal"><span class="s2054627SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054627SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (16); SL 1989, ch 255, § 64.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054628Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054628SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054628CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054628Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054628DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054628000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054628SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054628SCL-000002 { 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="s2054628Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-21"><span class="s2054628SENU">32-17-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054628SENU">. </span><span class="s2054628CL">Fire vehicles exempt when equipped with other approved devices.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054628Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054628DefaultParagraphFont">Fire trucks and apparatus shall be exempt from the provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-14"><span class="s2054628DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054628DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-15"><span class="s2054628DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054628DefaultParagraphFont"> providing such fire trucks and apparatus are equipped with sirens or horns and red warning lights as provided for in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-31-4"><span class="s2054628DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-4</span></a><span class="s2054628DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054628Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054628000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054628Normal"><span class="s2054628SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054628SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (9), (10) as added by SL 1965, ch 197, §§ 1, 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054629Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054629SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054629CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054629Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054629DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054629000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054629SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054629SCL-000002 { 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="s2054629Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-22"><span class="s2054629SENU">32-17-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054629SENU">. </span><span class="s2054629CL">United States mail vehicles--Warning lights--Color--Mounting and location--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054629Normal-000000"><span class="s2054629DefaultParagraphFont">Any vehicle, operated by a person authorized to carry United States mail, may be equipped with a single rotating beacon light or lamps to warn the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in approaching, overtaking, or passing. Such equipped vehicle may display such warning in addition to any other warning signals required by this chapter. The beacon or lamps herein provided shall be used only while such vehicle is actually carrying United States mail. The beacon light shall be visible three hundred sixty degrees and be a white or amber light, or any shade of color between white and amber. The lamps used to display such warning to the front shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall display simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, or any shade of color between white and amber. The lamps used to display such warning to the rear shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and shall show simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, or any shade of color between white and amber. These warning lights shall be visible from a distance of not less than five hundred feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054629Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054629000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054629Normal"><span class="s2054629SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054629SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (18) as added by SL 1957, ch 228; SL 1988, ch 259; SL 1989, ch 255, § 51.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054630Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054630SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054630CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054630Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054630DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054630DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054630000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054630SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054630SCL-000003 { 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="s2054630Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-23"><span class="s2054630SENU">32-17-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054630SENU">. </span><span class="s2054630CL">Special lights for vehicles operated by persons with disabilities--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054630Normal-000000"><span class="s2054630DefaultParagraphFont">Any vehicle owned and operated by a person authorized by the Department of Public Safety to display a special handicapped license plate may be equipped with not to exceed two flashing lights which shall emit an amber light without glare. One such lamp may be mounted on the front and one may be mounted on the rear of such vehicle, not more than three inches from each license plate. Such lamp may be used only when such vehicle is operated by the owner thereof, when such vehicle is stopped, and when the owner</span><span class="s2054630DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2054630DefaultParagraphFont">operator of the vehicle is in need of assistance. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054630Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054630000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054630Normal"><span class="s2054630SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054630SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 as added by SL 1966, ch 134, § 2; SL 1989, ch 255, § 52; SL 2003, ch 272, § 23.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054631Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054631SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054631CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054631Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054631DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054631000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054631SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054631SCL-000002 { 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="s2054631Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-24"><span class="s2054631SENU">32-17-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054631SENU">. </span><span class="s2054631CL">Headlamps on motorcycles--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054631Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054631DefaultParagraphFont">Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlamps which shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-5"><span class="s2054631DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054631DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-6"><span class="s2054631DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-6</span></a><span class="s2054631DefaultParagraphFont">. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054631Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054631000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054631Normal"><span class="s2054631SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054631SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (3); SL 1974, ch 219, § 20; SL 1984, ch 228, § 2; SL 1989, ch 255, § 53.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054632Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054632SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054632CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054632Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054632DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054632000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054632SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054632SCL-000002 { 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="s2054632Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-24.1"><span class="s2054632SENU">32-17-24.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054632SENU">. </span><span class="s2054632CL">Headlamps on mopeds--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054632Normal-000000"><span class="s2054632DefaultParagraphFont">A moped shall be equipped with a headlamp of a single beam type. The headlamp of the moped shall be of sufficient intensity to render clearly discernible a person or vehicle at a distance of not less than one hundred feet. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054632Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054632000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054632Normal"><span class="s2054632SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054632SCL-000002"> SL 1978, ch 230, § 3; SL 1989, ch 255, § 54.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054633Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054633SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054633CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054633Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054633DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054633000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054633SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054633SCL-000002 { 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="s2054633Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-25"><span class="s2054633SENU">32-17-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054633SENU">. </span><span class="s2054633CL">Bicycle lamps--Visibility and color--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054633Normal-000000"><span class="s2054633DefaultParagraphFont">Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lighted lamp on the front thereof visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least three hundred feet in front of such bicycle and shall also be equipped with a reflex mirror or lamp on the rear exhibiting a yellow or red light visible under like conditions from a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of such bicycle. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054633Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054633000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054633Normal"><span class="s2054633SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054633SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (11); SL 1989, ch 255, § 55.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054634Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054634SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054634CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054634Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054634DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054634000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054634SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054634SCL-000002 { 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="s2054634Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-26"><span class="s2054634SENU">32-17-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054634SENU">. </span><span class="s2054634CL">Lights on other vehicles--Color and visibility--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054634Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054634DefaultParagraphFont">All vehicles not required in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-1"><span class="s2054634DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054634DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-25"><span class="s2054634DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-25</span></a><span class="s2054634DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, to be equipped with specified lighted lamps shall carry one or more lighted lamps or lanterns displaying a white light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front and to the rear of such vehicle. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054634Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054634000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054634Normal"><span class="s2054634SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054634SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0352 (12); SL 1989, ch 255, § 56.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054635Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054635SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054635CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054635Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054635DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054635000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054635SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054635SCL-000002 { 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="s2054635Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-27"><span class="s2054635SENU">32-17-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054635SENU">. </span><span class="s2054635CL">Lights on parked vehicles--Color and visibility--Vehicles parked within municipality--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054635Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054635DefaultParagraphFont">Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-4"><span class="s2054635DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-4</span></a><span class="s2054635DefaultParagraphFont">, there shall be displayed upon such vehicle one or more lamps projecting a white or amber light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle and projecting red light visible under like conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, except that no lights need be displayed upon any such vehicle when parked within the corporate limits of a municipality. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054635Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054635000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054635Normal"><span class="s2054635SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054635SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0351; SL 1961, ch 230; SL 1963, ch 264; SL 1965, ch 196; SL 1989, ch 255, § 65.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES32-17-27.1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 32-17-27.1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 32-17-27.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 32-17-27.1. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1989, ch 255, &#167;&nbsp;41.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054637Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054637SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054637CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054637Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054637DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054637DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054637000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054637SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054637SCL-000003 { 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="s2054637Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-28"><span class="s2054637SENU">32-17-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054637SENU">. </span><span class="s2054637CL">Vehicles required to be equipped with portable flares, lights or reflectors--Visibility--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054637Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054637DefaultParagraphFont">Every motor truck, tractor, truck tractor, farm tractor, road tractor, or road patrol, or any and all combinations thereof, including trailers and semitrailers, and all vehicles exceeding a width at any point of eighty inches operated on the public highways of this state whether operated for commercial purposes or otherwise, shall be equipped at all times with at least three portable flares, or red electric lights, or red reflectors, or emergency reflective triangles, in workable condition which, when lighted and placed as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-29"><span class="s2054637DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-29</span></a><span class="s2054637DefaultParagraphFont">, are plainly visible for a distance of five hundred feet. No flame</span><span class="s2054637DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054637DefaultParagraphFont">producing flare or emergency signal may be used when the vehicle is transporting explosives, flammable liquids, flammable gases, or when the vehicle is a cargo tank used for transporting such flammable products. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent violation is subject to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-30"><span class="s2054637DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-30</span></a><span class="s2054637DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054637Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054637000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054637Normal"><span class="s2054637SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054637SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 44.0353; SL 1939, ch 171; SL 1974, ch 219, § 21; SL 1984, ch 228, § 6; SL 1989, ch 255, § 67.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054638Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054638SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054638CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054638Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054638DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054638Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054638000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054638SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054638SCL-000003 { 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="s2054638Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-29"><span class="s2054638SENU">32-17-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054638SENU">. </span><span class="s2054638CL">Time during which flares must be displayed--Location and spacing of flares--Removal of vehicle--Violation as misdemeanor--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054638Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054638DefaultParagraphFont">Every operator of a motor truck, tractor, truck tractor, farm tractor, road tractor, or road patrol, or any combination thereof, including trailers and semitrailers, and all vehicles exceeding a width at any point of eighty inches, shall, immediately upon bringing his vehicle to a stop upon the traveled portions of any public highway, place three flares, red electric lights, red reflectors, or emergency reflective triangles on the roadway. If traffic on the roadway moves in two directions, one of these devices shall be placed at least one hundred feet in the front, one at least one hundred feet to the rear, and one alongside the stopped vehicle. Upon a one-way roadway or divided highway, one of these devices shall be placed at least one hundred feet to the rear, one at least two hundred feet to the rear, and one alongside the stopped vehicle. The flares, red electric lights, red reflectors, or emergency reflective triangles shall be of such type of construction as will furnish continuous light for a period from sunset to sunrise at all times of the year. It is the responsibility of the driver or the person in charge of the vehicle to remove the vehicle in the most expeditious manner. Any vehicle found parked in violation of this section may be immediately removed to a place of safekeeping as directed by a police officer. Any vehicle removed pursuant to this section shall be disposed of as directed by §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-30-15"><span class="s2054638DefaultParagraphFont">32-30-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054638DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-30-18"><span class="s2054638DefaultParagraphFont">32-30-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054638DefaultParagraphFont">. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent violation is subject to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-30"><span class="s2054638DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-30</span></a><span class="s2054638DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054638Normal-000001"><span class="s2054638DefaultParagraphFont">This section does not apply if the stopping is momentary, in obedience to an intersection stoplight, or conforming to the movement of a line of traffic or within the corporate limits of a municipality.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054638Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054638000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054638Normal"><span class="s2054638SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054638SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 44.0354; SL 1939, ch 172; SL 1953, ch 235; SL 1980, ch 222; SL 1980, ch 223; SL 1984, ch 228, § 7; SL 1989, ch 255, § 68; SL 1989, ch 256, § 13.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054639Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054639SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054639CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054639Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054639DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054639000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054639SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054639SCL-000002 { 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="s2054639Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-30"><span class="s2054639SENU">32-17-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054639SENU">. </span><span class="s2054639CL">Subsequent violations of flare requirements--Revocation of license.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054639Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054639DefaultParagraphFont">If a person violates § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-28"><span class="s2054639DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054639DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-29"><span class="s2054639DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054639DefaultParagraphFont"> more than once, the court may impose as an additional penalty the revoking of any permit or license, or both, which the person so convicted holds pertaining to ownership or operation of motor vehicles.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054639Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054639000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054639Normal"><span class="s2054639SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054639SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.9918; SL 1976, ch 158, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-6"><span class="s2054639SCL-000002">43-6</span></a><span class="s2054639SCL-000002">; SL 1989, ch 255, § 66.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES32-17-31 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 32-17-31 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 32-17-31"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 32-17-31 to 32-17-41. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1974, ch 219, &#167;&nbsp;24.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 32-17-42 - Blue lights on emergency vehicles--Driver duty and liability--Authorization to use lights--Penalty."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 32-17-42 - Blue lights on emergency vehicles--Driver duty and liability--Authorization to use lights--Penalty."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/32-17-42"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-42" rel="noopener"><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4SENU">32-17-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4SENU">. </span><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4CL">Blue lights on emergency vehicles--Driver duty and liability--Authorization to use lights--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4Statute"><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">A motor vehicle may be equipped with blue lights if it is:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Authorized by the Department of Transportation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A tow truck or wrecker as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-17-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-10</span></a><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4StatuteNumber1"><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Operated by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4StatuteNumber2"><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    A member of a fire department or search and rescue unit; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4StatuteNumber2"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    An ambulance operator who meets the requirements of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-12.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">34-11-12.3</span></a><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4Statute"><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">This provision does not relieve the driver of the vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the street, nor does it protect the driver from the consequence of a reckless disregard for the safety of others.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4Statute"><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">No person may use a blue light unless the person is authorized by this chapter and is operating a Department of Transportation vehicle or a county highway vehicle in performance of winter highway maintenance duties, or the person is actually en route to the scene of a fire or other emergency requiring the person's services and the person has been authorized in writing to use a blue light. Authorization for use of a blue light in accordance with this chapter may be given by the Department of Transportation, the highway patrol, a county highway superintendent, the chief of a fire department, the coordinator of a search and rescue unit, or the director of an ambulance service, and only to members of the department or service who are in good standing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4Statute"><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont">The use of a blue light in violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s11c5cd51a6554315bc5f146753d52ac4SCL">SL 1968, ch 179; SL 1974, ch 219, § 22; SL 1978, ch 158, § 37; SL 1986, ch 258; SL 1993, ch 234, § 1; SL 2014, ch 150, § 1; SL 2020, ch 119, § 2; SL 2022, ch 97, § 1; SL 2025, ch 128, § 1; SL 2026, ch 136, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054642Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054642SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054642CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054642Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054642DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054642000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054642SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054642SCL-000002 { 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="s2054642Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-43"><span class="s2054642SENU">32-17-43</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054642SENU">. </span><span class="s2054642CL">Exemption of towed highway maintenance vehicles.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054642Normal-000000"><span class="s2054642DefaultParagraphFont">A vehicle used primarily for the maintenance of highways and drawn by another vehicle equipped and operated with flashing yellow lights is exempt from the provisions of this chapter when operated during daylight hours.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054642Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054642000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054642Normal"><span class="s2054642SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054642SCL-000002"> SL 1985, ch 254.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054643SCL-000002 { 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="s2054643Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-44"><span class="s2054643SENU">32-17-44</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054643SENU">. </span><span class="s2054643CL">Command post vehicle to be equipped with green light.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054643Normal-000000"><span class="s2054643DefaultParagraphFont">Any vehicle used as a command post at the site of any accident or emergency incident involving any hazard may be equipped with one green rotating beacon light to be visible 360 degrees.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054643Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054643000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054643Normal"><span class="s2054643SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054643SCL-000002"> SL 1989, ch 269.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054644SCL-000002 { 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="s2054644Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-45"><span class="s2054644SENU">32-17-45</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054644SENU">. </span><span class="s2054644CL">Red and blue lights authorized for law enforcement officers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054644Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054644DefaultParagraphFont">Any law enforcement officer may operate a police vehicle with a combination of red lights as provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-31-4"><span class="s2054644DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054644DefaultParagraphFont"> and blue lights as described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-42"><span class="s2054644DefaultParagraphFont">32-17-42</span></a><span class="s2054644DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054644Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054644000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054644Normal"><span class="s2054644SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054644SCL-000002"> SL 1993, ch 233, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054645Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054645SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054645CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054645CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054645Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054645DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054645DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054645000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054645SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054645SCL-000004 { 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="s2054645Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-46"><span class="s2054645SENU">32-17-46</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054645SENU">. </span><span class="s2054645CL">Warning light on certain slow</span><span class="s2054645CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2054645CL">moving vehicles during darkness--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054645Normal-000001"><span class="s2054645DefaultParagraphFont">No vehicle that is required to display a slow</span><span class="s2054645DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054645DefaultParagraphFont">moving vehicle emblem pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-15-20"><span class="s2054645DefaultParagraphFont">32-15-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054645DefaultParagraphFont"> may be operated during the period of day between one</span><span class="s2054645DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054645DefaultParagraphFont">half hour after sunset and one</span><span class="s2054645DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054645DefaultParagraphFont">half hour before sunrise on the following day on any public highway unless the vehicle has a flashing or rotating white or amber warning light placed on the vehicle. The warning light shall be clearly visible to motorists approaching from the rear. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054645Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054645000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054645Normal"><span class="s2054645SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054645SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 182, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-17 - VEHICLE LIGHTS AND FLARES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054646Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054646SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054646CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054646Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054646DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054646000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054646SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054646SCL-000002 { 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="s2054646Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-17-47"><span class="s2054646SENU">32-17-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054646SENU">. </span><span class="s2054646CL">Flashing lights required on certain animal-drawn vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054646Normal-000000"><span class="s2054646DefaultParagraphFont">Any animal-drawn vehicle operating on a highway during the period from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render the vehicle clearly discernible to any person on the highway at a distance of two hundred feet ahead, shall be equipped with a flashing amber light that is visible from the front of the vehicle and a red flashing light visible from the rear of the vehicle. The red flashing light shall have a minimum diameter of four inches with at least three square inches of surface. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054646Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054646000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054646Normal"><span class="s2054646SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054646SCL-000002"> SL 2016, ch 164, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>