<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS 32-29 REQUIRED STOPS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 32-29 REQUIRED STOPS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 32-29"> </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: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 32-29 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> REQUIRED STOPS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=32-29-1">32-29-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Indication of right-of-way by stop or yield signs. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=32-29-2">32-29-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Stop and yield signs to designate through highways--Visibility at night. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=32-29-2.1">32-29-2.1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Action required at stop sign--Place of stopping--Violation as misdemeanor. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A 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xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055084Normal { 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.s2055084SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055084CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055084CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055084Normal-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.s2055084DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055084DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055084000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055084SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055084SCL-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="s2055084Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-1"><span class="s2055084SENU">32-29-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055084SENU">. </span><span class="s2055084CL">Indication of right</span><span class="s2055084CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2055084CL">of</span><span class="s2055084CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2055084CL">way by stop or yield signs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055084Normal-000001"><span class="s2055084DefaultParagraphFont">Preferential right</span><span class="s2055084DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2055084DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span class="s2055084DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055084DefaultParagraphFont">way at an intersection may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs as authorized in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-2"><span class="s2055084DefaultParagraphFont">32-29-2</span></a><span class="s2055084DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055084Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055084000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055084Normal"><span class="s2055084SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055084SCL-000004"> SL 1961, ch 225, § 2 (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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055085Normal { 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.s2055085SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055085CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055085Normal-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.s2055085DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055085000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055085SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055085SCL-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="s2055085Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-2"><span class="s2055085SENU">32-29-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055085SENU">. </span><span class="s2055085CL">Stop and yield signs to designate through highways--Visibility at night.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055085Normal-000000"><span class="s2055085DefaultParagraphFont">The Department of Transportation with reference to state highways and local authorities with reference to highways under their jurisdiction may designate main traveled or through highways by erecting at the entrances thereto from intersecting highways stop or yield signs. All such signs shall be illuminated at night or so placed as to be illuminated by headlights of an approaching vehicle.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055085Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055085000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055085Normal"><span class="s2055085SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055085SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0321; SL 1957, ch 220; SL 1961, ch 225, § 1; SL 1965, ch 194; SL 1970, ch 175, § 24; SL 1980, ch 211, § 9.</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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055086Normal { 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.s2055086SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055086CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055086Normal-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.s2055086DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055086DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055086000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055086SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055086SCL-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="s2055086Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-2.1"><span class="s2055086SENU">32-29-2.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055086SENU">. </span><span class="s2055086CL">Action required at stop sign--Place of stopping--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055086Normal-000000"><span class="s2055086DefaultParagraphFont">Unless directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop intersection indicated by a stop sign shall come to a full stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. After having stopped, the driver shall yield the right</span><span class="s2055086DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2055086DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span class="s2055086DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2055086DefaultParagraphFont">way to any vehicle which has entered or is approaching the intersection from another highway and may not proceed into the intersection until certain that such intersecting roadway is free from oncoming traffic which may affect safe passage. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055086Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055086000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055086Normal"><span class="s2055086SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055086SCL-000003"> SL 1970, ch 175, § 25; SL 1989, ch 255, § 194.</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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055087Normal { 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.s2055087SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055087CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055087Normal-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.s2055087DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055087000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055087SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055087SCL-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="s2055087Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-2.2"><span class="s2055087SENU">32-29-2.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055087SENU">. </span><span class="s2055087CL">Stop required before entering from alley, building or private road--Place of stopping--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055087Normal-000000"><span class="s2055087DefaultParagraphFont">The driver of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building, private road, or driveway within a business or residence district shall stop such vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across such alley, building entrance, road, or driveway, or if there is no sidewalk area, shall stop at the point nearest the street to be entered where the driver has a view of approaching traffic thereon. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055087Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055087000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055087Normal"><span class="s2055087SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055087SCL-000002"> SL 1970, ch 175, § 29, § 3; SL 1989, ch 255, § 195.</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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055088Normal { 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.s2055088SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055088CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055088Normal-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.s2055088DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055088DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055088Normal-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.s2055088000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055088SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055088SCL-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="s2055088Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-3"><span class="s2055088SENU">32-29-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055088SENU">. </span><span class="s2055088CL">Duty when approaching yield sign--Pedestrians--Violation as misdemeanor--Collision prima facie evidence of failure to yield.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055088Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont">The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall in obedience to the sign slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions, or shall stop if necessary in a similar manner as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-2.1"><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont">32-29-2.1</span></a><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont">, and shall yield the right</span><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont">way to any pedestrian legally crossing the roadway on which he is driving, and to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another highway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard. The driver, having so yielded, may proceed and the drivers of all other vehicles approaching the intersection shall yield to the vehicle so proceeding. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055088Normal-000002"><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont">However, if the driver is involved in a collision with a pedestrian in a crosswalk or a vehicle in the intersection after driving past a yield sign without stopping, the collision is prima facie evidence of his failure to yield the right</span><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2055088DefaultParagraphFont">way.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055088Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055088000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055088Normal"><span class="s2055088SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055088SCL-000004"> SL 1961, ch 225, § 2 (2); SL 1989, ch 255, § 196; SL 1989, ch 256, § 26.</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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055089Normal { 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.s2055089SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055089CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055089Normal-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.s2055089DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055089000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055089SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055089SCL-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="s2055089Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-4"><span class="s2055089SENU">32-29-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055089SENU">. </span><span class="s2055089CL">Stop required at railroad grade crossing when warning given--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055089Normal-000000"><span class="s2055089DefaultParagraphFont">If any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing and a law enforcement officer or a clearly visible or audible signal gives warning of the immediate approach of a railway train or car or other on-track equipment, the driver shall bring the vehicle to a complete stop within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of the railroad and may not proceed until the driver can do so safely. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055089Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055089000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055089Normal"><span class="s2055089SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055089SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0304; SL 1970, ch 175, § 26; SL 1989, ch 255, § 197; SL 2013, ch 149, § 1; SL 2017, ch 143, § 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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055090Normal { 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.s2055090SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055090CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055090Normal-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.s2055090DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055090000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055090SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055090SCL-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="s2055090Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-5"><span class="s2055090SENU">32-29-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055090SENU">. </span><span class="s2055090CL">Vehicles required to stop at all grade crossings--Shifting gears while crossing--Misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055090Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055090DefaultParagraphFont">The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, any school bus carrying passengers, any vehicle carrying passengers owned or operated by a nonprofit organization that requires inspection pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-21-3.1"><span class="s2055090DefaultParagraphFont">32-21-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055090DefaultParagraphFont">, or any vehicle carrying explosive substances or combustible or flammable liquid as a cargo or part of a cargo, before crossing at grade any track of a railroad, except where a police officer or traffic control signal directs traffic to proceed or the track is nonoperational and is marked with a supplemental sign as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-28-7"><span class="s2055090DefaultParagraphFont">31-28-7</span></a><span class="s2055090DefaultParagraphFont">, shall stop such vehicle within fifty feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and may not proceed until he has ascertained that he can do so safely. After stopping and upon proceeding, the driver of the vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity of changing gears while traversing the crossing and may not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks. This section does not apply to a driver of a taxicab or limousine. Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055090Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055090000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055090Normal"><span class="s2055090SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055090SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, §§ 28.0903, 28.9904; SL 1967, ch 114; SL 1970, ch 175, § 27; SL 1981, ch 228, § 2; SL 1992, ch 227.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS 32-29-6 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 32-29-6 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 32-29-6"> </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 --> 32-29-6. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1970, ch 175, &#167;&nbsp;40.<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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055092Normal { 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.s2055092SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055092CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055092Normal-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.s2055092DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055092000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055092SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055092SCL-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="s2055092Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-7"><span class="s2055092SENU">32-29-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055092SENU">. </span><span class="s2055092CL">Posting of dangerous grade crossings--Stop required of all vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055092Normal-000000"><span class="s2055092DefaultParagraphFont">The Department of Transportation and local authorities with the approval of the Transportation Commission may designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs thereat. If such signs are erected, the driver of any vehicle shall stop within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall proceed only upon exercising due care. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055092Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055092000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055092Normal"><span class="s2055092SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055092SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0305; SL 1965, ch 193; SL 1970, ch 175, § 28; SL 1989, ch 255, § 198.</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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055093Normal { 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.s2055093SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055093CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055093CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055093Normal-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.s2055093DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055093DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055093000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055093SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055093SCL-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="s2055093Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-8"><span class="s2055093SENU">32-29-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055093SENU">. </span><span class="s2055093CL">Construction and low</span><span class="s2055093CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2055093CL">clearance vehicles required to take special precautions at grade crossings--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055093Normal-000001"><span class="s2055093DefaultParagraphFont">No person may operate or move any crawler type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of ten or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than one</span><span class="s2055093DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055093DefaultParagraphFont">half inch per foot of the distance between any two adjacent axles or in any event of less than nine inches, measured above the level surface of a roadway, upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-9"><span class="s2055093DefaultParagraphFont">32-29-9</span></a><span class="s2055093DefaultParagraphFont">. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055093Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055093000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055093Normal"><span class="s2055093SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055093SCL-000004"> SL 1970, ch 175, § 29, § 1; SL 1989, ch 255, § 237.</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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055094Normal { 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.s2055094SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055094CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055094Normal-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.s2055094DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055094000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055094SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055094SCL-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="s2055094Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-9"><span class="s2055094SENU">32-29-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055094SENU">. </span><span class="s2055094CL">Notice and precautions required of equipment operators making crossings--Warning signal--Flagman--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055094Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055094DefaultParagraphFont">Before making any crossing the person operating or moving any vehicle or equipment described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-8"><span class="s2055094DefaultParagraphFont">32-29-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055094DefaultParagraphFont"> shall give reasonable notice to the station agent of the railroad owning the tracks of the intended crossing to allow the railroad to provide proper protection at the crossing. Before making any crossing the person operating or moving the vehicle or equipment shall first stop the vehicle or equipment not less than fifteen feet nor more than fifty feet from the nearest rail of the railroad and while so stopping shall listen and look in both directions along the track for any approaching railway train or car or other on-track equipment and for signals indicating the approach of a railway train or car or other on-track equipment, and may not proceed until the crossing can be made safely. No crossing may be made when warning is given by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagman or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railway train or car or other on-track equipment. If a flagman is provided by the railroad, movement over the crossing shall be under the flagman's direction. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055094Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055094000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055094Normal"><span class="s2055094SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055094SCL-000002"> SL 1970, ch 175, § 29, § 2; SL 1984, ch 216, § 7; SL 1989, ch 255, § 199; SL 2017, ch 143, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS 32-29-10 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 32-29-10 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 32-29-10"> </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 --> 32-29-10. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1989, ch 255, &#167;&nbsp;188.<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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055096Normal { 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.s2055096SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055096CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055096Normal-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.s2055096DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055096DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055096000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055096SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055096SCL-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="s2055096Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-11"><span class="s2055096SENU">32-29-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055096SENU">. </span><span class="s2055096CL">Location of mandatory brake checks--Failure to stop as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055096Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055096DefaultParagraphFont">The transportation commission may, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2055096DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2055096DefaultParagraphFont">, adopt rules designating the location of mandatory turnouts where operators of motor vehicles over twenty</span><span class="s2055096DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2055096DefaultParagraphFont">six thousand pounds shall stop and check the vehicle brakes. The location of the mandatory turnout shall be conspicuously signed. The failure to stop at a conspicuously signed mandatory brake check turnout is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055096Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055096000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055096Normal"><span class="s2055096SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055096SCL-000003"> SL 1987, ch 238.</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 32-29 - REQUIRED STOPS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055097Normal { 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.s2055097SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055097CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055097Normal-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.s2055097DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055097Normal-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; } p.s2055097Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2055097000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055097SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055097SCL-000004 { 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="s2055097Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-12"><span class="s2055097SENU">32-29-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055097SENU">. </span><span class="s2055097CL">Requirements for commercial motor vehicles approaching railroad grade crossing--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055097Normal-000000"><span class="s2055097DefaultParagraphFont">The driver of any commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision 32-12A-1(5), when approaching a railroad grade crossing shall:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055097Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055097DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If not required to stop pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-5"><span class="s2055097DefaultParagraphFont">32-29-5</span></a><span class="s2055097DefaultParagraphFont">, slow down when approaching a crossing and check that the railroad tracks are clear of an approaching train before proceeding;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055097Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055097DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If not required to stop pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-29-5"><span class="s2055097DefaultParagraphFont">32-29-5</span></a><span class="s2055097DefaultParagraphFont">, stop before reaching a crossing if the railroad tracks are not clear;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055097Normal-000001"><span class="s2055097DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Refrain from proceeding through a crossing if sufficient space is not available to drive completely through the crossing without stopping; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055097Normal-000001"><span class="s2055097DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Ensure there is sufficient undercarriage clearance before negotiating a crossing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055097Normal-000002"><span class="s2055097DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of the provisions of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055097Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055097000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055097Normal"><span class="s2055097SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055097SCL-000004"> SL 2013, ch 149, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>