<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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99Normal { text-align: center; 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.s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99HG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99HG4C { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 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content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/32-31"><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="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99Normal"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99HG4C">EMERGENCY VEHICLES</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    Emergency vehicle--Traffic regulations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    Particular regulations which may be disregarded.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    Use of emergency signals required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    Speed limits inapplicable--Conditions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    Duty of operator to use care--Liability for recklessness.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    Duty of other motorists upon approach of emergency vehicle--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-6.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-6.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    Occupying highway shoulder or stopped--Requirements for approaching vehicles--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-6.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-6.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    Occupying highway shoulder or stopped--Accident caused--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    Following fire apparatus as misdemeanor--Minimum following or parking distance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    Driving over fire hose prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-9</span></a><span class="s18606c44a1af42128996cc46039e1d99DefaultParagraphFont">. Repealed by SL 1989, ch 255, § 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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2079857Normal { 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.s2079857SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: 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class="s2079857Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-31-1"><span class="s2079857SENU">32-31-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079857SENU">. </span><span class="s2079857CL">Emergency vehicle--Traffic regulations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079857Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079857DefaultParagraphFont">The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm or when operating a funeral escort vehicle as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-26-51"><span class="s2079857DefaultParagraphFont">32-26-51</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079857DefaultParagraphFont">, may exercise the privileges set forth in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-31-2"><span class="s2079857DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079857DefaultParagraphFont">, but subject to the conditions stated in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-31-3"><span class="s2079857DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079857DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-31-5"><span class="s2079857DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-5</span></a><span class="s2079857DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079857Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079857000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079857Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079857DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2079857SCL">SDC 1939, § 44.0308 as added by SL 1967, ch 191; SL 2020, ch 125, § 7.</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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055145Normal { 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.s2055145SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055145CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055145Normal-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.s2055145DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055145Normal-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.s2055145000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055145SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055145SCL-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="s2055145Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-31-2"><span class="s2055145SENU">32-31-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055145SENU">. </span><span class="s2055145CL">Particular regulations which may be disregarded.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055145Normal-000000"><span class="s2055145DefaultParagraphFont">The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055145Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055145DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-30"><span class="s2055145DefaultParagraphFont">32-30</span></a><span class="s2055145DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055145Normal-000001"><span class="s2055145DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down as may be necessary for safe operation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055145Normal-000001"><span class="s2055145DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specified directions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055145Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055145000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055145Normal"><span class="s2055145SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055145SCL-000003"> SDC 1939, § 44.0308 as added by SL 1967, ch 191.</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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055146Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2055146Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-31-3"><span class="s2055146SENU">32-31-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055146SENU">. </span><span class="s2055146CL">Use of emergency signals required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055146Normal-000000"><span class="s2055146DefaultParagraphFont">The exemptions granted in subdivisions 32-31-2(2) and (3) to an authorized emergency vehicle apply only if the vehicle is making use of audible or visual signals meeting the requirements of law. However, the exemption granted in subdivision 32-31-2(1) to an authorized emergency vehicle applies only if the vehicle is making use of visual signals meeting the requirements of law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055146Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055146000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055146Normal"><span class="s2055146SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055146SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0308 as added by SL 1967, ch 191; SL 1989, ch 256, § 35; SL 2007, ch 186, § 1.</span></p></div></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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aNormal { 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.s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aStatute { 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.s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6a000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aNoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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 32-31-4 - Speed limits inapplicable--Conditions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 32-31-4 - Speed limits inapplicable--Conditions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/32-31-4"><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="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aSENU">32-31-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aSENU">. </span><span class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aCL">Speed limits inapplicable--Conditions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont">The speed limits set forth in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-25-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont">32-25-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-25-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont">32-25-17</span></a><span class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, do not apply to any authorized emergency vehicle responding to an emergency call if the driver sounds an audible siren or air horn, or both, or displays flashing, oscillating, or rotating beams of red light, or combinations of red, blue, or white light, visible one hundred eighty degrees to the front of the vehicle. The lights must be capable of warning the public of the presence of an emergency vehicle under normal atmospheric conditions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont">The speed limits set forth in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-25-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont">32-25-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-25-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont">32-25-17</span></a><span class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, do not apply to authorized emergency vehicles operated by law enforcement officers who are measuring the speed of other vehicles by use of the emergency vehicle speedometer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont">An ambulance operator who meets the requirements of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-12.3" rel="noopener"><span class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont">34-11-12.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont"> may operate an ambulance in excess of the speed limit without audible signals while operating outside the city limits of a municipality.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6a000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s0924daa35ccb46839efd4673200aae6aSCL">SDC 1939, § 44.0308; SL 1941, ch 187, § 3; SL 1955, ch 168; SL 1959, ch 251, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.0303; SL 1963, ch 254; SL 1975, ch 210, § 1; SL 1981, ch 248; SL 1988, ch 266; SL 1993, ch 234, § 2; SL 1994, ch 265; SL 2007, ch 186, § 2; SL 2024, ch 126, § 1; SL 2025, ch 128, § 2; SL 2026, ch 136, § 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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055148Normal { 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.s2055148SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055148CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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SL 1963, ch 254; SL 1967, ch 191.</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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055149Normal { 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.s2055149SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055149CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055149Normal-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%; 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A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055149Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055149000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055149Normal"><span class="s2055149SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055149SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0320; SL 1959, ch 252, § 1; SL 1989, ch 255, § 214; SL 2007, ch 186, § 3.</span></p></div></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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6fNormal { 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.sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6fSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6fStatuteNumber1"><span class="sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6fDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If driving on a two-lane highway, at least three hundred feet before the vehicle, slow to a speed that is at least twenty miles per hour less than the posted speed limit or five miles per hour when the speed limit is posted at twenty miles per hour or less and proceed with caution, unless otherwise directed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6fStatute"><span class="sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6fDefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor and has a minimum fine of two hundred seventy dollars.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6fNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6f000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6fNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6fDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sace0138a367b49308a2e3ba4c95f8a6fSCL">SL 1975, ch 210, § 2; SL 1989, ch 255, § 215; SL 2003, ch 173, § 1; SL 2020, ch 127, § 1; SL 2025, ch 130, § 1.</span></p></div></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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383Normal { 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.sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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 32-31-6.2 - Occupying highway shoulder or stopped--Accident caused--Penalty."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 32-31-6.2 - Occupying highway shoulder or stopped--Accident caused--Penalty."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/32-31-6.2"><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="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-6.2" rel="noopener"><span class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383SENU">32-31-6.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383SENU">. </span><span class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383CL">Occupying highway shoulder or stopped--Accident caused--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383DefaultParagraphFont">Any driver of a motor vehicle who, while violating § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-31-6.1" rel="noopener"><span class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383DefaultParagraphFont">32-31-6.1</span></a><span class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383DefaultParagraphFont">, causes an accident, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383StatuteNumber1"><span class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The accident is with a stopped emergency vehicle making use of its red visual signals; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383StatuteNumber1"><span class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The accident is with any vehicle making use of amber, yellow, or blue warning lights and the vehicle is either stopped or occupying the shoulder of the highway.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sb9a46a7db1814c59bf2d3b0185380383SCL">SL 2020, ch 127, § 2; SL 2025, ch 130, § 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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</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.s2055151SCL-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="s2055151Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-31-7"><span class="s2055151SENU">32-31-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055151SENU">. </span><span class="s2055151CL">Following fire apparatus as misdemeanor--Minimum following or parking distance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055151Normal-000000"><span class="s2055151DefaultParagraphFont">It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for the driver of any vehicle other than one on official business to follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than five hundred feet or to drive into or park such vehicle within the block where the fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055151Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055151000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055151Normal"><span class="s2055151SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055151SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 44.0320; SL 1959, ch 252, § 1; SL 1978, ch 158, § 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 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055152Normal { 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.s2055152SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055152CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055152Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055152Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055152000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055152Normal"><span class="s2055152SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055152SCL-000002"> SL 1970, ch 175, § 32; SL 1989, ch 255, § 216.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-31 - EMERGENCY VEHICLES32-31-9 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 32-31-9 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 32-31-9"> </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 --> 32-31-9. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1989, ch 255, &#167;&nbsp;213.<p> </BODY> </HTML>