South Dakota driving laws

“No person may operate a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.”

“Reading, selecting, or entering a telephone number or name in a mobile electronic device for the purpose of making or receiving a telephone call and using the device for the call”

“No holder of an instruction permit may use any type of wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle upon the public highways.”

“No holder of a restricted minor's permit may use any type of wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle upon the public highways.”

“Any enforcement of the prohibition of the use of a wireless communication device pursuant to the provisions of §§ 32-12-11 and 32-12-12 by a law enforcement officer shall be accomplished as a secondary action.”

“Class 2 misdemeanor: thirty days imprisonment in a county jail or five hundred dollars fine, or both.”

“There is 0.08 percent or more by weight of alcohol in that person's blood as shown by chemical analysis of that person's breath, blood, or other bodily substance;”

“It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person under the age of twenty-one to drive, operate, or be in actual physical control of any vehicle: (1) If there is physical evidence of 0.02 percent or more by weight of alcohol in the person's blood”

“No person may drive or be in actual physical control of a commercial motor vehicle while there is between 0.04 and 0.08 percent or more, by weight of alcohol in that person's blood”

“If conviction for a violation of § 32-23-1 is for a first offense, the person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and the court must revoke the person's driver license for not less than thirty days.”

“Class 1 misdemeanor: one year imprisonment in a county jail or two thousand dollars fine, or both;”

“and that person subsequently stands trial for violation of § 32-23-1 or § 32-23-21 , such refusal may be admissible into evidence at the trial.”

“If the secretary of public safety finds that the law enforcement officer complied with the law and the refusal was made by the person, the secretary shall revoke that person's license to drive and any nonresident operating privileges for one year.”

“every operator and front seat passenger of a passenger vehicle operated on a public highway in this state shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety seat belt system”

“Enforcement of this chapter by state or local law enforcement agencies shall be accomplished as a secondary action.”

“transporting a passenger who is at least five and under eighteen years of age shall assure that the passenger is wearing a properly adjusted and fastened safety seat belt system”

“Any operator of any passenger vehicle transporting a child under five years of age on the streets and highways of this state shall properly secure the child in a child passenger restraint system according to its manufacturer's instructions.”

“The requirements of this section are met if the child is under five years of age and is at least forty pounds in weight by securing the child in a seat belt.”

“Upon approaching from any direction any stopped authorized emergency vehicle making use of red visual signals meeting the requirements of this title, the driver of a motor vehicle shall come to a complete stop before reaching the stopped emergency vehicle”

“If driving on an interstate highway or other highway with two or more lanes traveling in the same direction as the vehicle, merge into the lane farthest from the vehicle at least three hundred feet before the vehicle and proceed with caution, unless otherwise directed; or”

“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”

“A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor and has a minimum fine of two hundred seventy dollars.”

“The operator of a motor vehicle approaching a school bus that has its red signal lights flashing shall make a complete stop. The stopped vehicle must be at least fifteen feet from the school bus and must remain stopped until the flashing red signal lights are extinguished.”

“when approaching a school bus that has its amber warning lights flashing, shall reduce the speed of the vehicle to fifteen miles per hour or less and proceed past the school bus with caution.”

“The operator of a motor vehicle on a highway providing two or more lanes of travel in each direction does not need to stop when approaching a school bus that is traveling in the opposite direction even though the school bus is stopped and has its red signal lights flashing.”

“The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a vehicle used and designated as a school bus which is on a different roadway”

“no person may drive a vehicle upon a street or highway at a speed in excess of sixty - five miles per hour.”

“no person may drive a vehicle upon the national system of interstate highways at a speed in excess of eighty miles per hour.”

“In urban areas which are not zoned or posted as provided in § 32-25-7 , the maximum lawful speed shall be twenty - five miles per hour.”

“When passing a school during a school recess or while children are going to or leaving school during the opening or closing hours, the maximum lawful speed shall be fifteen miles per hour.”

“accident resulting in bodily injuries or death to any person or property damage to an apparent extent of one thousand dollars or more to any one person's property or two thousand dollars per accident shall immediately, by the quickest means of communication, give notice of the accident to the nearest available law enforcement officer”

“shall forward to the Department of Public Safety, within three days after completion of the investigation of the accident, an investigator's report of the accident so reported.”

“twenty - five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident and, subject to the limit for one person, fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident,”

“and twenty - five thousand dollars because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.”

“No person under eighteen years of age may operate or ride upon a motorcycle on the public streets or highways of this state unless the person wears a protective helmet of a type meeting Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 218”

“No person may operate a motorcycle unless he is wearing an eye protective device or unless the motorcycle is equipped with a windscreen of sufficient height and design so as to provide adequate eye protection to the operator”

“no person may operate a motorcycle during the time period when headlights must be lighted while wearing an eye protective device that is tinted or shaded to reduce the light transmittance of the device to a level below thirty - five percent.”

“to operate a motorcycle during the hours of 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. if the permit holder is accompanied by a licensed motorcycle operator who is at least eighteen years of age, who has at least one year of driving experience, and who is driving another motorcycle along with the permit holder.”

“No motorcycle instruction permit holder may carry another person on the motorcycle. The permit is valid for one year.”

“Any person who is at least fourteen years of age but less than eighteen years of age applying for a South Dakota motorcycle operator's license, motorcycle restricted minor's permit, or motorcycle instruction permit”

“For any minor who has successfully completed the motorcycle safety education courses provided by § 32-20-14 and a driver education class that has been approved by the Department of Education”

“No person may operate a motorcycle between adjacent lanes of traffic, or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.”

“The operator of a motorcycle may not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken.”