32-14-11. Occupation of towed house trailer or recreational vehicle as petty offense--Exception.
No person may occupy a house trailer or a recreational vehicle as defined by subdivision 32-3-1(18) while it is being towed. A violation of this section is a petty offense. This section does not apply to a recreational vehicle being towed by a truck, truck tractor, or pickup with a fifth-wheel device, if the recreational vehicle is equipped with safety glazing materials wherever glazing materials are used in windows or doors, with an audible or visual signaling device which a passenger inside the recreational vehicle can use to gain the attention of the motor vehicle driver, and with at least one unobstructed exit capable of being opened from both the interior and exterior of the recreational vehicle. The requirement for safety glazing materials does not apply to vehicles manufactured prior to July 1, 1977.
Source: SL 1970, ch 175, §4; SL 1977, ch 259; SL 1978, ch 158, §29; SL 1987, ch 29, §15.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 14 - Traffic Regulation Generally
Section 32-14-1 - Definitions.
Section 32-14-2 - Applicability to drivers of publicly owned vehicles--Exceptions.
Section 32-14-4 - Regulation of speed in public parks.
Section 32-14-5 - Traffic control devices--One-way traffic--Processions and assemblages.
Section 32-14-8 - Road construction vehicles excepted--Traveling to and from road work.
Section 32-14-9 - Conditions imposed by owner upon permissive use of private property.
Section 32-14-12 - Certain maintenance vehicles exempt from overwidth restrictions.
Section 32-14-13 - Golf cart defined.
Section 32-14-16 - Golf cart ordinances authorized in municipalities and improvement districts.