32-17-15. Vehicles requiring identification lamps--Mounting and spacing of identification lamps--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
Every vehicle referred to in §32-17-14 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.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (10); SL 1957, ch 227, §2; SL 1965, ch 197, §2; SL 1989, ch 255, §49.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares
Section 32-17-1 - Headlamps required--Exceptions--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-4 - Periods during which lamps must be lighted--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-6 - Requirements respecting adjustment of headlamps--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-7 - Circumstances under which headlamps must be dimmed--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-8.1 - Stop lamps required--Mounting--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-9 - Red lights on front of vehicle prohibited--Excepted vehicles--Misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-10 - Tow truck or wrecker defined--Amber or blue flashers--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-13 - Mounting of reflectors--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-15.1 - Silage or seasonal farm trucks exempt--Gross weight--Restrictions on use.
Section 32-17-15.2 - Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt--Rear reflector required.
Section 32-17-17 - Auxiliary driving lamps--Mounting--Lighting restricted.
Section 32-17-18 - Turn light requirements--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-19 - Spot lamps--Aiming and adjustment--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-20 - Adjustment of other lamps--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-21 - Fire vehicles exempt when equipped with other approved devices.
Section 32-17-24 - Headlamps on motorcycles--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-24.1 - Headlamps on mopeds--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-25 - Bicycle lamps--Visibility and color--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-26 - Lights on other vehicles--Color and visibility--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-30 - Subsequent violations of flare requirements--Revocation of license.
Section 32-17-43 - Exemption of towed highway maintenance vehicles.
Section 32-17-44 - Command post vehicle to be equipped with green light.
Section 32-17-45 - Red and blue lights authorized for law enforcement officers.