32-17-28. Vehicles required to be equipped with portable flares, lights or reflectors--Visibility--Violation as misdemeanor.
Every motor truck, tractor, truck tractor, farm tractor, road tractor, or road patrol, or any and all combinations thereof, including trailers and semitrailers, and all vehicles exceeding a width at any point of eighty inches operated on the public highways of this state whether operated for commercial purposes or otherwise, shall be equipped at all times with at least three portable flares, or red electric lights, or red reflectors, or emergency reflective triangles, in workable condition which, when lighted and placed as provided in §32-17-29, are plainly visible for a distance of five hundred feet. No flame-producing flare or emergency signal may be used when the vehicle is transporting explosives, flammable liquids, flammable gases, or when the vehicle is a cargo tank used for transporting such flammable products. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent violation is subject to §32-17-30.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0353; SL 1939, ch 171; SL 1974, ch 219, §21; SL 1984, ch 228, §6; SL 1989, ch 255, §67.
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.