32-17-29. Time during which flares must be displayed--Location and spacing of flares--Removal of vehicle--Violation as misdemeanor--Exceptions.
Every operator of a motor truck, tractor, truck tractor, farm tractor, road tractor, or road patrol, or any combination thereof, including trailers and semitrailers, and all vehicles exceeding a width at any point of eighty inches, shall, immediately upon bringing his vehicle to a stop upon the traveled portions of any public highway, place three flares, red electric lights, red reflectors, or emergency reflective triangles on the roadway. If traffic on the roadway moves in two directions, one of these devices shall be placed at least one hundred feet in the front, one at least one hundred feet to the rear, and one alongside the stopped vehicle. Upon a one-way roadway or divided highway, one of these devices shall be placed at least one hundred feet to the rear, one at least two hundred feet to the rear, and one alongside the stopped vehicle. The flares, red electric lights, red reflectors, or emergency reflective triangles shall be of such type of construction as will furnish continuous light for a period from sunset to sunrise at all times of the year. It is the responsibility of the driver or the person in charge of the vehicle to remove the vehicle in the most expeditious manner. Any vehicle found parked in violation of this section may be immediately removed to a place of safekeeping as directed by a police officer. Any vehicle removed pursuant to this section shall be disposed of as directed by §§32-30-15 and 32-30-18. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent violation is subject to §32-17-30.
This section does not apply if the stopping is momentary, in obedience to an intersection stoplight, or conforming to the movement of a line of traffic or within the corporate limits of a municipality.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0354; SL 1939, ch 172; SL 1953, ch 235; SL 1980, ch 222; SL 1980, ch 223; SL 1984, ch 228, §7; SL 1989, ch 255, §68; SL 1989, ch 256, §13.
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.