32-18-12. Towing vehicles with vacuum brakes--Operation of towed vehicle brakes--Independent control system--Automatic application--Violation as misdemeanor.
Every towing vehicle used to tow other vehicles equipped with vacuum brakes, in operations other than driveaway or towaway operations, shall have, in addition to the single control device required by §32-18-10, a second control device which can be used to operate the brakes on towed vehicles in emergencies. The second control shall be independent of brake air, hydraulic, and other pressure, and independent of other controls, unless the braking system be so arranged that failure of the pressure upon which the second control depends will cause the towed vehicle brakes to be applied automatically. The second control is not required to provide modulated braking. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (g) (2); SL 1989, ch 255, §75.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 18 - Brakes And Brake Fluid
Section 32-18-1 - Brakes required on particular vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-18-1.1 - Certain farm vehicles exempt.
Section 32-18-2 - Wheels on which brakes must act--Particular vehicles.
Section 32-18-3 - Trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers exempt from all-wheel requirement.
Section 32-18-4 - Towed vehicles exempt from all-wheel requirement.
Section 32-18-5 - Multiaxle trucks and truck tractors exempt from all-wheel requirement.
Section 32-18-6 - Motorcycles exempt from all-wheel requirement.
Section 32-18-7 - Service brakes required--Exceptions--Adequacy--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-18-9 - Testing of brakes.
Section 32-18-13 - Parking brakes--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-18-14 - Capability of parking brake--Parking brake assisted by service brake.
Section 32-18-15 - Continuing application of parking brake.
Section 32-18-16 - Use of same braking mechanism for service and parking brakes.
Section 32-18-19 - Buses and trucks with air brakes--Reservoir--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-18-22 - Low vacuum warning signal--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-18-24 - Check valve required on air or vacuum reservoirs--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-18-26 - Maintenance and adjustment of brakes--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-18-27 - Brake inspection of motor-driven cycle.
Section 32-18-28 - Denying registration to noncomplying cycles.
Section 32-18-29 - Definition of hydraulic brake fluid.
Section 32-18-30 - Distribution and service of hydraulic brake fluid.