32-18-20. Buses and trucks with air brakes--Warning signal for low air pressure--Pressure gauge--Violation as misdemeanor.
Every bus, truck, or truck tractor using compressed air for the operation of its own brakes or the brakes on any towed vehicle, shall be provided with a warning signal, other than a pressure gauge, readily audible or visible to the driver, which will operate at any time the air reservoir pressure of the vehicle is below fifty percent of the air compressor governor cut-out pressure. In addition, each such vehicle shall be equipped with a pressure gauge visible to the driver, which indicates in pounds per square inch the pressure available for braking. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1967, ch 197, §1 (j) (1); SL 1989, ch 255, §80.
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.