32-29-7. Posting of dangerous grade crossings--Stop required of all vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.
The Department of Transportation and local authorities with the approval of the Transportation Commission may designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs thereat. If such signs are erected, the driver of any vehicle shall stop within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall proceed only upon exercising due care. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0305; SL 1965, ch 193; SL 1970, ch 175, §28; SL 1989, ch 255, §198.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Section 32-29-1 - Indication of right-of-way by stop or yield signs.
Section 32-29-2 - Stop and yield signs to designate through highways--Visibility at night.
Section 32-29-2.1 - Action required at stop sign--Place of stopping--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-29-11 - Location of mandatory brake checks--Failure to stop as misdemeanor.