32-31-4. Speed limits inapplicable under specified conditions.
The speed limit set out in §§32-25-1.1 to 32-25-17, inclusive, does not apply to any authorized emergency vehicle responding to an emergency call if the driver sounds an audible siren or air horn or both or displays flashing, oscillating, or rotating beams of red light or combinations of red, blue, or white light visible one hundred eighty degrees to the front of the vehicle. The lights shall be capable of warning the public of the presence of an emergency vehicle under normal atmospheric conditions. The speed limit set out in §§32-25-1.1 to 32-25-17, inclusive, does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles operated by law enforcement officers who are measuring the speed of other vehicles by use of the emergency vehicle speedometer. Moreover, the driver of an ambulance who has been certified pursuant to §34-11-6 may operate the emergency vehicle in excess of the speed limit without audible signals while operating outside the city limits of a municipality.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0308; SL 1941, ch 187, §3; SL 1955, ch 168; SL 1959, ch 251, §1; SDC Supp 1960, §44.0303; SL 1963, ch 254; SL 1975, ch 210, §1; SL 1981, ch 248; SL 1988, ch 266; SL 1993, ch 234, §2; SL 1994, ch 265; SL 2007, ch 186, §2.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 31 - Emergency Vehicles
Section 32-31-1 - Emergency vehicle--Traffic regulations.
Section 32-31-2 - Particular regulations which may be disregarded.
Section 32-31-3 - Use of emergency signals required.
Section 32-31-4 - Speed limits inapplicable under specified conditions.
Section 32-31-5 - Duty of operator to use care--Liability for recklessness.
Section 32-31-6.2 - Causing an accident--Stopped emergency vehicle--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-31-7 - Following fire apparatus as misdemeanor--Minimum following or parking distance.
Section 32-31-8 - Driving over fire hose prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.