32-31-7. Following fire apparatus as misdemeanor--Minimum following or parking distance.
It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for the driver of any vehicle other than one on official business to follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm closer than five hundred feet or to drive into or park such vehicle within the block where the fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0320; SL 1959, ch 252, §1; SL 1978, ch 158, §60.
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.