32-28-1. Traffic controlled by go, caution, or stop lights–Signal at place other than intersection. Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting the words go, caution, or stop, or exhibiting different colored lights successively one at a time, or with arrows, only the colors mentioned in §§32-28-2 to 32-28-5, inclusive, shall be used and […]
32-28-10. Other traffic control devices–Directions by police officer–Violation as misdemeanor. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device applicable thereto placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, and subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an […]
32-28-11. Requirement that official signal be in proper position and legible. No provision of this chapter for which signs are required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily […]
32-28-12. Control without signs where not required. Whenever a particular section of this chapter does not state that signs are required, such section shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in place. Source: SL 1963, ch 274, §1.
32-28-13. Traffic light control by law enforcement officers. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to limit, or encroach upon, the existing authority of South Dakota law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties involving traffic light control. Source: SL 1963, ch 274, §7.
32-28-15. Disruption or interference with traffic signal preemption system as misdemeanor. No person may disrupt or interfere with the traffic signal preemption system installed by any municipality, county, or other unit of local government for use by emergency vehicles to improve traffic movement by temporarily controlling signalized intersections. Any violation of this section is a […]
32-28-16. Exceptions to application of the provisions of §32-28-15. The provisions of §32-28-15 do not apply to any authorized emergency response employee who is using the system pursuant to such employment at a time when an emergency exists and there is a threat of immediate danger to life or property that reasonably requires the use […]
32-28-17. Photo monitoring devices to detect red light violations prohibited. No state, county, municipal, or township authority may contract with any private corporation to provide for the use of any photo monitoring device to detect any red light violation. Source: SL 2014, ch 154, §1.
32-28-18. Photo monitoring device defined. For the purposes of §32-28-17, the term, photo monitoring device, means a stationary, unmanned device used with a lighted traffic control device to detect a red light violation combined with a photographic identification of the vehicle which results in the issuance of a citation against the registrant, rather than the […]
32-28-19. General law of state. Sections 32-28-17 and 32-28-18 constitute a general law of the state within the meaning of S.D. Const., Article IX, §2. Source: SL 2014, ch 154, §3.
32-28-2. Meaning of green or “go” signal–Vehicular traffic–Pedestrians. A green light alone or “go” shall indicate that: (1)Vehicular traffic facing the signal may proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either such turn. But vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left, shall yield the right-of-way to […]
32-28-20. Definitions regarding limitations on interstate compacts relating to red light and speed cameras. Terms used in §§32-28-21 and 32-28-22 mean: (1)”Interstate compact,” a voluntary arrangement between two or more states that becomes the law of each state; (2)”Red light camera,” an automated camera used to capture an image of a vehicle entering an intersection […]
32-28-21. Prohibition on interstate compacts to provide information to impose or collect civil fine for violation captured by red light or speed camera. The Department of Public Safety and the Division of Motor Vehicles shall not enter into any compact to provide to another state, or governmental entity located in another state, information used to […]
32-28-22. Restriction on providing information to impose or collect civil fine for violation captured by red light or speed camera pursuant to interstate compact. The Department of Public Safety and the Division of Motor Vehicles shall not provide information used to impose or collect a civil fine that results from a violation captured by a […]
32-28-3. Meaning of steady yellow light–Vehicular traffic–Pedestrians. A steady yellow light alone shall indicate that: (1)Vehicular traffic facing the signal is thereby warned that the red or stop signal will be exhibited immediately thereafter and such vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection when the red or stop signal is exhibited; (2)Pedestrians facing such signal […]
32-28-4. Meaning of steady red light or stop signal–Vehicular traffic–Right turn on red. A steady red light alone or stop shall indicate that: (1)Vehicular traffic facing the signal shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then before entering the intersection and shall remain standing until green […]
32-28-4.1. Left turn on red–Local option–Violation of restrictions as misdemeanor. The governing body of a municipality may authorize by ordinance, adopted pursuant to chapter 9-19, a motor vehicle to make a left-hand turn from an intersection after stopping in obedience to a red or stop signal as defined in §32-28-4. This left-hand turn may only […]
32-28-5. Meaning of steady red light with green arrow–Vehicular traffic–Pedestrians. A steady red light with green arrow shall indicate that: (1)Vehicular traffic facing such signal may cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by such arrow but shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully […]
32-28-6. Flashing red or yellow signal–Violation as misdemeanor. If an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a traffic sign or signal, vehicular traffic shall obey such signal as provided by §§32-28-7 and 32-28-8. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1963, ch 274, §3; SL 1989, ch […]
32-28-7. Meaning of flashing red signal–Violation as misdemeanor. If a red lens is illuminated with rapid intermittent flashes, drivers of vehicles shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk at an intersection or at a limit line when marked, or, if none, then before entering the intersection, and the right to proceed is subject to the […]
