Section 32-28-11 – Requirement that official signal be in proper position and legible.
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 […]
Section 32-28-12 – Control without signs where not required.
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.
Section 32-28-13 – Traffic light control by law enforcement officers.
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.
Section 32-28-15 – Disruption or interference with traffic signal preemption system as misdemeanor.
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 […]
Section 32-28-16 – Exceptions to application of the provisions of § 32-28-15.
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 […]
Section 32-28-17 – Photo monitoring devices to detect red light violations prohibited.
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.
Section 32-28-18 – Photo monitoring device defined.
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 […]
Section 32-28-5 – Meaning of steady red light with green arrow–Vehicular traffic–Pedestrians.
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 […]
Section 32-28-6 – Flashing red or yellow signal–Violation as misdemeanor.
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 […]
Section 32-28-7 – Meaning of flashing red signal–Violation as misdemeanor.
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 […]