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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 32 - Motor Vehicles » Chapter 29 - Required Stops » Section 32-29-8 – Construction and low-clearance vehicles required to take special precautions at grade crossings–Violation as misdemeanor.

32-29-8. Construction and low-clearance vehicles required to take special precautions at grade crossings–Violation as misdemeanor.

No person may operate or move any crawler type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller, or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of ten or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than one-half inch per foot of the distance between any two adjacent axles or in any event of less than nine inches, measured above the level surface of a roadway, upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with §32-29-9. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1970, ch 175, §29, §1; SL 1989, ch 255, §237.