32-17-1. Headlamps required–Exceptions–Violation as petty offense. Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, road roller, road machinery, or farm tractor shall be equipped with at least two headlamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 […]
32-17-10. Tow truck or wrecker defined–Amber or blue flashers–Violation as misdemeanor. Unless the context otherwise requires, a tow truck or wrecker means any motor vehicle which is specially equipped to tow, haul, or push disabled automobiles, trucks, or tractors for commercial considerations, or operated by any person, for the purpose of towing or servicing any […]
32-17-11. Registration plate illumination–Requirements respecting on-off switch–Violation as petty offense. Either the rear lamps required by §32-17-8 or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. If the rear […]
32-17-12. Rear reflector required–Mounting and construction of rear reflector–Visibility–Violation as petty offense. Every new motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer hereafter sold and every commercial vehicle hereafter operated on a highway shall also carry at the rear, either as a part of the rear lamp or separately, a red reflector located at the extreme rear of […]
32-17-13. Mounting of reflectors–Visibility–Violation as petty offense. Whenever in this chapter red reflectors are required upon a vehicle, every such reflector shall be maintained at a height not greater than forty-two inches nor less than twenty-four inches above the ground upon which the vehicle stands, and every such reflector shall be so designed and maintained […]
32-17-14. Vehicles requiring clearance lamps–Location and visibility of clearance lamps–Violation as petty offense. Every truck, truck tractor, bus with a capacity of ten or more passengers, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer having a width at any part in excess of eighty inches shall be equipped with four clearance lamps. Two of such lamps shall be […]
32-17-15. Vehicles requiring identification lamps–Mounting and spacing of identification lamps–Visibility–Violation as petty offense. Every vehicle referred to in §32-17-14 or combination of such vehicles having a length in excess of thirty feet or a width in excess of eighty inches shall be equipped with lamps on the front displaying three amber lights and lamps on […]
32-17-15.1. Silage or seasonal farm trucks exempt–Gross weight–Restrictions on use. Any silage truck or seasonal farm truck, licensed under the provisions of §32-5-97.1 and having a gross vehicle weight of six to twenty tons, shall be exempt from the provisions of §§32-17-1, 32-17-8, 32-17-11, 32-17-14, and 32-17-15; provided, however, such motor vehicles shall be operated […]
32-17-15.2. Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt–Rear reflector required. Any vehicle used primarily for the distribution and application of agricultural fertilizer or chemicals, when drawn by another vehicle shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. However, those vehicles are not exempt from the provisions of §32-17-12. Source: SL 1979, ch 223, §3.
32-17-16. Vehicles transporting passengers for compensation as requiring clearance and identification lamps–Buses excepted–Times during which lamps must be lighted–Violation as misdemeanor. Every motor propelled or motor drawn vehicle designed or used for the transportation of property or for the transportation of passengers for compensation, except buses operated entirely within municipalities when their interiors are illuminated, […]
32-17-17. Auxiliary driving lamps–Mounting–Lighting restricted. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with up to three auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve inches nor more than twenty-four inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands, and every such auxiliary driving lamp or lamps shall meet the […]
32-17-18. Turn light requirements–Visibility–Violation as petty offense. If a motor vehicle is equipped with a signal lamp to comply with the provisions of §32-26-23, the signal lamp shall be so constructed and located on the vehicle as to give a signal, yellow or red in color, which shall be plainly visible in normal sunlight from […]
32-17-19. Spot lamps–Aiming and adjustment–Violation as misdemeanor. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spot lamp and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation […]
32-17-20. Adjustment of other lamps–Violation as misdemeanor. Any device other than headlamps, spot lamps, or auxiliary driving lamps, which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than twenty-five candle power shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the surface on which the vehicle stands at […]
32-17-21. Fire vehicles exempt when equipped with other approved devices. Fire trucks and apparatus shall be exempt from the provisions of §§32-17-14 and 32-17-15 providing such fire trucks and apparatus are equipped with sirens or horns and red warning lights as provided for in §32-31-4. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (9), (10) as added by SL […]
32-17-22. United States mail vehicles–Warning lights–Color–Mounting and location–Visibility–Violation as petty offense. Any vehicle, operated by a person authorized to carry United States mail, may be equipped with a single rotating beacon light or lamps to warn the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care […]
32-17-23. Special lights for vehicles operated by persons with disabilities–Violation as petty offense. Any vehicle owned and operated by a person authorized by the Department of Public Safety to display a special handicapped license plate may be equipped with not to exceed two flashing lights which shall emit an amber light without glare. One such […]
32-17-24. Headlamps on motorcycles–Violation as petty offense. Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlamps which shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in §§32-17-5 and 32-17-6. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (3); SL 1974, ch 219, §20; […]
32-17-24.1. Headlamps on mopeds–Violation as petty offense. A moped shall be equipped with a headlamp of a single beam type. The headlamp of the moped shall be of sufficient intensity to render clearly discernible a person or vehicle at a distance of not less than one hundred feet. A violation of this section is a […]
32-17-25. Bicycle lamps–Visibility and color–Violation as petty offense. Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lighted lamp on the front thereof visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least three hundred feet in front of such bicycle and shall also be equipped with a reflex mirror or lamp on the rear exhibiting […]
