South Dakota § 32-25-13 Speed limit at obstructed railway crossings--Violation as misdemeanor.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 32-25-13 — Speed limit at obstructed railway crossings--Violation as misdemeanor.

South Dakota § 32-25-13

Title 32MOTOR VEHICLES

Ch. 32-21SPEED REGULATION

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Bluebook

S.D. Codified Laws § 32-25-13 (2026).

Text

When approaching within fifty feet of a grade crossing of any railway when the driver's view is obstructed, the maximum speed shall be fifteen miles per hour. A driver's view is obstructed if at any time during the last two hundred feet of his approach to such crossing he does not have a clear and uninterrupted view of any traffic on such railway for a distance of four hundred feet in each direction. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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When approaching within fifty feet of a grade crossing of any railway when the driver's view is obstructed, the maximum speed shall be fifteen miles per hour. A driver's view is obstructed if at any time during the last two hundred feet of his approach to such crossing he does not have a clear and uninterrupted view of any traffic on such railway for a distance of four hundred feet in each direction. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 44.0303 (1); SL 1941, ch 187, § 1; SL 1955, ch 168; SL 1959, ch 251, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.0303 (6) (b); SL 1970, ch 175, § 10; SL 1989, ch 255, § 134.