South Dakota Statutes

§ 32-26-22 — Starting, stopping, or turning--Lookout--When signals required--Violation as misdemeanor.

South Dakota § 32-26-22
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 32MOTOR VEHICLES
Ch. 32-21RULES OF THE ROAD

This text of South Dakota § 32-26-22 (Starting, stopping, or turning--Lookout--When signals required--Violation as misdemeanor.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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S.D. Codified Laws § 32-26-22 (2026).

Text

The driver of any vehicle upon a highway before starting, stopping, or turning from a direct line shall first see that such movement can be made in safety and if any pedestrian may be affected by such movement shall give a clearly audible signal by sounding the horn, and whenever the operation of any other vehicle may be affected by such movement shall give a signal as required in § 32-26-23 plainly visible to the driver of such other vehicle of the intention to make such movement. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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Hoffman v. Royer
359 N.W.2d 387 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1984)
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Schmidt v. Royer
1998 SD 5 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1998)
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State v. Eidahl
486 N.W.2d 257 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1992)
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Weiland v. Bumann
2025 S.D. 9 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2025)
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274 N.W.2d 591 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1979)
Stanko v. State of South Dakota
(D. South Dakota, 2020)

Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 44.0317; SL 1949, ch 166; SL 1989, ch 255, § 160.

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