South Dakota Statutes

§ 32-26-26 — Overtaking vehicles--Passing to left required--Cutting in front prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

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

This text of South Dakota § 32-26-26 (Overtaking vehicles--Passing to left required--Cutting in front prohibited--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 § 32-26-26 (2026).

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The driver of any vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass at a safe distance to the left thereof. The driver of an overtaking vehicle shall pass at a safe distance to the side of an overtaken vehicle and may not cut in front of the latter until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 44.0312; SL 1966, ch 131; SL 1968, ch 172; SL 1989, ch 255, § 166.

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South Dakota § 32-26-26, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/32-26-26.