South Dakota Statutes

§ 32-26-31 — Duty of driver of overtaken vehicle--Increasing speed prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

South Dakota § 32-26-31
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 32MOTOR VEHICLES
Ch. 32-21RULES OF THE ROAD

This text of South Dakota § 32-26-31 (Duty of driver of overtaken vehicle--Increasing speed 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 § 32-26-31 (2026).

Text

Unless overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the driver of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle on suitable and audible signal being given by the driver of the overtaking vehicle, and may not increase the speed of his vehicle until completely passed by the overtaking vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 44.0314; SL 1966, ch 132; SL 1989, ch 255, § 170.

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