CHAPTER 72: STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING
Section
   72.01   Standing or parked vehicles; remaining space required; unobstructed view required
   72.02   Safeguarding of unattended vehicle
   72.03   Position of parking
   72.04   Places where standing and parking prohibited
   72.05   Places where stopping prohibited
   72.06   Places where parking prohibited; loading and unloading
   72.07   Parking spaces for persons with disabilities
   72.08   Unauthorized parking or stopping
Cross-reference:
   General provisions, see Ch. 70
   Local provisions, see Title XVII
§ 72.01 STANDING OR PARKED VEHICLES; REMAINING SPACE REQUIRED; UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW REQUIRED.
   No person may park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon any highway unless a clear or unobstructed width of not less than 20 feet upon the main-traveled portion of such highway opposite such standing vehicle shall be left for free passage of other vehicles thereon, nor unless a clear view of such vehicle may be obtained from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such highway.
(SDCL § 32-30-2) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 72.02 SAFEGUARDING OF UNATTENDED VEHICLE.
   No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle may permit it to stand unattended without effectively setting the brake thereon and, if standing upon any grade, turning the front wheel to the curb or side of the highway.
(SDCL § 32-30-5) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 72.03 POSITION OF PARKING.
   (A)   Two-way road. Except as otherwise provided in division (B), below, and SDCL §§ 32-30-2.2 to 32-30-2.4, inclusive, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(SDCL § 32-30-2.1)
   (B)   One-way road. Unless otherwise provided, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a one-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, or its left-hand wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(SDCL § 32-30-2.2) Penalty, see § 70.99
§ 72.04 PLACES WHERE STANDING AND PARKING PROHIBITED.
   Unless necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or unless a police officer or official traffic control device has so directed, no person may stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger or passengers:
   (A)   In front of a public or private driveway;
   (B)   Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
   (C)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
   (D)   Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signals, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
   (E)   Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when properly signposted;
   (F)   At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
(SDCL § 32-30-6) Penalty, see § 70.99
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