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All persons propelling any pushcart or riding a bicycle or any animal and every person driving any animal upon any roadway in this municipality shall be subject to the provisions of this title applicable to the operator of any vehicle, except those provisions with reference to the equipment of vehicles and those provisions which by their nature can have no application.
Cross-reference:
Bicycles, see Ch. 74
It shall be unlawful to fail or refuse to:
(A) Submit to any lawful inspection under this chapter.
(B) Comply with the provisions of a warning ticket issued by a police officer under the provisions of this chapter.
Penalty, see § 70.99
It shall be unlawful to board or alight from a vehicle that is in motion.
Penalty, see § 70.99
No person may open the door of a motor vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor may any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
(SDCL § 32-30-2.5) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) No person may drive any vehicle other than a bicycle or an electric personal assistive device upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area in the municipality except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.
(SDCL § 32-26-21.1)
(B) No person shall ride, drive, lead any horse or mule or drive or lead any cow or any other animal upon any public sidewalk in the municipality or cause to be drawn any vehicle ordinarily drawn by horses or mules on any sidewalk of the municipality.
Penalty, see § 70.99
It shall be unlawful for any person riding on a motorcycle to attach himself or herself to any other vehicle on a roadway.
(SDCL § 32-20-6.5) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) Except as provided in this section, the use or operation of a dynamic braking device on unmuffled vehicles is hereby prohibited within this municipality
(B) A
DYNAMIC BRAKING DEVICE is a device used on vehicles that converts the engine from an internal combustion engine to an air compressor for the purpose of braking without the use of wheel brakes. These devices are commonly referred to as “air brakes,” “engine brakes,” “compression brakes,” “Jacob’s Brakes,” or “Jake Brakes.”
(C) This section shall not apply to municipal emergency vehicles, whether or not responding to an emergency.
(D) As an affirmative defense to a charge of a violating of this section, the driver of the vehicle must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that:
(1) The driver of the vehicle was operating the vehicle in compliance with all applicable laws at the time the unmuffled dynamic braking device was used; and
(2) The speed of vehicle was reasonable given all of the relevant circumstances; and
(3) The driver believed that the use of the unmuffled dynamic braking device was necessary to either:
(a) Avoid an imminent threat to the safety of the driver or any other person; or
(b) Avoid an imminent threat to property.
(4) The driver’s belief as to the necessity for using the unmuffled dynamic braking device was objectively reasonable.
Penalty, see § 70.99
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