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(A) The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, any school bus carrying passengers, any vehicle carrying passengers owned or operated by a nonprofit organization that requires inspection pursuant to SDCL § 32-21-3.1, or any vehicle carrying explosive substances or combustible or flammable liquid as a cargo or part of a cargo, before crossing at grade any track of a railroad, except where a police officer or traffic control signal directs traffic to proceed or the track is nonoperational and is marked with a supplemental sign as provided in SDCL § 31-28-7, shall stop such vehicle within 50 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and may not proceed until he or she has ascertained that he or she can do so safely.
(B) After stopping and upon proceeding, the driver of the vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity of changing gears while traversing the crossing and may not shift gears while crossing the track or tracks.
(SDCL § 32-29-5) Penalty, see § 70.99
TURNING MOVEMENTS
Except as otherwise provided in § 71.073, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the right at an intersection shall approach such intersection in the lane for traffic nearest to the right-hand side of the highway, and in turning shall keep as closely as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the highway.
(SDCL § 32-26-17) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left shall approach the turn in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of the vehicle. If practicable, the left turn shall be made to the left of the center of the intersection and so as to leave the intersection or other location in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the same direction as the vehicle on the roadway being entered.
(SDCL § 32-26-18)
(B) The driver of a vehicle within an intersection intending to turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard. The driver after having so yielded and having given a signal when and as required by this chapter, may make such left turn.
(SDCL § 32-26-19) Penalty, see § 70.99
No person may turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required by §§ 71.070 and 71.071. A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.
(SDCL § 32-26-18.1) Penalty, see § 70.99
(A) (1) The municipality may modify the method of turning at intersections provided by §§ 71.070 and 71.071(A) by clearly indicating by buttons, markers, or other direction signs installed within an intersection the course to be followed by vehicles turning thereat. No such signs or buttons shall be placed upon any state highway without the approval of the Department of Transportation.
(2) If the municipality modifies the method of turning, it shall be a violation not to turn in the indicated manner.
(B) When an intersection is so constructed and laid out that different and clearly defined courses of travel are provided for vehicles turning to the left or right, as the case may be, it shall be lawful for any driver in making any such turn to follow the course thereby indicated.
(SDCL § 32-26-20) Penalty, see § 70.99
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 § 71.075 plainly visible to the driver of such other vehicle of the intention to make such movement.
(SDCL § 32-26-22) Penalty, see § 70.99
The signal required in § 71.074 shall be given either by means of the hand and arm in the manner specified in § 71.076, or by an approved mechanical or electrical signal device. However, a vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent the hand and arm signal from being visible both to the front and rear, the signal shall be given by device of a type which has been approved by the Department of Public Safety.
(SDCL § 32-26-23) Penalty, see § 70.99
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