Section
Operation of Vehicles Generally
72.001 Starting
72.002 Drive on right side of street; vehicles generally; bicycles or e-bicycles; exceptions
72.003 Drive on right side of street; intersections
72.004 Meeting of vehicles
72.005 Driving on roadways laned for traffic
72.006 Designation of traffic lanes
72.007 Driving on divided highways
72.008 Driving on left of other vehicles
72.009 Driving on left at intersections
72.010 Driving to left on grade or curve; obstructed view
72.011 Overtaking; generally
72.012 Overtaking; passing on right; circumstances under which permitted
72.013 Overtaking; vision obstructed
72.014 Overtaking; no passing zones
72.015 Overtaking; duty of overtaken driver
72.016 Skateboarding and roller skating prohibited
Accidents
72.030 Immediate notice of accident
72.031 Driver unable to report
72.032 Duty to give information, render aid
72.033 Personal injury
72.034 Property damage
72.035 Duty to stop after accident with unattended vehicle or property; leaving information; report to police
72.036 Duty upon striking animal
72.037 Filing of accident reports
72.038 Garage keeper to report damaged vehicle
72.039 Driver defined for purposes of subchapter
Statutory reference:
Accidents and accident reports, see SDCL ch. 32-34
OPERATION OF VEHICLES GENERALLY
A standing vehicle about to start shall give all moving vehicles the right-of-way.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.125; 1992 Code, § 40-76) Penalty, see § 10.999
(a) Upon all streets except upon one-way streets, the driver of a vehicle shall drive the vehicle upon the right half of the street and shall drive a slow-moving vehicle as closely as possible to the right-hand edge or curb of a street, unless it is impracticable to travel on that side of the street, and except when overtaking and passing another vehicle subject to the limitations applicable to overtaking and passing set forth in this chapter.
(b) The provisions of division (a) above shall not be deemed to prevent the marking of lanes for traffic upon any street and the allocation of designated lanes to traffic moving in a particular direction or at designated speeds.
(c) Any person driving a bicycle or e-bicycle upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic shall ride in the right-hand lane, subject to the following conditions:
(1) If the right-hand lane then available for traffic is a standard lane width and clear of obstructions such that it may be shared with overtaking vehicles, a bicyclist or e-bicyclist shall ride as far to the right as allows the bicyclist or e-bicyclist safe operating conditions;
(2) If the right-hand lane then available for traffic is a substandard lane width and/or includes obstructions that it may not be shared with overtaking vehicles, a bicyclist or e-bicyclist may ride in the middle of the right-hand lane to indicate to vehicles behind the bicyclist or e-bicyclist that passing within the same lane is not safe; or
(3) When bicycle lanes are included within a street and upon approaching an intersection where right turns are permitted and there is a dedicated right-turn lane, a bicyclist or e-bicyclist may ride on the left hand portion of the dedicated right-turn lane even if the bicyclist or e-bicyclist does not intend to turn.
(d) A person driving a bicycle or e-bicycle upon a one-way roadway with two or more marked traffic lanes at less than the normal speed of traffic with two or more marked traffic lanes may ride in the left-hand lane, subject to the following conditions:
(1) If the left-hand lane then available for traffic is wide enough and clear of obstructions that it may be shared with overtaking vehicles, a bicyclist or e-bicyclist shall ride as far to the left as allows the bicyclist or e-bicyclist safe operating conditions; and
(2) If the left-hand lane then available for traffic is not wide enough or clear of obstructions that it may not be shared with overtaking vehicles, a bicyclist or e-bicyclist may ride in the middle of the left-hand lane to indicate to the vehicle behind the bicyclist or e-bicyclist that passing within the same lane is not safe.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.121; 1992 Code, § 40-77) (Ord. 28-83, passed 5-2-1983; Ord. 46-12, passed 7-10-2012; Ord. 66-19, passed 6-18-2019)
Cross-reference:
Bicycles, see ch. 81
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-26-1
In crossing an intersection of highways or the intersection of a highway by a railroad right-of-way, except upon a one-way street, the driver of a vehicle shall at all times cause the vehicle to travel on the right half of the highway unless the right half is obstructed or impassable.
(1992 Code, § 40-78) Penalty, see § 10.999
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-26-2
(a) Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, each giving to the other at least one-half of the main-traveled portion of the roadway as nearly as possible.
(b) A driver shall not pass a bicyclist or e-bicyclist moving in the same direction and in the same lane when there is oncoming traffic unless the driver can simultaneously:
(1) Allow oncoming vehicles at least one-half of the main-traveled portion of the roadway in accordance with division (a) above; and
(2) Allow the bicyclist or e-bicyclist at least a 3-foot separation between the right side of the driver’s vehicle, including all mirrors or other projections, and the left side of the bicyclist or e-bicyclist at all times.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.169; 1992 Code, § 40-79) (Ord. 46-12, passed 7-10-2012; Ord. 66-19, passed 6-18-2019)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-26-3
Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic the following rules in addition to all others consistent with this section shall apply.
(a) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from the lane until the driver has first ascertained that the movement can be made with safety.
(b) Official signs may be erected directing slow moving traffic to use a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of every sign.
(1992 Code, § 40-80)
Statutory reference:
Highways laned for traffic, see SDCL 32-26-5 et seq.
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