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Code of Ordinances of Sioux Falls, SD
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER
CHARTER PARALLEL REFERENCES
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
CODE OF ORDINANCES PARALLEL REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 72: OPERATION OF VEHICLES GENERALLY
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
§ 72.001 STARTING.
   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
§ 72.002 DRIVE ON RIGHT SIDE OF STREET; VEHICLES GENERALLY; BICYCLES OR E-BICYCLES; EXCEPTIONS.
   (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
§ 72.003 DRIVE ON RIGHT SIDE OF STREET; INTERSECTIONS.
   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
§ 72.004 MEETING OF VEHICLES.
   (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
§ 72.005 DRIVING ON ROADWAYS LANED FOR TRAFFIC.
   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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