Unless necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or unless a police officer or official traffic control device has so directed, no person may stop, stand or park a vehicle:

(1) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 32-30-6.1

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. Source: U.S. Courts

(2) On a sidewalk;

(3) Within an intersection;

(4) On a crosswalk;

(5) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;

(6) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;

(7) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or with a highway tunnel;

(8) On any railroad tracks;

(9) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

A violation of this section is a petty offense.

Source: SL 1970, ch 175, § 31, § 1; SL 1989, ch 255, § 210.

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