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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 32 - MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 26 - RULES OF THE ROAD
Section 32-26-26 - Overtaking vehicles-Passing to left required-Cutting in front prohibited-Violation as misdemeanor

S.D. Codified Laws § 32-26-26

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Section 32-26-26 - Overtaking vehicles-Passing to left required-Cutting in front prohibited-Violation as misdemeanor

The driver of any vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass at a safe distance to the left thereof. The driver of an overtaking vehicle shall pass at a safe distance to the side of an overtaken vehicle and may not cut in front of the latter until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

SDCL 32-26-26

SDC 1939, § 44.0312; SL 1966, ch 131; SL 1968, ch 172; SL 1989, ch 255, § 166.