No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded or when there are in the front seat such number of persons, exceeding three, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the vehicle or as to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle. No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to the side or to interfere with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-3820
Operation of vehicle when driver's view or control over driving mechanism interfered with
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 56-5-10 to 56-5-990 (418 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Thompson v. Michael (1993)
Most recently applied in Thompson v. Michael (July 1993)
1962 Code SECTION 46-493; 1952 Code SECTION 46-493; 1949 (46) 466.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.