No person shall drive or move on any highway any vehicle unless the equipment thereon is in good working order and adjustment as required in this chapter and the vehicle is in such safe mechanical condition as not to endanger the driver or other occupant or any person upon the highway.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-5310
Condition of vehicle and vehicle equipment
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 56–56 (418 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Jihad (2000)
Most recently applied in State v. Jihad (February 2000)
1962 Code SECTION 46-641; 1952 Code SECTION 46-641; 1949 (46) 466; 1965 (54) 649.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.