It is a petty offense for any person to drive any vehicle upon a highway with any object or gadget dangling between the view of the driver and the windshield of the vehicle. Enforcement of this section by state or local law enforcement agencies shall be accomplished as a secondary enforcement.
S.D. Codified Laws § 32-15-6
Objects dangling between driver and windshield as petty offense
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case State v. Chavez (2003)
Most recently applied in State v. Wilson (March 2004)
Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0349 as added by SL 1959, ch 253; SL 1977, ch 189, § 103; SL 2004, ch 214, § 1.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.