The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm or when operating a funeral escort vehicle as defined in § 32-26-51, may exercise the privileges set forth in § 32-31-2, but subject to the conditions stated in §§ 32-31-3 and 32-31-5.
S.D. Codified Laws § 32-31-1
Emergency vehicle--Traffic regulations
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Weiland v. Bumann (2025)
Most recently applied in Weiland v. Bumann (February 2025)
Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0308 as added by SL 1967, ch 191; SL 2020, ch 125, § 7.
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