2011 South Dakota Code
Title 32 MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 18. Brakes And Brake Fluid
§32-18-8 Capabilities of service brakes--Braking force--Stopping distance--Classification of particular vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-18-8. Capabilities of service brakes--Braking force--Stopping distance--Classification of particular vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor. Every motor vehicle described in § 32-18-1 and combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable of:

(1) Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage of its gross weight tabulated herein for its classification;

(2) Decelerating to a stop from not more than twenty miles per hour at not less than the feet per second per second tabulated therein for its classification; and

(3) Stopping from a speed of twenty miles per hour in not more than the distance tabulated herein for its classification, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or control begins.

	1	2	3	4
	Classification of Vehicles	Braking force as a percentage of gross vehicle or combination weight	Deceleration in feet per second per second	Brake system application and braking distance in feet from an initial speed of 20 m.p.h.
A	Passenger vehicles with a seating capacity of 10 people or less including driver, not having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating	52.8%	17	25
B-1	All motorcycles and motor-driven cycles	43.5%	14	30
B-2	Single unit vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less	43.5%	14	30
C-1	Single unit vehicles with a manufacturer's gross weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds	43.5%	14	40
C-2	Combination of a two-axle towing vehicle and a trailer with a gross trailer weight of 3,000 pounds or less	43.5%	14	40
C-3	Buses, regardless of the number of axles, not having a manufacturer's gross weight rating	43.5%	14	40
C-4	All combinations of vehicles in driveaway-towaway operations	43.5%	14	14
D	All other vehicles and combinations of vehicles	43.5%	14	50

A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0346; SL 1967, ch 197, § 2; SL 1989, ch 255, § 72.