The Department of Transportation and local authorities with the approval of the Transportation Commission may designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs thereat. If such signs are erected, the driver of any vehicle shall stop within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall proceed only upon exercising due care. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Attorney's Note

Under the South Dakota Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 2 misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $500
For details, see § 22-6-2

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Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0305; SL 1965, ch 193; SL 1970, ch 175, § 28; SL 1989, ch 255, § 198.