Overtaking vehicles--Passing to left required--Cutting in front prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

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32-26-26. Overtaking vehicles--Passing to left required--Cutting in front prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.

The driver of any vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass at a safe distance to the left thereof. The driver of an overtaking vehicle shall pass at a safe distance to the side of an overtaken vehicle and may not cut in front of the latter until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, §44.0312; SL 1966, ch 131; SL 1968, ch 172; SL 1989, ch 255, §166.


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