South Carolina § 56-5-790 - Application to persons riding animals, driving animal-drawn vehicles or pushing pushcarts.
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§ 56-5-790. Application to persons riding animals, driving animal-drawn vehicles or pushing pushcarts.
Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle or pushing a pushcart upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter, except those provisions of this chapter which by their very nature can have no application.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 46-289; 1952 Code SECTION 46-289; 1949 (46) 466.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 56-5-790 ("Application to persons riding animals, driving animal-drawn vehicles or pushing pushcarts.") is part of the South Carolina Code of Laws, the codified statutory law of South Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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