When approaching within fifty feet of a grade crossing of any railway when the driver's view is obstructed, the maximum speed shall be fifteen miles per hour. A driver's view is obstructed if at any time during the last two hundred feet of his approach to such crossing he does not have a clear and uninterrupted view of any traffic on such railway for a distance of four hundred feet in each direction. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0303 (1); SL 1941, ch 187 , § 1; SL 1955, ch 168 ; SL 1959, ch 251 , § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.0303 (6) (b); SL 1970, ch 175 , § 10; SL 1989, ch 255 , § 134.