South Carolina · South Carolina Code — Title 56, Motor Vehicles
S.C. Code (Motor Vehicles) § 56-5-6170: Enforcement
What this law says, in plain English
This statute establishes that the Department of Public Safety enforces traffic laws on state highways and authorizes law enforcement to enforce the chapter generally. It specifies that accidents alone do not presume legal violations and requires evidence of actual violation before arrest or prosecution.
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