RANT: 5 Rules for Driving on I-229 in Sioux Falls

It’s may be known as ‘The Racetrack’ or ‘The Loop,’ but whatever you call it I-229 is the great road that connects our city.

Whether you’re new to Sioux Falls or a lifelong resident, it's good to have a refresher about the ritual involved with driving on I-229.

Don’t let the name fool you though. While it's technically an Interstate Highway, driving on it is not like taking I-90 to the Cities or trekking down I-29 to visit grandma in Worthing.

I-229 is four to six lanes of 65 mile-per-hour serious business. And that serious business requires some rules.

To find out more about how has the price of gas changed throughout the years, Stacker ran the numbers on the cost of a gallon of gasoline for each of the last 84 years. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (released in April 2020), we analyzed the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from 1976 to 2020 along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for unleaded regular gasoline from 1937 to 1976, including the absolute and inflation-adjusted prices for each year.

Read on to explore the cost of gas over time and rediscover just how much a gallon was when you first started driving.

There are some things you can do on South Dakota roads that you may have once thought illegal but aren't.

While perusing the South Dakota Department of Public Safety I was reminded of some things that come up in conversation quite often.

Like, can you ride in the back of a pickup? Here's the answer along with eight other surprising South Dakota driving laws: