User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in South Dakota

Public toilets in South Dakota, commonly called washrooms, are found at a rate of 35.4 per 100,000 people. The lack of public toilets along Interstate 90 caused problems for long haul truckers.

= South Dakota = washroom is one of the most commonly used words for public toilet in the United States. Euphemisms are often used to avoid discussing the purpose of toilets. Words used include toilet, restroom, bathroom, lavatory and john.

A 2021 study found there were 35.4 public toilets per 100,000 people, the second highest among US states.

History
The lack of public toilets along the western part of Interstate 90 during the 2000s caused problems for long haul truckers. Their solution was often to pee into bottles and then leave them along the road in bushes. Sometimes, road maintenance crews and mowers would run over them as they could not see them in the high grass, resulting in a shower of warm, stale urine.

South Dakota was one of the first states to try to pass legislation saying transgender people needed to use the public toilet that corresponded with their sex and not their gender identity. The bill had passed but was then vetoes by the governor in 2016.

Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming sued the Obama administration in July 2016 over the administration's requirement that children be allowed to use school toilets based on their gender identity instead of their sex.