Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 32, § 300.1. Low-speed vehicles; safety equipment requirements; exemptions; registration; safety inspections

A. A low-speed vehicle may be operated on any divided highway, highway, roadway, or street where the posted speed limit is thirty-five miles per hour or less and may cross any divided highway, highway, roadway, or street with a posted speed limit in excess of thirty-five miles per hour at an intersection or may traverse any divided highway, highway, roadway, or street with a posted speed limit of not more than forty-five miles per hour for a distance not exceeding one quarter mile as a means of conveyance in connecting from one divided highway, highway, roadway, or street where the posted speed limit is no more than thirty-five miles per hour to another divided highway, highway, roadway, or street where the posted speed limit is no more than thirty-five miles per hour.

B. A low-speed vehicle operated upon any divided highway, highway, roadway, or street shall be equipped with the minimum motor vehicle equipment appropriate for motor vehicle safety as provided in 49 C.F.R. 571.500. This equipment shall include headlamps, front and rear turn signal lamps, taillamps, stop lamps, reflex reflectors, including one on each side as far to the rear as practicable, and one red reflector on the rear of the vehicle, an exterior mirror mounted on the driver's side of the vehicle and either an exterior mirror mounted on the passenger's side of the vehicle or an interior mirror, a parking brake, a windshield that conforms to the American National Standard Institute's “Safety Code for Safety Glazing Materials for Glazing Motor Vehicles Operating on Land Highways”, a windshield wiper, speedometer, odometer, braking for each wheel, a seat belt assembly installed at each designated seating position, and a vehicle identification number.

D. No low-speed vehicle shall be operated by an unlicensed driver.

E. All low-speed vehicles shall be required to comply with the provisions of R.S. 32:1301 et seq.; however, low-speed vehicles shall not be subject to emissions requirements.