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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Combinations of motor vehicles, as enumerated in Section 66-3-808 NMSA 1978, engaged in driveaway-towaway operations shall be equipped as follows:
A. on the towing vehicle:
(1) on the front, two head lamps and two amber clearance lamps, one at each side;
(2) on each side and near the front, one amber side-marker lamp;
(3) on the rear, one red tail lamp; one red or amber stop lamp; and
(4) provided, however, that vehicles of less than eighty inches in width shall be equipped as provided in Section 66-3-809 NMSA 1978;
B. on the towed vehicle of a tow-bar combination, the towed vehicle of a single saddle-mount combination and on the rearmost towed vehicle of a double saddle-mount combination:
(1) on each side, and near the rear, one red side-marker lamp; and
(2) on the rear, one red tail lamp; two red clearance lamps, one at each side; one red or amber stop lamp; two red reflectors, one at each side;
C. on the first saddle-mounted of a double saddle-mount combination: on each side, and near the rear, one amber side-marker lamp; and
D. combinations of vehicles less than eighty inches in width in driveaway-towaway operations shall carry lamp and reflectors as required in Section 66-3-809 NMSA 1978.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 66. Motor Vehicles § 66-3-815. Lamps and reflectors, combinations in driveaway-towaway operations - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-66-motor-vehicles/nm-st-sect-66-3-815/
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