Section 66-3-858 to 66-3-872 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 2003, ch. 173, § 1, effective June 20, 2003, repealed 66-3-858 through 66-3-872 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1953, ch. 139, §§ 159.6 to 159.9 and 159.15 and Laws 1978, ch. 35, §§ 164 to 168 and §§ 173 to 177, relating to vehicles transporting explosives or other dangerous articles. […]
Section 66-3-873 – Formulation of rules and regulations governing transportation of compressed gases and corrosive liquids.
A. The director is empowered and directed to formulate, adopt and promulgate rules and regulations containing reasonable standards of safety, having uniform force and effect throughout this state for the transportation of compressed gases and corrosive liquids by tank vehicle upon the public highways, including standards covering safety and the safe operation thereof. Of the […]
Section 66-3-874 – Safety belts required.
It is unlawful for any person to buy, sell, lease, trade or transfer from or to New Mexico residents at retail an automobile, which is manufactured or assembled commencing with the 1964 models, unless the vehicle is equipped with safety belts installed for use in the left front and right front seats. History: 1953 Comp., […]
Section 66-3-875 – Safety belts; type and manner of installation.
All safety belts required in Section 66-3-874 NMSA 1978 shall be of a type and shall be installed in a manner approved by the division of motor vehicles. The division shall establish specifications and requirements for approved types of safety belts and attachments thereto. The division shall accept, as approved, all seat belt installations and […]
Section 66-3-876 to 66-3-886 – Repealed.
ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1995, ch. 135, § 29 repealed former 66-3-876 through 66-3-886 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 296, §§ 1, 4, and 6 through 11, and Laws 1978, ch. 35, §§ 183 and 186, and as amended by Laws 1978, ch. 35, §§ 182, 185, and 187 through 192, relating […]
Section 66-3-887 – Slow-moving vehicle identification.
A. As used in this section, “slow-moving vehicle” means any vehicle which is ordinarily moved, operated or driven at a speed less than twenty-five miles an hour. B. Each slow-moving vehicle moved, operated or driven on a highway which is open for vehicular travel shall display a slow-moving vehicle emblem or flashing amber light. The […]
Section 66-3-888 – Airbag violations.
A. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly: (1) fail to install an airbag in a motor vehicle after representing to another person that the person will install an airbag in the motor vehicle; (2) install or reinstall a counterfeit or nonfunctional airbag in a motor vehicle; (3) import, manufacture or sell or offer […]
Section 66-3-851 – Meaning of term “motor vehicle” as used in Sections 66-3-852 through 66-3-857 NMSA 1978; unattended vehicles.
A. For the purposes of Sections 66-3-852 through 66-3-857 NMSA 1978 “motor vehicle” means every bus, truck, truck tractor, road tractor and every driven vehicle in driveaway-towaway operations, required by Section 66-3-859 [66-3-849] NMSA 1978 to have emergency equipment thereon. B. No motor vehicle shall be left unattended until the parking brake has been securely […]
Section 66-3-852 – Stopped vehicles not to interfere with other traffic.
No motor vehicle shall be stopped, parked or left standing, whether attended or unattended, upon the traveled portion of any highway outside of a business or residence district, when it is practicable to stop, park or leave such vehicle off the traveled portion of the highway. In the event that conditions make it impracticable to […]
Section 66-3-853 – Emergency signals; disabled vehicle.
Whenever any motor vehicle is disabled upon the traveled portion of any highway or the shoulder thereof, when lighted lamps are required, except in cities, towns and villages where there is sufficient highway lighting to make it clearly discernible to persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred feet, the following […]