Section 66-3-844 – Mufflers; prevention of noise; emission control devices.
A. Every motor vehicle shall at all times be equipped with a muffler in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise, and no person shall use a muffler cutout, bypass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway. B. The muffler, emission control equipment or device, engine […]
Section 66-3-845 – Mirrors.
Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway for a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of such vehicle. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-845, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 151. ANNOTATIONS Not having rear view […]
Section 66-3-846 – Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers; windows must be transparent; exception.
A. No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon or in the front windshield, the windows to the immediate right and left of the driver or the rearmost window if the latter is used for driving visibility, except as provided in Section 66-3-846.1 NMSA 1978. The rearmost […]
Section 66-3-846.1 – Sun screening material on windshields and windows; requirements; violation; penalty.
A. A person shall not operate on any street or highway a motor vehicle that is registered or required to be registered in this state if that motor vehicle has a sun screening material on the windshield or any window that does not comply with the requirements of this section. B. Except as otherwise provided […]
Section 66-3-847 – Restrictions as to tire equipment.
A. When use is permitted, every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one-inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery. B. A person shall not operate or move on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer having any tire surface […]
Section 66-3-839 – Revocation of certificate of approval on safety and lighting devices.
A. When the director has reason to believe that an approved device as being sold commercially does not comply with the requirements of Sections 66-3-801 through 66-3-887 NMSA 1978, he may, after giving thirty days’ previous notice to the person holding the certificate of approval for such device in this state, conduct a hearing upon […]
Section 66-3-840 – Brakes.
A. Brake equipment is required as follows: (1) every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold the vehicle, including two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which is effective to apply the brakes […]
Section 66-3-829 – Additional lighting equipment.
A. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two side cowl or fender lamps which shall emit an amber or white light without glare. B. Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one running-board courtesy lamp on each side thereof which shall emit a white or amber light without […]
Section 66-3-830 – Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
Except as hereinafter provided, the headlamps or the auxiliary driving lamps or the auxiliary passing lamp, or combinations thereof, on motor vehicles shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations and such lamps may, in addition, be so arranged that such selection can be […]
Section 66-3-831 – Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.
Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in Section 66-3-802 NMSA 1978, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, […]