Section 66-7-413.6 – Multiple trip special permit allowance; vehicles used to transport oilfield equipment; limitations.
A. An oilfield equipment transport vehicle may be issued a special permit to transport loads for multiple trips pursuant to Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978. The area covered by the special permit shall be specified on the permit. B. The multiple trip special permits for oilfield equipment transport vehicles may be issued for a load with […]
Section 66-7-413.7 – Multiple trip special permit allowance; fee; vehicles used to transport agricultural products; limitations.
A. An agricultural product transport vehicle may be issued a special permit for an annual fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to transport loads for multiple trips pursuant to Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978. The area covered by the special permit shall be specified on the permit. B. The multiple trip special permits for agricultural […]
Section 66-7-413.8 – Multiple-trip permit for specialized haul vehicles.
A special multiple-trip permit may be issued for a single vehicle with a load in excess of the weight allowed in Section 66-7-410 NMSA 1978 if: A. the vehicle has an overall length of not more than forty feet and contains a group of four to seven axles having a distance in feet between the […]
Section 66-7-414 – Exemptions; implements of husbandry.
A. No permit or fee required under Section 66-7-413 NMSA 1978 is necessary for implements of husbandry, including farm tractors and farm trailers when not more than two such farm trailers are towed in tandem, being moved during daylight hours within a county or an adjacent county for a total distance, one way, of not […]
Section 66-7-415 – When the state transportation commission or local authorities may restrict right to use streets.
A. Local authorities, with respect to streets under their jurisdiction, may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles or may impose limitations as to size or weight, on designated streets in areas that are primarily residential or that pass by educational or medical facilities or on streets that […]
Section 66-7-416 – Liability for damage; unlawful use of highways; penalties.
A. The public highways in the state are dedicated to the reasonable use thereof by the public. B. It shall be unlawful for any person to injure or damage any public highway or street or any bridge, culvert, sign, signpost or structure upon or used or constructed in connection with any public highway or street […]
Section 66-7-501 – Short title.
Sections 66-7-501 through 66-7-513 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Traffic Safety Act”. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-501, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 488; 2003, ch. 148, § 1. ANNOTATIONS The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, substituted “66-7-501 through 66-7-513 NMSA 1978” for “64-7-501 through 64-7-511”. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and […]
Section 66-7-502 – Legislative intent.
A. The legislature declares that there should be accurate information about the causes of traffic accidents which result in fatalities and in serious injuries on the highways of this state. B. Special accident-investigation units have made valuable discoveries of the incidence of driver intoxication and of mechanical defects in motor vehicle accidents. The legislature intends […]
Section 66-7-503 – Definitions.
As used in the Traffic Safety Act: A. “bureau” means the traffic safety bureau of the department; B. “chief” means the administrative head of the bureau; C. “committee” means the advisory committee to the bureau; and D. “department” means the state highway and transportation department. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-503, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. […]
Section 66-7-504 – Bureau; creation; administrative head.
A. There is created within the department the “traffic safety bureau”. The chief shall receive no additional salary because of his activity as chief of the bureau. B. The department shall employ such personnel and hire such consultants as are required to carry out the provisions of the Traffic Safety Act. History: 1953 Comp., § […]