Section 66-3-812 - Lamps and reflectors; large semitrailers, full trailers and house trailers.

NM Stat § 66-3-812 (2019) (N/A)
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A. Every semitrailer, full trailer or house trailer eighty inches or more in overall width shall be equipped as follows:

(1) on the front: two amber clearance lamps, one at each side;

(2) on the rear: one red tail lamp; one red or amber stop lamp; two red clearance lamps, one at each side; two red reflectors, one at each side; and

(3) on each side: one amber side-marker lamp, located at or near the front; one red side-marker lamp, located at or near the rear; one amber reflector, located at or near the front; one red reflector, located at or near the rear.

B. Side-marker lamps may be in combination with clearance lamps and may use the same light source.

History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-812, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 118.

Cross references. — For the definition of "house trailer", see 66-1-4.8 NMSA 1978.

For the definition of "semitrailer", see 66-1-4.16 NMSA 1978.

For the definition of "trailer", see 66-1-4.17 NMSA 1978.