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.
Not having rear view mirror contributes to negligence per se. — Where automobile had not been equipped with proper rear view mirror and driver had not signaled that he was reducing speed or stopping, and driver of truck which struck rear of automobile admitted he followed at distance of only 50 to 100 feet, both drivers were guilty of negligence per se and the accident proximately resulted from such negligence. Pacific Greyhound Lines v. Alabam Freight Lines, 1951-NMSC-051, 55 N.M. 357, 233 P.2d 1044.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7A Am. Jur. 2d Automobiles and Highway Traffic § 789.
Regulations requiring motor vehicles to be equipped with adequate mirrors, operation of, 27 A.L.R.2d 1040.
60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 26; 60A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 287.
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