§ 38-611. Lamps and reflectors.
(a)
Truck tractors and road tractors. Every truck tractor and road tractor shall be equipped as follows:
(1)
On the front: two headlamps; two amber clearance lamps, one at each side; and
(2)
On the rear: one red taillamp; one red or amber stop lamp.
(b)
Large semitrailers, full trailers and house trailers.
(1)
Every semitrailer, full trailer or house trailer 80 inches or more in overall width shall be equipped as follows:
a.
On the front: two amber clearance lamps; one at each side;
b.
On the rear: one red taillamp; one red or amber stop lamp; two red clearance lamps, one at each side; two red reflectors, one at each side; and
c.
On each side: one amber sidemarker lamp, located at or near the front; one red sidemarker 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.
(2)
Sidemarker lamps may be in combination with clearance lamps and may use the same light source.
(c)
Small semitrailers, house trailers and trailers. Every semitrailer, house trailer or trailer less than 80 inches in overall width shall be equipped as follows: on the rear, one red taillamp; two red reflectors, one at each side; one red or amber stop lamp, if the semitrailer, house trailer or trailer obscures the stop lamp on the towing vehicle.
(d)
Pole trailers. Every pole trailer shall be equipped as follows:
(1)
On the rear: one red taillamp, two red reflectors, one at each side, placed to indicate extreme width of the pole trailer; and
(2)
On each side, on the rearmost support for the load: one combination marker lamp showing amber to the front and red to the side and rear, mounted to indicate the maximum width of the pole trailer; and red reflector, located at or near the rear; and on pole trailers 30 feet or more in overall length, an amber marker lamp on each side near the center.
(e)
Combinations in driveaway-towaway operations. Combinations of motor vehicles, as enumerated in section 38-608, engaged in driveaway-towaway operations shall be equipped as follows:
(1)
On towing vehicle:
a.
On the front, two headlamps and two amber clearance lamps, one at each side;
b.
On each side and near the front, one amber sidemarker lamp;
c.
On the rear, one red taillamp; one red or amber stop lamp; and
d.
Provided, however, that vehicles of less than 80 inches in width shall be equipped as provided in section 38-609.
(2)
On the towed vehicles of a tow-bar combination, the towed vehicle of a single saddle-mount combination and on the rearmost towed vehicle of a double saddle-mount combination:
a.
On each side and near the rear, one red sidemarker lamp; and
b.
On the rear, one red taillamp; two red clearance lamps, one at each side; one red or amber stop lamp; two red reflectors, one at each side.
(3)
On the first saddle-mount of a double saddle-mount combination: one each side and near the rear, one amber sidemarker lamp.
(4)
Combinations of vehicles less than 80 inches in width in driveaway-towaway operations shall carry lamps and reflectors as required in section 38-609.
(Ord. No. 85-218, § 2, 1995; Code 1985, §§ 10.12.021—10.12.025)
State law reference
Similar provisions, NMSA 1978, §§ 66-3-811—66-3-815.