Section 66-3-815 - Lamps and reflectors, combinations in driveaway-towaway operations.

66-3-815. Lamps and reflectors, combinations in driveaway-towaway operations.

Combinations of motor vehicles, as enumerated in Section 66-3-808 NMSA 1978, engaged in driveway-towaway [driveaway-towaway] operations shall be equipped as follows:   

A.     on the towing vehicle:   

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

(2)     on each side and near the front, one amber side-marker lamp;   

(3)     on the rear, one red tail lamp; one red or amber stop lamp; and   

(4)     provided, however, that vehicles of less than eighty inches in width shall be equipped as provided in Section 66-3-809 NMSA 1978;   

B.     on the towed vehicle 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:   

(1)     on each side, and near the rear, one red side-marker lamp; and   

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

C.     on the first saddle-mounted of a double saddle-mount combination: on each side, and near the rear, one amber side-marker lamp; and   

D.     combinations of vehicles less than eighty inches in width in driveaway-towaway operations shall carry lamp and reflectors as required in Section 66-3-809 NMSA 1978.