New Mexico § 66-3-826 - Lamps on other vehicles and equipment
Full text of New Mexico New Mexico Statutes Annotated § 66-3-826 — Lamps on other vehicles and equipment, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 66-3-826. Lamps on other vehicles and equipment
A. All vehicles, including animal-drawn vehicles and including those referred to in Section 66-3-801C NMSA 1978 not specifically required by the provisions of Sections 66-3-801 through 66-3-887 NMSA 1978 , to be equipped with lamps, shall at the times specified in Section 66-3-802 NMSA 1978 hereof be equipped with at least one lighted lamp or lantern exhibiting a white light
visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle and with
a lamp or lantern exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet
to the rear. B. Every farm tractor not equipped with an electric lighting system shall at all times
mentioned in Section 66-3-802 NMSA 1978 be equipped with lamps or lanterns meeting the requirements of Subsection A above. Every farm tractor equipped with an electric lighting system shall at all times
mentioned in Section 66-3-802 NMSA 1978 display a red tail lamp and either multiple-beam or single-beam headlamps meeting
the requirements of Sections 66-3-805 , 66-3-830 and 66-3-832 NMSA 1978 , respectively. C. All combinations of tractors and towed farm equipment shall, in addition to the
lighting equipment required by Subsection B above, be equipped with a lamp or lamps
displaying a white or amber light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to
the front and red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear,
and said lamp or lamps shall be installed or capable of being positioned so that visibility
from the rear is not obstructed by the towed equipment and so as to indicate the furthest
projection of said towed equipment on the side of the road used by other vehicles
in passing such combinations. And further, all such towed farm equipment shall be equipped either with two tail
lamps displaying a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear
or two red reflectors visible from a distance of fifty to five hundred feet to the
rear when illuminated by the upper beam of headlamps, and the location of such lamps
or reflectors shall be such as to indicate as nearly as practicable the extreme left
and right rear projections of said towed equipment on the highway.
Source: official New Mexico text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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