New Mexico § 66-7-103.1 - Advance signal warning required

§ 66-7-103.1. Advance signal warning required

A. As used in this section: (1) “ camera monitor ” means a device or instrument that records a visual image of a motor vehicle being

operated in violation of a traffic signal's red light directive to stop; (2) “ controller assembly ” means a complete electrical device mounted in a cabinet for controlling the operation

of a traffic signal; (3) “ rumble strips ” means grooves in pavement or rows of raised pavement markers placed perpendicular

to the direction of travel in a street or highway lane to alert inattentive drivers

to a lane or traffic condition; (4) “ traffic signal ” means a power-operated traffic control device by which traffic is alternately directed

to stop and permitted to proceed; and (5) “ warning beacon ” means a power-operated traffic control device with one or more signal sections that

operates in a flashing mode. B. When a county or municipality, including a home-rule municipality that has adopted

a charter pursuant to Article 10, Section 6 of the constitution of New Mexico , uses a camera monitor in conjunction with a traffic signal at an intersection or

other location to detect violation of the traffic signal's red light directive to

stop, the county or municipality shall install, on streets or highways approaching

the traffic signal from directions covered by the camera monitor, a warning sign or

signs supplemented by a warning beacon or rumble strips. C. The warning beacon described in Subsection B of this section shall be installed,

together with the warning sign or signs, at a location and interconnected with the

traffic signal controller assembly in a manner that will cause the beacon to flash

yellow during the period when a person driving a motor vehicle passing the beacon

at the legal speed for the street or highway will encounter a traffic signal red light,

or a queue of motor vehicles resulting from the display of the red light, upon arrival

at the signalized location. D. If rumble strips described in Subsection B of this section are used, they shall

be installed, together with warning signs, at a location in advance of a traffic signal

so as to provide a driver, moving over the rumble strips at the legal speed for the

street or highway, with warning that if the traffic signal is displaying a yellow

signal, the driver will encounter a traffic signal red light, or a queue of motor

vehicles resulting from the display of the red light, upon arrival at the signalized

location. E. Warning signs used with beacons or rumble strips shall warn a driver that the driver

may encounter a traffic signal displaying a red light at an upcoming intersection

and that the traffic signal is photo-enforced. When used with rumble strips, a warning sign shall be installed facing traffic approaching

a signalized location on the near side of the street or highway and, if appropriate,

a warning sign shall also be installed facing traffic approaching a signalized location

on a median dividing opposite directions of traffic. F. The warning sign and warning beacon described in Subsection B of this section shall

comply with signs and beacons appropriate for the purposes of this section provided

in the manual of uniform traffic control devices adopted by the state transportation

commission pursuant to Section 66-7-101 NMSA 1978 .