New Mexico Statutes
Part 9 - EQUIPMENT
Section 66-3-855 - Emergency signals; flame producing.

No driver shall attach or permit any person to attach a lighted fusee or other flame-producing emergency signal to any part of a motor vehicle.
History: 1941 Comp., § 68-2555, enacted by Laws 1953, ch. 139, § 158.4; 1953 Comp., § 64-20-55; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 64-3-855, by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 161.
Cross references. — For the definition of "motor vehicle" applicable to this section, see 66-3-851 NMSA 1978.
For the penalty assessment for violation of this section, see 66-8-116 NMSA 1978.

Structure New Mexico Statutes

New Mexico Statutes

Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles

Article 3 - Registration Laws; Security Interests; Anti-Theft Provisions; Bicycles; Equipment; Unsafe Vehicles; Off-Highway Motor Vehicles; Other Vehicles

Part 9 - EQUIPMENT

Section 66-3-801 - Equipment; prohibited acts.

Section 66-3-802 - When lighted lamps are required.

Section 66-3-803 - Visibility distance and mounted height of lamps.

Section 66-3-804 - Headlamps on motor vehicles.

Section 66-3-805 - Tail lamps.

Section 66-3-806 - New motor vehicles to be equipped with reflectors.

Section 66-3-807 - Stop lamps and turn signals required on designated vehicles.

Section 66-3-808 - Application of succeeding sections.

Section 66-3-809 - Additional equipment required on certain vehicles.

Section 66-3-810 - Color of clearance lamps, side-marker lamps and reflectors.

Section 66-3-811 - Lamps and reflectors; truck tractors and road tractors.

Section 66-3-812 - Lamps and reflectors; large semitrailers, full trailers and house trailers.

Section 66-3-813 - Lamps and reflectors, small semitrailers, house trailers and trailers.

Section 66-3-814 - Lamps and reflectors, pole trailers.

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

Section 66-3-816 - Mounting of reflectors, clearance lamps and side-marker lamps.

Section 66-3-817 - Clearance lamps to indicate extreme width, height and length.

Section 66-3-818 - Side-marker lamps combined with clearance lamps.

Section 66-3-819 - Combining tail and stop lamps.

Section 66-3-820 - Lighting devices to be electric.

Section 66-3-821 - Requirements for headlamps and auxiliary road-lighting lamps.

Section 66-3-822 - Requirements for clearance, side-marker and other lamps.

Section 66-3-823 - Obstructed lights not required.

Section 66-3-824 - Lamp or flag on projecting load.

Section 66-3-825 - Lamps on parked vehicles.

Section 66-3-826 - Lamps on other vehicles and equipment.

Section 66-3-827 - Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps.

Section 66-3-828 - Signal lamps and signal devices.

Section 66-3-829 - Additional lighting equipment.

Section 66-3-830 - Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.

Section 66-3-831 - Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.

Section 66-3-832 - Single-beam road-lighting equipment.

Section 66-3-833 - Alternate road-lighting equipment.

Section 66-3-834 - Number of driving lamps required or permitted.

Section 66-3-835 - Special restrictions on lamps.

Section 66-3-836 - Standards for lights on snow-removal equipment.

Section 66-3-837 - Selling or using lamps or equipment.

Section 66-3-838 - Authority of director with reference to safety and lighting devices.

Section 66-3-839 - Revocation of certificate of approval on safety and lighting devices.

Section 66-3-840 - Brakes.

Section 66-3-841 - Repealed.

Section 66-3-842 - Motorcycle maneuverability.

Section 66-3-843 - Horns and warning devices.

Section 66-3-844 - Mufflers; prevention of noise; emission control devices.

Section 66-3-845 - Mirrors.

Section 66-3-846 - Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers; windows must be transparent; exception.

Section 66-3-846.1 - Sun screening material on windshields and windows; requirements; violation; penalty.

Section 66-3-847 - Restrictions as to tire equipment.

Section 66-3-848 - Safety glazing materials in motor vehicles.

Section 66-3-849 - Certain vehicles to carry flares or other warning devices.

Section 66-3-850 - Buses; additional emergency equipment.

Section 66-3-851 - Meaning of term "motor vehicle" as used in Sections 66-3-852 through 66-3-857 NMSA 1978; unattended vehicles.

Section 66-3-852 - Stopped vehicles not to interfere with other traffic.

Section 66-3-853 - Emergency signals; disabled vehicle.

Section 66-3-854 - Emergency signals; stopped or parked vehicles.

Section 66-3-855 - Emergency signals; flame producing.

Section 66-3-856 - Emergency signals; dangerous cargoes.

Section 66-3-857 - Red flags; stopped vehicles.

Section 66-3-858 to 66-3-872 - Repealed.

Section 66-3-873 - Formulation of rules and regulations governing transportation of compressed gases and corrosive liquids.

Section 66-3-874 - Safety belts required.

Section 66-3-875 - Safety belts; type and manner of installation.

Section 66-3-876 to 66-3-886 - Repealed.

Section 66-3-887 - Slow-moving vehicle identification.

Section 66-3-888 - Airbag violations.