Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by Article 7 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978, except those provisions of Article 7 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978 which by their very nature can have no application, and except where otherwise specifically provided in Aticle [Article] 7 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-7, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 377.
Provision has no application to horses being driven across highway. Knox v. Trujillo, 1963-NMSC-132, 72 N.M. 345, 383 P.2d 823.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Liability for damage to motor vehicle or injury to person riding therein from collision with runaway horse, or horse left unattended or untied in street, 49 A.L.R.4th 653.
60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 43.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety
Part 1 - APPLICATION OF TRAFFIC LAWS
Section 66-7-2 - Reference to vehicles upon the highways; exceptions.
Section 66-7-3 - Required obedience to traffic laws.
Section 66-7-4 - Obedience to police officers.
Section 66-7-5 - Public officers and employees to obey act; exceptions.
Section 66-7-6 - Authorized emergency vehicles.
Section 66-7-7 - Traffic laws apply to persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles.
Section 66-7-8 - Provisions uniform throughout state.
Section 66-7-9 - Powers of local authorities.
Section 66-7-10 - No interference with rights of owners of real property with reference thereto.
Section 66-7-11 - New Mexico state police power to close certain highways in emergencies.
Section 66-7-13 - Autonomous motor vehicles; standards; local regulation. (Effective July 1, 2022.)