New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 19 - MOTOR VEHICLE PROCEDURES, LICENSES, PERMITS
Part 8 - SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS
Section 18.19.8.33 - FLAGS REQUIRED
Universal Citation: 18 NM Admin Code 18.19.8.33
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. An oversize vehicle, combination or load shall be properly flagged at all times.
B. Flags shall be red, florescent red or florescent orange and square or rectangular measuring no less than eighteen inches on any one side.
C. For single vehicles flags shall be placed as follows:
(1) front and rear: fastened to
each corner of the vehicle at the widest points of the vehicle;
(2) side: fastened to mark any extremity of
size when wider than the front or rear of the vehicle; and
(3) overhangs: for front overhangs that
exceed the vehicle by three feet or more and for rear overhangs that exceed the
vehicle by four feet or more, the extreme point of overhang shall be marked
with a flag on each corner of the overhang; provided that when the overhang
width is less than two feet, it may be marked with only one flag.
D. For combination vehicles, flags shall be placed as follows:
(1) front:
fastened to each front corner of the power unit vehicle at the widest points of
the vehicle;
(2) at the four
corners of the trailer or load, whichever is greater in width: fastened to each
front corner of the trailer or load at the forward-most part of the trailer or
load and fastened to each rear corner of the trailer or load at the rear-most
part of the trailer or load;
(3)
sides: fastened to mark any extremity of size if wider than the front or rear
of the trailer or load; and
(4)
overhangs: for front overhangs that exceed the front of the vehicle combination
by two feet or more and for rear overhangs that exceed the rear of the vehicle
combination by four feet or more, the extreme point of overhang shall be marked
with a flag on each corner of the overhang; provided that when the overhang
width is less than two feet, it may be marked with only one flag.
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