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 18.19.8.7 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 18 NM Admin Code 18.19.8.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

As used in this rule:

A. "Accumulated traffic" means a build-up of six or more vehicles, other than escort vehicles, or any vehicle being detained for more than ten minutes behind a vehicle or load required to be escorted; provided that, if the escorted vehicle or load is traveling consistently at a speed within five miles per hour of the maximum legal speed for the highway being traveled upon, the term means a build-up of eight or more vehicles, other than escort vehicles, or any vehicle being detained for more than ten minutes;

B. "Applicant" means a person or entity applying for a special permit;

C. "Continuous movement" means movement during all hours, day or night, on any day of the week except on a holiday; provided that "continuous movement" does not include movement during inclement weather, traffic hazards or other occurrences that affect the safe movement of vehicles on a highway;

D. "Counter-flow" means the movement of or obstruction by a vehicle, combination, structure or load upon a roadway designated for traffic flowing in the opposite direction;

E. "Daylight movement" means movement 30 minutes before sunrise until 30 minutes after sunset on any day of the week, except on a holiday; provided that "daylight movement" does not include movement during inclement weather, traffic hazards or other occurrences that affect the safe movement of vehicles on a highway;

F. "DOT" means the department of transportation;

G. "DPS" means the department of public safety;

H. "Height" means a measurement from the uppermost point of the vehicle, combination of vehicles or load to the roadbed;

I. "Highway" or "street" means every way or place generally open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel, even though it may be temporarily closed or restricted for the purpose of construction, maintenance, repair or reconstruction;

J. "Holiday" means 12:01 am until 11:59 pm on the calendar day of any of the following holidays:

(1) New year's day;

(2) Memorial day;

(3) Independence day;

(4) Labor day;

(5) Thanksgiving day;

(6) Christmas day; and

(7) any other holiday that may be designated by the DOT;

K. "Inclement weather" means a natural occurrence that may create dangerous driving conditions and includes any of the following:

(1) snow;

(2) ice;

(3) fog;

(4) rain;

(5) dust;

(6) a weather condition that limits visibility to less than 1000 feet, or approximately two-tenths of one mile;

(7) for oversize vehicles, combinations or loads, wind speeds of 25 miles per hour or more as determined by the National Weather Service, nearest airport, New Mexico port of entry or government controlled weather station; or

(8) a weather condition that is determined by the DPS or DOT or a law enforcement official to create a safety hazard;

L. "Irreducible load" means a vehicle or load exceeding size or weight limitations that cannot reasonably be reduced to legal limits and that, if separated into multiple or smaller loads or vehicles, would:

(1) compromise the intended use of the vehicle or load, rendering it unable to perform the function for which it was intended;

(2) destroy the value of the vehicle or load, making it unusable for its intended purpose; or

(3) require more than eight work hours to dismantle using appropriate equipment;

M. "Length" means a measurement from the foremost point to the rearmost point of a vehicle, combination of vehicles or load;

N. "Manufactured home" means a movable or portable housing structure that exceeds either a width of eight feet or a length of 40 feet, constructed to be towed on its own chassis and designed to be installed with or without a permanent foundation for human occupancy;

O. "Movement" or "move" means the movement of an oversize or overweight vehicle, combination or load on a highway of this state requiring a special permit;

P. "Oversize" or "overweight" means exceeding a maximum dimension or weight specified in Sections 66-7-401 through 66-7-416 NMSA 1978;

Q. "Permittee" means a person or entity that has been issued a special permit to move a specific vehicle, combination or load;

R. "Route survey" means actual physical measurements conducted by an applicant or an applicant's designee of the width and height of the load or vehicle to be moved compared with actual physical measurements of the width and height of structures and property to be cleared by the load or vehicle throughout the entirety of the proposed route to be traveled;

S. "Special permit" means a written permit issued by the DOT that authorizes a permittee to move an oversize or overweight vehicle, combination or load on a highway in this state;

T. "Utility service vehicle" means a vehicle used in the furtherance of repairing, maintaining, or operating any structure or other physical facility necessary for the delivery of public utility services, including the furnishing of electric, gas, water, sanitary sewer, telephone, television cable or community antenna service; and

U. "Width" means a measurement from the extreme outermost point of one side of the vehicle or combination of vehicles or load to the extreme outermost point of the opposite side of the vehicle, combination of vehicles or load.

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