New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 3 - MOTOR CARRIER GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 12 - TOWING SERVICES
Section 18.3.12.18 - SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Unsafe conditions. A towing service is not obligated to transport shipments when, in the service's judgment, weather or road conditions make it impracticable or unsafe to operate.
B. Passengers prohibited. No person, other than an employee of the towing service, shall ride in a disabled motor vehicle while it is being transported.
C. Chains or cable across highway. A towing service shall not stretch or place any motor vehicles, cables or chains across any highway unless and until flagmen are placed a minimum distance of three hundred (300) feet from the obstruction in each direction along the highway to stop or warn approaching traffic. A towing service shall equip flagmen with red flags during daylight hours and electric lanterns with red lights during hours of darkness.