New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 3 - MOTOR CARRIER GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 2 - OPERATING AUTHORITIES
Section 18.3.2.20 - REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO ALL PASSENGER SERVICE CARRIERS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Safe and adequate service, equipment, and facilities. All passenger services must provide safe and adequate service, equipment, and facilities for the provision of transportation services.
B. Condition of vehicles. A passenger service carrier shall use motor vehicles that are safe, dependable, clean, and suitable for the service rendered. A passenger service shall maintain each motor vehicle in good mechanical and operating condition. No passenger service shall operate, or require or permit to be operated, a motor vehicle with any defect or deficiency capable of causing an accident or the mechanical breakdown of the motor vehicle.
C. Heating and ventilation system. A passenger service carrier shall ensure that every motor vehicle it operates is equipped with a heating system capable of providing a reasonable level of comfort inside the motor vehicle, and shall have ventilation adequate to prevent the escape of engine fumes into the interior of the motor vehicle.
D. Transportation of property limited. No passenger service carrier may transport any property, including parcel freight, cargo or baggage, in any quantity or manner that interferes with the comfort or safety of passengers. Any property carried within the passenger compartment must be secured to prevent the property from obscuring the vision of the driver or endangering the passengers.
