New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter E - Required Markings Or Signs
Part 68 - Slow-moving Vehicle Emblem
Section 68.8 - Use of slow-moving vehicle emblem
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
The only use of the SMV emblem shall be as follows:
(a) Agricultural equipment, whether towed or self-propelled, designed for operation at speeds not in excess of 25 miles per hour when traveling on or moving along a public highway during day or night, shall each display the slow-moving vehicle emblem.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) Every vehicle drawn by animals shall display on the rear either:
(d) Every self-propelled unit of road construction and maintenance machinery or other machinery designed for operation at speeds not in excess of 25 miles per hour when traveling on or moving along a public highway during day or night shall display the slow-moving vehicle emblem except when engaged in actual construction or maintenance work either guarded by a flagman or clearly visible warning signs, and except that a hazard vehicle as defined in section 117-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law engaged in a hazardous operation as defined in section 117-b of the Vehicle and Traffic Law shall not be required to display a slow-moving vehicle emblem when the amber light is legally being used upon such unit.
(e) A slow-moving vehicle with emblem attached and visible from the rear while being transported upon another vehicle, other than a slow-moving vehicle, shall have the emblem covered in such a manner that it will not be visible to traffic.
(f) The SMV emblem shall not be put to any use other than prescribed by this Part.
