§ 24-12-10-1.40. Use of multiple beam road lighting equipment.

Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a street or shoulder adjacent thereto during the times specified in Section 12-10-1.3 of this ordinance, the driver shall use all distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations:

A.

Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light or composite beam so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the oncoming driver.

B.

The lowermost distribution of light specified in Section 12-10-1.39B of this ordinance shall be deemed to avoid glare at all times, regardless of road contour and loading.

C.

Whenever the driver of a vehicle overtakes another vehicle proceeding in the same direction and within two hundred feet, such driver shall use a distribution of light or composite beam so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected through the rear window of the overtaken vehicle.

(Ord. No. 1567 , 5-29-18)

State law reference

66-3-831 NMSA 1978.