2005 Idaho Code - 49-619 — SLOW MOVING VEHICLES -- RESTRICTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS, EQUIPMENT -- EMBLEMS ON CERTAIN MACHINERY -- LIMITED EXEMPTION

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 6
                              RULES OF THE ROAD
    49-619.  SLOW MOVING VEHICLES -- RESTRICTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS, EQUIPMENT --
EMBLEMS ON CERTAIN MACHINERY -- LIMITED EXEMPTION. (1) It shall be unlawful to
operate a slow moving vehicle on the highways at the following times and under
the following circumstances:
    (a)  From one-half (1/2) hour after sunset to one-half (1/2) hour before
    sunrise, unless the vehicle or equipment is equipped with lights as
    required by section 49-916, Idaho Code;
    (b)  At a speed in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour, unless the
    vehicle or equipment, including towed units of farm equipment, is designed
    to safely travel at speeds in excess of twenty-five (25) miles per hour,
    but no such vehicle or equipment shall exceed the posted maximum speed
    limit and shall be operated by a licensed driver;
    (c)  In such a manner as to obstruct the free movement of traffic on the
    highways.
    (2)  A slow moving vehicle shall be equipped with a braking system and
with a mechanical signaling device as required for other similarly constructed
vehicles.
    (3)  All slow moving vehicles, farm tractors, road rollers and implements
of husbandry shall have affixed at the rear of the vehicle an emblem
identifying them as slow moving equipment. The Idaho traffic safety commission
shall recommend to the board the minimum standards for the emblem.
    (4)  Emergency and snow removal vehicles owned and operated by the state
or its political subdivisions when en route to, from, or in the performance of
activities essential to the public safety, shall be exempt from the provisions
of paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (1) of this section.