2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XXI - MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 266 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
Section 266:109 - Special Wrecker Lighting Required.

NH Rev Stat § 266:109 (2015) What's This?

    266:109 Special Wrecker Lighting Required. – Every wrecker shall be equipped with:
    I. Two additional stop and directional lamps placed so as to be readily visible to traffic from the rear at all times. The towed vehicle shall be equipped with portable lamps to conform with RSA 266:36. In the case of a vehicle designed to carry motor vehicles on the bed of the vehicle, however, the additional stop and directional lamps shall not be required. Any vehicle being towed by a vehicle which is designed to carry motor vehicles on the bed of the vehicle shall be equipped with portable stop and directional lamps and portable lamps to conform with RSA 266:36.
    II. One or more rotating or flashing amber colored emergency lamps so placed as to be clearly visible.
       (a) Said amber colored lights shall be illuminated at all times when a vehicle is in tow or when the service being rendered to another vehicle presents an actual or potential hazard to the public or to the occupants of the disabled vehicle.
       (b) Such emergency lights shall not be used at any other time unless otherwise prescribed or required by law.
       (c) Such emergency lights shall comply with the provisions of RSA 266:78-a through RSA 266:78-q and any rules adopted thereunder pursuant to RSA 541-A.

Source. 1986, 216:4. 1987, 404:11. 1989, 305:19. 2008, 358:15, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.


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