2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety
Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY
Section 66-7-316 - One-way roadways and rotary traffic islands.
A. The state transportation commission may designate any highway or any separate roadway under its jurisdiction for one-way traffic and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice of that designation.
B. Upon a roadway designated and signposted for one-way traffic, a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated.
C. A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the island.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-316, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 420; 2003, ch. 142, § 18.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the penalty assessment for violation, see 66-8-116 NMSA 1978.
The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "transportation commission" for "highway commission" in Subsection A.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7A Am. Jur. 2d Automobiles and Highway Traffic § 217.
Duty and liability of vehicle driver approaching intersection of one-way street with other street, 62 A.L.R.2d 275.
60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 33.
