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 66-7-323 - Turning on curve or crest or [of] grade prohibited.

Universal Citation: NM Stat § 66-7-323 (2019)

No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest of a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within one thousand feet.

History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-323, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 427.

ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material in the catchline was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Cross references. — For the penalty assessment for violation, see 66-8-116 NMSA 1978.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7A Am. Jur. 2d Automobiles and Highway Traffic § 259.

Automobiles: liability for U-turn collisions, 53 A.L.R.4th 849.

60A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 303(7), 367.

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