Statutes > New Mexico Statutes > Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles. > Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety, 66-7-1 through 66-7-513. > Section 66-7-7 - Traffic laws apply to persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles.

Section 66-7-7 - Traffic laws apply to persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles.

66-7-7. Traffic laws apply to persons riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles.

Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by Article 7 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978, except those provisions of Article 7 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978 which by their very nature can have no application, and except where otherwise specifically provided in Aticle [Article] 7 of Chapter 66 NMSA 1978.