Chapter 158 VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC.
158-45 SLOW-MOVING-VEHICLE EMBLEMS
A. Every
farm
tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of
husbandry, and any other vehicle designed for operation at speeds not
in excess
of twenty-five (25) miles per hour or normally operated at speeds not
in excess
of twenty-five (25) miles per hour, shall display a triangular,
slow-moving-vehicle emblem on the rear of the vehicle when traveling on
a
public highway during day or night.
B. Should
a
slow-moving vehicle tow a unit on a public highway, the towing vehicle
or the
towed unit shall be equipped with a slow-moving-vehicle emblem, as
follows:
1. If
the towed unit or any load thereon obscures
the slow-moving-vehicle emblem on the towing vehicle, the towed unit
shall be
equipped with a slow-moving-vehicle emblem, in which case the towing
vehicle
need not display such emblem.
2. If
the slow-moving-vehicle emblem on the
towing vehicle is not obscured by the towed unit or any load thereon,
either or
both such vehicles may be equipped with such emblem.
C. The
Department
of State Police shall adopt standards and specifications for the
slow-moving-vehicle emblem and the position of mounting of the emblem
to
correlate with and, so far as possible, conform with those adopted by
the
American Society of Automotive Engineers.
D. The
use
of the slow-moving-vehicle emblem shall be restricted to the uses
specified
in Subsections A and B of this section, and their use on any other type
of
vehicle or on stationary objects is prohibited.