Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                         CHAPTER 101-S.F.No. 25 
           An act relating to traffic regulations; requiring 
          additional reflective devices for persons using 
          alternate slow moving vehicle emblems; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 169.522, subdivision 
          1. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 169.522, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  (a) All animal-drawn vehicles, motorized 
golf carts when operated on designated roadways pursuant to 
section 169.045, implements of husbandry and other machinery, 
including all road construction machinery, which are designed 
for operation at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less shall 
display a triangular slow moving vehicle emblem except when 
being used in actual construction and maintenance work and 
traveling within the limits of a construction area which is 
marked in accordance with requirements of the manual of uniform 
traffic control devices, as set forth in section 169.06.  Such 
The emblem shall consist of a fluorescent yellow-orange triangle 
with a dark red reflective border and be mounted so as to be 
visible from a distance of not less than 600 feet to the rear.  
When a primary power unit towing an implement of husbandry or 
other machinery displays a slow-moving vehicle emblem visible 
from a distance of 600 feet to the rear, it shall not be 
necessary to display a similar emblem on the secondary unit.  
After January 1, 1975 all slow moving vehicle emblems sold in 
this state shall be so designed that when properly mounted they 
are visible from a distance of not less than 600 feet to the 
rear when directly in front of lawful lower beam of head lamps 
on a motor vehicle.  The commissioner of public safety shall 
adopt standards and specifications for the design and position 
of mounting the slow moving vehicle emblem.  Such standards and 
specifications shall be adopted by rule in accordance with the 
administrative procedure act.  A violation of this section shall 
not be admissible evidence in any civil cause of action arising 
prior to January 1, 1970. 
     (b) An alternate slow moving vehicle emblem consisting of a 
dull black triangle with a white reflective border may be used 
after obtaining a permit from the commissioner under rules of 
the commissioner.  A person with a permit to use an alternate 
slow moving vehicle emblem must: 
    (1) carry in the vehicle a regular slow moving vehicle 
emblem and display the emblem when operating a vehicle between 
sunset and sunrise, and at any other time when visibility is 
impaired by weather, smoke, fog, or other conditions; and 
    (2) permanently affix to the rear of the slow moving 
vehicle at least 72 square inches of reflective tape that 
reflects the color red. 
    Approved May 13, 1987