N.M. Code R. § 18.19.8.80 : TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS — MOTOR VEHICLE PROCEDURES, LICENSES, PERMITS — SIZE AND WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOADS — ESCORTS - PURPOSE AND REQUIREMENT

A. The purpose of an escort vehicle is to enhance the safety of moving an oversize vehicle or load over the highways, to reduce delays and inconveniences to the normal flow of traffic and to alert the motoring public to the presence or approach of an oversize vehicle or load.
B. The DOT, after evaluating the dimensions of a vehicle, combination or load and the route to be traveled, may require that one or more escort vehicles accompany the movement or part of the movement or may require that police escorts accompany the movement.

N.M. Code R. § 18.19.8.80

10/14/92, 9/15/98; 18.19.8.80 NMAC - Rn, 18 NMAC 19.8.12.1, 9/14/00, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVII, Issue 03, February 12, 2016, eff. 2/12/2016, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10, May 24, 2022, eff. 6/1/2022