A. The triangular yellow-orange and red slow moving vehicle emblem which meets the standards and specifications of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, ASAE S276.3, Slow-Moving Vehicle Identification Emblem, shall be recognized as the official slow-moving vehicle emblem of this state.

B. 1. All farm machinery, other machinery including all road construction and maintenance machinery, and all other vehicles and animal-drawn vehicles designed to operate and operating at a maximum speed of no more than twenty-five (25) miles per hour traveling on a highway during day or night shall display a slow-moving vehicle emblem on the rear of the vehicle.

2. When such road construction and maintenance machinery is engaged in actual construction or maintenance work and there is either a flagman or clearly visible warning signs to warn of such machinery's presence on the roadway are exempt from the requirements of this section.

C. The emblem shall be positioned as near as practicable to the center on the rear of the vehicle or machinery; provided however, that in the case of a string of farm machinery or implements being towed only one clearly visible emblem must be displayed on the rearmost vehicle.

D. The use of such emblem shall be in addition to any lighting devices or other equipment required by law. The failure on the part of an owner or driver of any nonmotor vehicle to display the emblem required in this section shall not relieve the operator of a motor vehicle from negligence in the event of a collision. No person shall use the slow-moving vehicle emblem except as required in this section.

E. The evidence as to the use of such emblem or the lack of the use of such emblem shall not be admissible in the trial of any case.

Added by Laws 1968, c. 216, § 1, emerg. eff. April 23, 1968. Amended by Laws 1973, c. 270, §§ 1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1974; Laws 2003, c. 411, § 84, eff. Nov. 1. 2003. Renumbered from Title 47, § 47-149.1 by Laws 2003, c. 411, § 85, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.