Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES

CHAPTER 9. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

Part 4. Miscellaneous Regulations

Low-Speed And Medium-Speed Electric Vehicles -- Required Equipment

61-9-432. Low-speed and medium-speed electric vehicles -- required equipment. (1) Low-speed electric vehicles and medium-speed electric vehicles, as defined in 61-1-101, must be equipped with:

(a) headlamps, front and rear turn signal lamps, taillamps, and stop lamps;

(b) three red reflectors, two of which must be placed on each side as far to the rear of the vehicle as practicable, and one of which must be placed on the rear of the vehicle;

(c) an exterior mirror mounted on the driver's side of the vehicle and either an exterior mirror mounted on the passenger's side of the vehicle or an interior mirror;

(d) a parking brake;

(e) a windshield that conforms to the federal motor vehicle safety standard provided in 49 CFR 571.205; and

(f) a seatbelt assembly that conforms to the federal motor vehicle safety standard provided in 49 CFR 571.209.

(2) A medium-speed electric vehicle must be equipped with a roll bar, roll cage, or crush-proof body design.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 233, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 209, L. 2011.