Rider passenger seating and eye protection

You are otherwise authorized to carry an adult passenger on a two-wheel motorcycle, not an autocycle. Which setup meets the state-cited seating rule in the 2025 guide?

Correct answer: A motorcycle designed for a passenger, with a proper passenger seat and passenger footrests.

The motorcycle must be designed to carry more than one person. The passenger may use the permanent seat if designed for two, or another seat firmly attached at the rear or side, with their feet on passenger footrests. The operator uses the permanent regular seat and the provided footrests; an added seat alone does not establish passenger capacity.

Source: Printed VII-2 / PDF physical 141, section 12-7-4(A)–(B), Riding on Motorcycles; complete reader lines 5171–5181. Ordinary two-wheel scenario excludes the stated autocycle exception; adult passenger and other authorization assumed. City of Hobbs-hosted New Mexico Municipal League 2025 Uniform Traffic Ordinance compilation, revisions through July 2025. These provisions display a 66-7-355 NMSA 1978 citation; this dated compilation is not independently verified current statewide codification or proof of municipal adoption. Actual body read October 1, 2026 at 08:40:03.925 UTC, turn6031view0; complete retained paragraphs and content reviewed October 1. No new source request or PDF-image review during authoring. Starred lane-use and other provisions without a statutory comparable are not transferred. ↗

An adult operates a motorcycle without an approved fixed windshield. What does the state-cited eye-protection rule in the 2025 guide require?

Correct answer: An approved eye-protective device, such as a helmet-mounted faceshield, goggles or safety eyeglasses.

Without an approved fixed windshield, the operator must wear an approved eye-protective device. The listed choices of device include a faceshield attached to a safety helmet, goggles and safety eyeglasses. Both protective devices and windshields must be approved types; the paragraph does not set a speed threshold or make a bare helmet sufficient.

Source: Printed VII-2 / PDF physical 141, section 12-7-5, Eye-Protective Devices or Windshields; complete reader lines 5187–5192. Operator duty with the approved fixed-windshield exception; no claim about a particular product’s approval. City of Hobbs-hosted New Mexico Municipal League 2025 Uniform Traffic Ordinance compilation, revisions through July 2025. These provisions display a 66-7-355 NMSA 1978 citation; this dated compilation is not independently verified current statewide codification or proof of municipal adoption. Actual body read October 1, 2026 at 08:40:03.925 UTC, turn6031view0; complete retained paragraphs and content reviewed October 1. No new source request or PDF-image review during authoring. Starred lane-use and other provisions without a statutory comparable are not transferred. ↗