GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 113
AN ACT TO REQUIRE TWO REAR-VISION MIRRORS ON CERTAIN TRUCKS, BUSES, AND TRUCK TRACTORS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 20-117.1 reads as rewritten:
"§
20-117.1. Equipment required on all semitrailers operated by contract
carriers or common carriers of property. Requirements for mirrors and
fuel container.
(a) Rear-Vision Mirror.Mirrors.
- Every tractor shall be equipped with at least one rear-vision mirror,
firmly attached to the motor vehicle and so located as to reflect to the driver
a view of the highway to the rear. Every bus, truck, and truck tractor
with a GVWR of 10,001 pounds or more shall be equipped with two rear-vision
mirrors, one at each side, firmly attached to the outside of the motor vehicle,
and located as to reflect to the driver a view of the highway to the rear and
along both sides of the vehicle. Only one outside mirror shall be
required, on the driver's side, on trucks which are so constructed that the
driver also has a view to the rear by means of an interior mirror. In
driveaway-towaway operations, driven vehicle shall have at least one mirror
furnishing a clear view to the rear, and if the interior mirror does not
provide the clear view, an additional mirror shall be attached to the left side
of the driven vehicle to provide the clear view to the rear.
(b) Fuel Container Not to Project. - No part of any fuel tank or container or intake pipe shall project beyond the sides of the motor vehicle."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of May, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives