Objects projecting from rear; red flag or light.
New Orleans City Code § 154-396
in effectSec. 154-396. - Objects projecting from rear; red flag or light.
(a) Any vehicle carrying a pole or other object or material which projects more than four feet from the rear end of such vehicle shall, during the period from sunset to sunrise, display a red light at or near the end of the pole or other object or material so projecting. During the period from sunrise to sunset such vehicle shall display a red flag, the dimensions of which shall not be less than 12 inches square, at or near the end of such pole or other object or material so projecting.
(b) When one vehicle is towing another, the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby, and such drawbar or other connection shall not exceed 15 feet from one vehicle to the other, except the connection between any two vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of a structural nature which cannot readily be dismembered.
(c) No vehicle shall push another vehicle at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
(Code 1956, § 38-129)
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH154TRVE_ARTVOPVE_DIV2RURO_S154-396OBPRREREFLLIFetched: 10/28/2026