Tag: New Mexico
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You Might Want To Skip The Cartwheels During Your Field Sobriety Test
If you’ve ever been stopped for suspected drunk driving, you’ll know that standardized field sobriety tests (SFST) are a common way police officers use to assess someone they believe is…
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New Mexico Drunk Driving Law Would Ban Offenders From Drinking
When you’re trying to take on a task as difficult as putting a full and final stop to drunk driving, there’s a lot of different laws that may get passed:…
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Judges And Drunk Drivers In New Mexico Monitored By MADD
New Mexico has no tolerance for driving while intoxicated (DWI). Over the past few years drunk drivers in New Mexico have been penalized harshly thanks to strict drunk driving laws,…
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New Mexico Drunk Driving Deaths At All Time Low
One recent news topic coming out of New Mexico is a steady flow of tragic drunk driving deaths shared online. From driving while intoxicated (DWI) crashes in the state to…
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New Mexico Leading The Way For Drunk Driving Deaths
New Mexico has been leading the way in the United States, but not in a way the state might like. It has the highest rate of alcohol-related deaths by a…
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Life After A DWI In New Mexico
New Mexico has a few mentions in the long history of drinking and driving in the United States. It ranks fourth out of all the states for finding new ways…
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Thanks To SIP Laws, Your Server Could Be Responsible If you Drive Drunk
For some people, heading out to a bar or pub for a night means drinking to excess. Instead of having one or two drinks, they order 5, 6, or more,…
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The Lowdown On The HB 86 Ignition Interlock Bill
New Mexico isn’t a state that’s content to sit back and watch citizens die from drunk driving crashes. There has been a steady stream of new bills coming in to…
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MADD’s Walk Of Sorrow Rallies Against Drunk Drivers
Whether they know someone who has been killed in a driving while intoxicated (DWI) crash or they have narrowly escaped one themselves, there are a lot of reasons why people…
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Ignition Interlock And DWI Laws In New Mexico
The state of New Mexico passed an all offender ignition interlock law in 2005, and since that time they’ve recorded a 40% drop in deaths related to driving while impaired…
