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1. DWI POSTER: 2009-2010: The High Cost of DWI in New Mexico (DWI Laws Summary)
   • One page, 11x17 Acrobat format, must be scaled to 11x17 in Acrobat
     
     
2. Underage Drinking Penalties Poster: Penalties for Under-21 Alcohol Offenses in New Mexico
   • 11x17 PDF format: to print, must be scaled to 11x17 in Acrobat
     
     
3. A Short History of Traffic Safety Legislation and Public Policy in New Mexico Since Statehood
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4. New Mexico Motor Vehicle Laws: Driving While Impaired and Other Traffic Safety Issues,
   2006-07
   • Acrobat (PDF) format 8.5x11 format,    Click here for 2007 supplement update, 8.5x11 pdf format
     
• Click here for 2007 supplement update, sized for use with yellow handbooks
  
  
5. New Mexico's Motorcyle Laws (selected), Acrobat (PDF) format.
   
   
6. Link to NM Motor Vehicle Statutes (unannotated)
   
   
7. Fast Facts and Posters on underage drinking, graduated licensing, forfeiture, traffic safety.
   
   
8. Link to New Mexico's Transportation and Highways Rules (New Mexico Administrative Code, Title 18)
   
   
9. Link to recent NM Supreme Court Cases- Current year opinions
   
   
10. Link to recent NM Court of Appeals Cases- Current year opinions
    
    
11. Obtaining an Interlock License in New Mexico.
    
    
12. Report on Albuquerque's DWI Vehicle Seizure/Forfeiture Ordinance -- with 2005 Amendments
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13. Flow Chart: DWI in New Mexico
• Acrobat (PDF) format letter size (8.5x11)
• Acrobat (PDF) format: double letter size (11 x 17)
• Webpage HTML format
  
  
14. New Mexico's Court System: About the Courts from the NM Administrative Office of the Courts
    
    
15. A History of Federal and New Mexico Safety Belt Legislation
    
    
16. New Mexico's laws and court decisions from Conway Greene
    
    
17. Administrative Action Codes and License Points Codes (Word Format)
    Learn how to read your MVD Driver History and all those codes.
    
    

Newsletters: 

Traffic Safety News
A monthly newsletter published by the Institute of Public Law, University of New Mexico School of Law, and the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Traffic Safety Bureau

AlcoEdu Newsletter
A quarterly newsletter published by the Institute of Public Law, University of New Mexico School of Law, and the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Traffic Safety Bureau for teachers and students about the dangers of of drinking and driving.

New Mexico Legislation:

2008 summary of traffic safety-related legislation

2007 summary of traffic safety-related legislation
           Web page format // Acrobat format

2005 Summary of Legislative Changes to DWI Laws

Reports and Research

1. NM Highway Safety Performance Plan 2008
   
   
2. Traffic Safety Milestones: A Short History of Traffic Safety Legislation and Public Policy in New Mexico Since Statehood
   Word Format // Acrobat (PDF) Format
   
   
3. 2006 Statistical Report on DWI Court Dispositions in New Mexico, Administrative Office of the Courts.
   
   
4. New Mexico's Comprehensive Traffic Safety Plan 2006
   
   
5. Governor Richardson's Multi-Agency DWI Strategic Plan
   
   
6. Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Underage Drinking
   
   
7. NMDOT Traffic Safety Bureau's Annual Report 2005
   
   
   
8. Albuquerque's Forfeiture Ordinance: A Review of Re-arrest Rates After Vehicle Sanctions, March 2005
   
   
9. New Mexico Traffic Crash Reports and DWI Crash Reports
   (from the Division of Government Research, University of New Mexico).
   
   
10. NHTSA's  Cost of Impaired Driving in New Mexico
    
    
11. NHTSA's  Cost of Impaired Driving  in the United States
    
    
12. Impaired Driving and Ethnicity: University of New Mexico, Institute for Social Research and Division of Government Research.
    
    
13. Report: The State of HGN (Nystagmus) in New Mexico After the Torres Case: The Eye in DWI   (Word Format)
    
    
14. Report:  DWI Process Improvement Management Plan: Thirty-five recommendations from the DWI Process and Data Standards Committee, appointed in 1996 to define a more efficient DWI process.
    
    
15. Report:  Minor Under the Influence, The Underage Drinking Task Force's report on Underage Drinking in New Mexico. Motor vehicle crashes are the number one killer of New Mexico’s youth, and alcohol is involved in nearly half of these deaths. Alcohol also plays a major role in homicide and suicide -- the other two leading causes of death for persons under 21. Underage drinking is a key factor in teen violence, unplanned pregnancies, poor school performance, and rising crime rates.

1. Search Warrant Checklist
   
2. DWI Prosecutors' Checklist
   Word format
   Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
   

1. New Mexico's Implied Consent Warnings (required prior to chemical testing a suspect for blood alcohol) Note that the language of this document was developed by an advisory group of police officers, district attorneys, the Scientific Laboratory, the Traffic Safety Bureau and other interested parties.  If you have comments or questions about these warnings you can contact Carolyn Johnson. 
   
   
2. Model DWI Discovery Orders    (from the New Mexico Scientific Laboratory Division)
   
   
3. DWI Prosecutors' Checklist
   (Word format) // (Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
   
   
4. Interlock License Application from the Motor Vehicle Division
   
   
5. Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Forms
   

1. Motor Vehicle Publications: Driver's license manual (Spanish, English), license plate info, location of MVD offices, FAQs, etc.
   
   
2. New Mexico Driver Education Curriculum
   
   
3. DWI Defined in New Mexico
   NM DWI Benchbook: A manual for judges in New Mexico that describes the offenses and elements of DWI, the stop, field sobriety testing, arrest, implied consent, breath and blood testing, sentencing and other alcohol-related offenses.

New Mexico DWI Case Law

Read some of New Mexico's major appellate cases on DWI.

DWI Defined in New Mexico
**(Summaries from New Mexico Judicial Education Center's Benchbooks)

NM DWI Benchbook: A manual for judges in New Mexico that describes the offenses and elements of DWI, the stop, field sobriety testing, arrest, implied consent, breath and blood testing, sentencing and other alcohol-related offenses.

Youth & Graduated Licensing (GDL)

• Underage drinking In New Mexico 2008: Fast Facts
• Teen Drivers: A Guide to New Mexico's Graduated Driver License Law
• Graduated Driver's License FAQs and forms
• STOP DWI Arts Arts Program: Kids and Seniors Writing Poetry Together
• News 101

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