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Traffic Safety Publications, Reports & Research

Laws & Summaries | Newsletters | Legislation |  Reports | Checklists | Manuals  | Powerpoints
Miscellaneous Documents | NM DWI Case Law | DWI Defined | Youth & GDL

Laws and Summaries: 

  1. 2007 Legislative Changes to Traffic Safety-Related laws

  2. DWI POSTER: The High Cost of DWI in New Mexico (DWI Laws Summary)
  3. Penalties for Under-21 Alcohol Offenses in New Mexico
  4. New Mexico Motor Vehicle Laws: Driving While Impaired and Other Traffic Safety Issues,
    Acrobat (PDF) format

  5. New Mexico's Motorcyle Laws (selected), Acrobat (PDF) format.

  6. Obtaining an Interlock License in New Mexico.

  7. Traffic Safety Milestones: A Short History of Traffic Safety Legislation and Public Policy in New Mexico Since Statehood
    Word Format // Acrobat (PDF) Format


  8. Albuquerque's DWI Vehicle Seizure Ordinance -- with 2005 Amendments
    Word format |  PDF format

  9. Flow Chart: DWI in New Mexico
    Acrobat (PDF) format: 11 x 8.5
    HTML format

  10. New Mexico's Court System: About the Courts from the NM Administrative Office of the Courts

  11. A History of Federal and New Mexico Safety Belt Legislation

  12. New Mexico's Laws

  13. 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:

2007 summary of Traffic Safety Related Legislation
      Acrobat format Summary


2005 Summary of Legislative Changes to DWI Laws

 

Reports and Research

  1. Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Underage Drinking

  2. New Mexico's Comprehensive Traffic Safety Plan 2006

  3. Governor Richardson's Multi-Agency DWI Strategic Plan

  4. NMDOT Traffic Safety Bureau's Annual Report 2005

  5. New Mexico Highway Safety and Performance Plan 2007

  6. Albuquerque's Forfeiture Ordinance: A Review of Re-arrest Rates After Vehicle Sanctions, March 2005

  7. New Mexico Traffic Crash Reports and DWI Crash Reports
    (from the Division of Government Research, University of New Mexico).

  8. NHTSA's  Cost of Impaired Driving in New Mexico

  9. NHTSA's  Cost of Impaired Driving  in the United States

  10. Impaired Driving and Ethnicity: University of New Mexico, Institute for Social Research and Division of Government Research.

  11. Report: The State of HGN (Nystagmus) in New Mexico After the Torres Case: The Eye in DWI   (Word Format)

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

Checklists:

  1. Search Warrant Checklist

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

Miscellaneous Documents: 

  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

 

Manuals:

  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.


Powerpoint Shows:

    1. Tennessee Law Enforcement Programs : New Mexico Presentation, February 8, 2007

    2. Interlock In New Mexico: Lifesavers 2006, Austin Texas

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)

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