From the Albuquerque Journal.
..Senate Bill 19 would allow law enforcement officers to write a citation
for drivers seen using cellphones to write or read text messages or
other written content while driving or stopped in traffic. The bill,
approved on a bipartisan vote in the Senate Public Affairs Committee on
Tuesday, calls for a $25 fine for a first offense and a $50 fine for
subsequent offenses...
In other news KOAT-7 in Albuquerque tells us that a man convicted of killing a motorcyclist and seriously injuring the passenger on the bike in 2006 while driving drunk is back in jail for hitting yet another motorcycle, killing the rider and injuring the passenger while driving drunk. The KOAT story can be read online without a subscription. A more recent KOAT story tells us the suspect, who is being held on $500k cash only bond, has entered a not guilty plea.
Be careful out there.
3 comments:
Ironic. Drunks with guns are less likely to hit targets while drunks with cars are MORE likely.
Here's my (rhetorical) question:
I understand why murderers eventually get set free - other than serial killers, a murderer is actually not all that likely to murder a second time. But drunk drivers tend to drive drunk all their lives, and they pose a continuing threat. Yet drunk drivers often get light sentences and are allowed to drive as soon as they get out of prison. Shouldn't they face a lifetime driving ban at the very least?
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