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NM Stat § 66-7-209 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 3 - ACCIDENTS|Section 66-7-209 - Accident report form.

A. The state highway and transportation department shall prepare and, upon request, supply to police departments, district medical investigators, sheriffs, garages and other suitable agencies or individuals forms for accident reports required under Section 66-7-207 NMSA 1978 appropriate with respect to the persons required to make the reports and the purposes to be served. The written reports to be made by persons involved in accidents and by investigating officers shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose with reference to a traffic accident the cause, conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved. The report of the investigating officer shall also state whether the persons involved in the accident have motor vehicle or automobile liability insurance and the name and address of each insurance carrier. B. Every accident report required to be made in writing shall be made on an appropriate form approved by the state highway and transportation department in conjunction with the state police division of the public safety department and shall contain all of the information required on the form unless not available. C. Every accident report shall also contain information sufficient to enable the state highway and transportation department to determine whether the requirements for the deposit of security under any of the laws of this state are inapplicable by reason of the existence of insurance or other exceptions specified therein. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-209, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 398; 1989, ch. 318, § 24. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the Financial Responsibility Act, see 66-5-201 NMSA 1978 et seq. The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, substituted "state highway and transportation department" for "division" in Subsections A and B; in Subsection A substituted "district medical investigators" for "coroners" near the beginning of the first sentence, and "66-7-207 NMSA 1978" for "64-7-207 NMSA 1953" near the middle of that sentence; in Subsection B inserted "in conjunction with the state police division of the public safety department" and made a minor stylistic change; and in Subsection C substituted "state highway and transportation department" for "director". Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 60 C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 43.
NM Stat § 66-7-210 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 3 - ACCIDENTS|Section 66-7-210 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 318, § 37 repealed 66-7-210 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 399, relating to penalty for failure to report and false reports, effective July 1, 1989.
NM Stat § 66-7-211 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 3 - ACCIDENTS|Section 66-7-211 - District medical investigators to report.

Every district medical investigator or other official performing like functions shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, report in writing to the state highway and transportation department the death of any person within his jurisdiction during the preceding calendar month as the result of a traffic accident, giving the time and place of the accident and the circumstances relating to the accident. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-211, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 400; 1989, ch. 318, § 25. ANNOTATIONSThe 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, substituted "District medical investigators" for "Coroners" in the catchline, "district medical investigator" for "coroner" near the beginning of the section, and "state highway and transportation department" for "division" near the middle of the section, and made minor stylistic changes near the end of the section.
NM Stat § 66-7-212 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 3 - ACCIDENTS|Section 66-7-212 - Garages, dealers and wreckers of vehicles to report.

The person in charge of any garage or repair shop and dealers or wreckers of vehicles to whom is brought any motor vehicle which shows evidence of having been involved in an accident of which report must be made as provided in Section 66-7-207 NMSA 1978 or struck by any bullet shall report to the state highway and transportation department within twenty-four hours after the motor vehicle is received, giving the engine number, registration number and the name and address of the owner or operator of the vehicle. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-212, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 401; 1989, ch. 318, § 26. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the definitions of "dealer", see 66-1-4.4 NMSA 1978. The 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, substituted "66-7-207 NMSA 1978" for "64-7-207 NMSA 1953" and "state highway and transportation department" for "division", and made minor stylistic changes. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 61A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 717.
NM Stat § 66-7-214 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 3 - ACCIDENTS|Section 66-7-214 - Agency to tabulate and analyze accident reports.

The state highway and transportation department shall tabulate and may analyze all accident reports and shall publish annually or at more frequent intervals statistical information based thereon as to the number and circumstances of traffic accidents. History: 1941 Comp., § 68-2314, enacted by Laws 1953, ch. 139, § 51; 1953 Comp., § 64-17-14; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 64-7-214, by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 403; 1989, ch. 318, § 28. ANNOTATIONSThe 1989 amendment, effective July 1, 1989, substituted "Agency" for "Division" in the catchline and "state highway and transportation department" for "division" near the beginning of the section.
NM Stat § 66-7-215 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 3 - ACCIDENTS|Section 66-7-215 - Any incorporated city may require accident reports.

Any incorporated city, town, village or other municipality may by ordinance require that the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident shall also file with a designated city department a report of such accident or a copy of any report herein required to be filed with the division. All such reports shall be for the confidential use of the city department and subject to the provisions of Section 66-7-213 NMSA 1978. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-215, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 404.
NM Stat § 66-7-302 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY|Section 66-7-302 - Repealed.

ANNOTATIONSRepeals. — Laws 1989, ch. 318, § 37 and Laws 1989, ch. 319, § 15 repealed 66-7-302 NMSA 1978, as amended by Laws 1987, ch. 73, § 1, relating to maximum speed limit, effective July 1, 1989. Compiler's notes. — Laws 1989, ch. 320, § 2 purported to amend this section, as amended by Laws 1987, ch. 73, § 1, but, because of the earlier repeal by Laws 1989, ch. 318, § 37 and Laws 1989, ch. 319, § 15, that amendment could not be given effect. For present comparable provisions, see 66-7-302.1 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 66-7-302.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY|Section 66-7-302.1 - Speed limit; conviction; use limited.

A. The division shall not use a violation of Section 66-7-301 NMSA 1978, where the posted speed limit is designated as fifty-five or sixty-five miles an hour, for the purpose of suspending or revoking a driver's license unless the driver was exceeding the speed of seventy-five miles an hour. B. An insurer shall not consider a violation of Section 66-7-301 NMSA 1978, where the posted speed limit is designated as fifty-five or sixty-five miles an hour, as a moving traffic violation against a person unless the person was exceeding the speed of seventy-five miles an hour for the purpose of establishing rates of motor vehicle insurance charged by the insurer, and the insurer shall not cancel or refuse to renew any policy of insurance for such a violation. History: 1978 Comp., § 66-7-302.1, enacted by Laws 1989, ch. 318, § 30 and Laws 1989, ch. 319, § 8; 1991, ch. 55, § 1; 2013, ch. 31, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, limited the use of speeding violations where the posted speed is between fifty-five and sixty-five miles an hour; in Subsection A, after "shall not use a violation", deleted "under Paragraph (3) or (4) of Subsection A" and after "Section 66-7-301 NMSA 1978", added "where the posted speed limit is designated as fifty-five or sixty-five miles an hour"; and in Subsection B, after "shall not consider a violation", deleted "under Paragraph (3) or (4) of Subsection A" and after "Section 66-7-301 NMSA 1978", added "where the posted speed limit is designated as fifty-five or sixty-five miles an hour". The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, substituted "seventy-five miles per hour" for "seventy miles per hour" in Subsections A and B.
NM Stat § 66-7-302.2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY|Section 66-7-302.2 - Certain speeding convictions to be disregarded in the development or application of a point system.

A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, in developing and applying a point system that is used as a basis for suspension or revocation of driving privileges, the division shall not assign points for convictions for speeding on rural highways of the state. As used in this section, "rural highway" means that part of a highway that is located at least two miles outside of the boundaries of an incorporated city, town or village. The two-mile distance shall be measured: (1) from the point where the highway crosses the boundary, and if there is more than one such intersection, from the intersection most distant from the geographic center of the city, town or village; or (2) if there are milepost markers on the highway, to the first milepost marker indicating two or more miles. B. The provisions of this section do not apply to: (1) rural highways in Bernalillo county; (2) a conviction for speeding if the citation out of which the conviction arises indicated that excessive speed of the motorist cited was a factor in the accident; or (3) motor vehicles weighing twelve thousand pounds or more. History: Laws 2002, ch. 71, § 3. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2002, ch. 71 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective May 15, 2002, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
NM Stat § 66-7-303.1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY|Section 66-7-303.1 - Construction zones; traffic control devices; penalty.

A. When construction, repair or reconstruction of any street or highway is being done, the state highway department or the local authority with jurisdiction over that street or highway is authorized to designate as a construction zone that portion of the street or highway where construction, reconstruction or repair is being done and to close the construction zone to traffic or to provide for a single lane of traffic on any two-lane or four-lane highway in the construction zone. B. The state highway department or any local authority closing all or a portion of a street or highway or providing for a single lane of traffic on any two-lane or four-lane street or highway pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall erect or cause to be erected traffic-control devices or barricades to warn and notify the public of any change in speed limit and that such street or highway is closed or limited to a single lane of traffic. C. Every pedestrian or person who operates a vehicle on any street or highway shall obey all signs, signals, markings, flagmen or other traffic-control devices that are placed to regulate, control and guide traffic through a construction zone. D. No person shall remove, change, modify, deface or alter any traffic-control device or barricade which has been erected on any street or highway pursuant to this section. E. Any person who violates any provision of Subsection C or D of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with Section 66-8-7 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 1985, ch. 188, § 3; 1991, ch. 192, § 5. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the state highway department, see 67-3-6 NMSA 1978. The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, substituted "sentenced in accordance with Section 66-8-7 NMSA 1978" for "punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200) or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed thirty days or both" at the end of Subsection E and made minor stylistic changes in Subsection C.
NM Stat § 66-7-304 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY|Section 66-7-304 - County roads; authority to regulate speed limits.

A. The board of county commissioners of a county may alter and establish speed limits lower than those established by law on county roads within its county, provided that: (1) the speed limit is deemed to be reasonable and safe under local conditions on the basis of an engineering survey and traffic investigation; (2) the alteration of a speed limit is approved by the state transportation commission; and (3) the county posts speed limit signs that conform to the specifications as set forth in the manual adopted by the state transportation commission before enforcing the speed limit. B. As used in this section, "county roads" means any streets, roads or highways built and maintained by the county or the control of which has been given to the county by the state transportation commission. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-304, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 408; 2003, ch. 142, § 14. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the adoption of a manual and specifications for a uniform system of traffic-control devices, see 66-7-101 NMSA 1978. The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, added "deemed to be" preceding "reasonable" in Paragraph A(1) and substituted "transportation commission" for "highway commission" in Paragraphs A(2), A(3) and Subsection B.
NM Stat § 66-7-305 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY|Section 66-7-305 - Minimum speed regulation.

A. A person shall not drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or to be in compliance with law. B. Whenever the state transportation commission or local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the commission or the local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit below which no person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or to be in compliance with law; provided that local authorities in municipalities of more than one hundred thousand population may prohibit vehicles that by virtue of weight or design are slow moving on local arterials during peak hours of traffic. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-305, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 409; 2003, ch. 142, § 15. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the penalty assessment for violation, see 66-8-116 NMSA 1978. The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, substituted "transportation commission" for "highway commission" in Subsection B. Traffic stop was justified. — Police officer had probable cause to stop defendant for impeding traffic where defendant was traveling 35 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour zone while occupying the inside traffic lane. State v. Mann, 1985-NMCA-107, 103 N.M. 660, 712 P.2d 6, cert. denied, 103 N.M. 740, 713 P.2d 556 (1986). Traffic stop not justified. — Police officer lacked probable cause to stop defendant for impeding traffic where defendant was traveling 45 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour zone. U.S. v. Valadez-Valadez, 525 F.3d 987 (10th cir. 2008). Violation is proper question for jury. — Violations of Section 64-18-4, 1953 Comp. (similar to this section) (driving so slow as to impede traffic), 64-18-49, 1953 Comp. (similar to Section 66-7-349 NMSA 1978) (stopping on a highway) and 66-7-318 A NMSA 1978 (following too closely), which were enacted for the benefit of the public, were proper questions for jury. Archuleta v. Johnston, 1971-NMCA-158, 83 N.M. 380, 492 P.2d 997, cert. denied, 83 N.M. 379, 492 P.2d 996. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Civil cases involving law against slow speed, 66 A.L.R.2d 1194. 61A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 588.
NM Stat § 66-7-306 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY|Section 66-7-306 - Special speed limitations.

A. Subject to the requirements of Section 66-3-847 NMSA 1978, no person shall drive any vehicle equipped with solid rubber or cushion tires at a speed greater than ten miles per hour. B. A person shall not drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway at a speed that is greater than the maximum speed that can be maintained with safety to the bridge or structure when such structure is signposted as provided in this section. C. The state transportation commission upon request from a local authority shall, or upon its own initiative may, conduct an investigation of any bridge or other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway, and if it finds that the structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under the Motor Vehicle Code, the commission shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles that the structure can withstand and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating the maximum speed to be erected and maintained at a minimum distance of three hundred feet before each end of the structure. D. Upon the trial of a person charged with a violation of this section, proof of determination of the maximum speed by the state transportation commission and the existence of suitable signs constitutes conclusive evidence of the maximum speed that can be maintained with safety to the bridge or structure. History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-306, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 410; 2003, ch. 142, § 16. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the penalty assessment for violation, see 66-8-116 NMSA 1978. The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, rewrote the section heading; substituted "66-3-847 NMSA 1978" for "64-3-847 NMSA 1953" and deleted "a maximum of" preceding "ten miles per hour" in Subsection A; and substituted "transportation commission" for "highway commission" in Subsection C. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 60A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 246.
NM Stat § 66-7-307 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY|Section 66-7-307 - Charging violations; rule in civil actions.

A. In every charge of violation of any speed regulation under the Motor Vehicle Code [66-1-1 NMSA 1978], the complaint and the uniform traffic citation shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven and the maximum speed applicable within the district or at the location. B. Provisions of the Motor Vehicle Code for maximum speed limitations shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any civil action from the burden of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of an accident. History: 1941 Comp., § 68-2407, enacted by Laws 1953, ch. 139, § 62; 1953 Comp., § 64-18-7; Laws 1969, ch. 169, § 5; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 64-7-307, by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 411. ANNOTATIONSProof of violation of a statute is one method of proving negligence. Dahl v. Turner, 1969-NMCA-075, 80 N.M. 564, 458 P.2d 816, cert. denied, 80 N.M. 608, 458 P.2d 860. Court acquired jurisdiction over speeding prosecution even though citation was not made under oath and the complaint failed to allege the speed and speed limit and that the appellant was the person who committed the offense. State v. Mesecher, 1964-NMSC-211, 74 N.M. 510, 395 P.2d 233.
NM Stat § 66-7-309 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles|Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety|Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY|Section 66-7-309 - Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite direction [directions].

Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the right, and upon roadways having width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction each driver shall give to the other at least one-half of the main-traveled portion of the roadway as nearly as possible. History: 1941 Comp., § 68-2409, enacted by Laws 1953, ch. 139, § 64; 1953 Comp., § 64-18-9; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 64-7-309, by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 413. ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For the penalty assessment for violation, see 66-8-116 NMSA 1978. Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7A Am. Jur. 2d Automobiles and Highway Traffic §§ 266, 839, 842. Rights, duties and liability with respect to narrow bridge or passage as between motor vehicles approaching from opposite directions, 47 A.L.R.2d 142. 60A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 306, 307; 61A C.J.S. Motor Vehicles § 686.