Comments on: New Mexico: Cell phone laws, legislation

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:25:03 +0000

Two hands on the wheel, eyes always on the road, mirrors, etc. The laws that are made for all NM citizens should also be exercised by all City and State police. I cannot tell you how many times i have been whitness to a police officer or a city worker driving and talking/texting or fidgeting with their cell phone…. What happens when citizens take pictures of law enforcement and submit to the chief? Do they get fined as well??

By: Jenni

Jenni — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:58:30 +0000

I feel that there should be no texting while driving but I also feel there should be no smoking eating messing with GPS doing makeup cuz these are all very dangerous I’ve almost been ran off the road by someone who was trying to light there cigarette. I understand texting while driving is very dangerous but so are so many other things when will all of the other things be banned?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:34:18 +0000

There is no safe or responsible way to use a cell phone while driving ! Just get off the road if its soo important ! The only thing you should be doing is keeping your eyes on the road with no distractions!

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:41:17 +0000

I agree with Renee and Randy. Yes, it is a BIG DEAL. Texting, talking on the phone, or anything else that distracts a driver’s attention is dangerous. It only takes a split second for an accident to happen, so anyone who is driving a motor vehicle is responsible for having their complete attention on the road and what’s going on around them…..not what Johnny So & So thought of your outfit and hair last night.

I think the companies that make the cell phones and have put so much junk on them should be held responsible….as well as parents who purchase these type of phones for their children and teenagers. You have created a generation of zombies because of it. A cell phone should have been just a phone and nothing else….but corporate America has dollar signs in its eyes and didn’t stop to think or care about the consequences of such devices.

By: Randy Cook

Randy Cook — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:34:08 +0000

Texting and use of cell phones (hand held or even hands free) are very dangerous activities. The big problem with cell phone usage is that you are formulating your response, and listening to conversations which take your conscious mind off of driving, and although you are still looking down the road, you brain is engaged in other activities (listening and conversing).

If everyone would concentrate on their driving realizing the problem when they are distracted, then there would be less wrecks, BUT, unfornitutely people don’t, so the governement must make decisions for the irresponsible people who do not make logical decisions for themselves, and we all pay more insurance because of it. Society does not seem to want to be responsible for our own individual actions, and we want the Government to tell us every little thing that we should do.

People — be responsible for your own actions, and teach you kids to be also.

Thanks, Randy (CDL Examiner trainer, Defensive Driving Instructor, EMT Instructor, and general cool dude.)

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:57:59 +0000

you should ask someone whose loved one has been injured or killed, by someone texting or talking on a phone, if it’s NOT that big of a deal.

By: vonnie

vonnie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:18:30 +0000

Texting while driving is NOT that big of a deal. if your responsible enough to do it then who cares?
the people that can’t handle it are clearly the ones who are being charged and such. so don’t blame everone else.