Ban On Texting While Driving To Become New Mexico Law
A proposal to ban texting while driving in New Mexico will become official law.
Gov. Susana Martinez is scheduled to sign legislation that would prohibit texting while operating a vehicle Sunday afternoon.
Martinez will sign the bill while visiting the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque.
The bill would make exceptions for situations such as summoning medical or other emergency aid.
Forty-one other states ban texting by all drivers.
New Mexico already prohibits texting for teenage drivers with a learner’s or provisional license.