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Section 67-11-10 - Unlawful use of controlled-access facilities; penalties.

NM Stat § 67-11-10 (2019) (N/A)
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A. It is unlawful for any person:

(1) to drive a vehicle over, upon or across any curb, central dividing section or other separation or dividing line on controlled-access facilities; or

(2) to make a left turn or a semicircular or u-turn except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb section, separation or line; or

(3) to drive any vehicle except in the proper lane provided for that purpose and in the proper direction and to the right of the central dividing curb, separation, section or line; or

(4) to drive any vehicle into the controlled-access facility from a local service road except through an opening provided for that purpose in the dividing curb or dividing section or dividing line which separates such service road from the controlled-access facility proper.

B. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) nor less than five dollars ($5.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days nor less than five days, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the judge.

History: 1953 Comp., § 55-10-10, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 234, § 10.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 40 Am. Jur. 2d Highways, Streets and Bridges §§ 604, 605.

40 C.J.S. Highways §§ 244, 248.

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Section 67-11-10 - Unlawful use of controlled-access facilities; penalties.