{"id":10059,"date":"2009-12-07T22:12:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T05:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=10059"},"modified":"2009-12-07T22:14:04","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T05:14:04","slug":"las-cruces-bans-cell-phone-use-without-a-hands-free-device-while-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/12\/las-cruces-bans-cell-phone-use-without-a-hands-free-device-while-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruces bans cell phone use without a hands-free device while driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_9541\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 325px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9541\" title=\"Las Cruces city hall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Las-Cruces-city-hall.jpg\" alt=\"Las Cruces City Hall (Photo by Heath Haussamen)\" width=\"325\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Las-Cruces-city-hall.jpg 325w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Las-Cruces-city-hall-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Las Cruces City Hall (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Las Cruces became today the sixth city in New Mexico to restrict the use of cell phones while driving.<\/p>\n<p>The city council, on a unanimous vote, set steep penalties \u2013 a fine of up to $500 and\/or 90 days in jail \u2013 for violating the new ordinance, which takes effect on Feb. 5.<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance prohibits:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 sending or receiving calls.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 sending or reading text messages.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 reading, selecting or entering a number or name.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 sending or receiving e-mails.<\/p>\n<p>Exceptions include, according to a news release from the city, communication with \u201ccertain offices or departments in an emergency,\u201d use by law enforcement and other emergency personnel when performing official duties during an emergency, and the exception that applies to most of us \u2013 hands-free use.<\/p>\n<p>So you can still use your phone while driving after Feb. 5, as long as you\u2019re using a hands-free device.<\/p>\n<p>Albuquerque, Espa\u00f1ola, Gallup, Santa Fe and Taos already restrict the use of cell phones while driving, but there are no statewide restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Cruces became today the sixth city in New Mexico to restrict the use of cell phones while driving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[145],"class_list":["post-10059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-las-cruces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}