{"id":1241,"date":"2007-02-09T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-09T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/02\/lujans-proposed-cell-phone-ban-gets-shelved\/"},"modified":"2007-02-09T14:51:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-09T20:51:00","slug":"lujans-proposed-cell-phone-ban-gets-shelved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/02\/lujans-proposed-cell-phone-ban-gets-shelved\/","title":{"rendered":"Lujan&#8217;s proposed cell phone ban gets shelved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Rcze6zSe5AI\/AAAAAAAAA28\/fCScjWhY1LM\/s1600-h\/Legislature.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Rcze6zSe5AI\/AAAAAAAAA28\/fCScjWhY1LM\/s200\/Legislature.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029639985647510530\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>A house committee has tabled a bill that would ban cell phone use while driving in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/legis.state.nm.us\/lcs\/_session.asp?w=com&#038;year=07&#038;chamber=H&#038;type=++&#038;number=241\" target=\"_blank\">House Bill 241<\/a>, sponsored by Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.state.nm.us\/lcs\/legdetails.asp?Name=205&#038;Submit=Search\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio Lujan<\/a>, D-Las Cruces, was tabled Thursday by the House Transportation and Public Works Committee, a move that most likely kills the proposal, at least this year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Santa Fe<\/st1:city> has had for several years an ordinance that prohibits cell-phone use without a hands-free device, and <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> adopted a similar ordinance this week. Lujan\u2019s bill would have banned even the use of cell phones with hands free devices but, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freenewmexican.com\/news\/56697.html\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a> reported, before tabling the bill the committee amended it to add a similar exemption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RczfAzSe5BI\/AAAAAAAAA3E\/gOJHfr55ktM\/s1600-h\/Lujan,+Antonio.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/RczfAzSe5BI\/AAAAAAAAA3E\/gOJHfr55ktM\/s200\/Lujan,+Antonio.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029640088726725650\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>That was done despite the objections of Lujan, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Legislators tabled the ban after a debate about whether it would help. The idea that driving while talking on a cell phone is dangerous is a controversial one, with studies on the topic coming up with mixed results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition, the newspaper reported, some lawmakers said law enforcement doesn\u2019t have the resources to enforce the ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A house committee has tabled a bill that would ban cell phone use while driving in New Mexico. House Bill 241, sponsored by Rep. Antonio Lujan, D-Las Cruces, was tabled Thursday by the House Transportation and Public Works Committee, a move that most likely kills the proposal, at least this year. Santa Fe has had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241","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=1241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}