2020 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles
Article 7 - Traffic Laws; Signs, Signals and Markings; Accidents; Weight and Size; Traffic Safety
Part 4 - TRAFFIC LAWS GENERALLY
Section 66-7-358 - Restriction on use of video screens in motor vehicles.

A. It is unlawful to operate in this state any motor vehicle equipped with a video screen upon which images may be projected or shown if the screen is within the normal view of the driver of the motor vehicle unless the video screen is used solely as an aid to the driver in the operation of the vehicle.

B. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a penalty assessment misdemeanor.

C. As used in this section, "video screen" does not include closed circuit monitors or computer terminal monitors used by law enforcement agencies in law enforcement motor vehicles.

History: 1953 Comp., § 64-7-358, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 462; 1989, ch. 318, § 31; 1989, ch. 321, § 1; 2018, ch. 74, § 49.

Repeals. — Laws 2018, ch. 74, § 56 repealed Laws 1989, ch. 318, §31, effective July 1, 2018.

The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, provided a penalty for a violation of the provisions of this section, and made technical changes; replaced "television" with "video" throughout the section; added new subsection designation "A."; added a new Subsection B; and added subsection designation "C.".

1989 Amendments. — Laws 1989, ch. 321, § 1, effective June 16, 1989, deleted "of whatever type" following "television screen" and added "unless the television is used solely as an aid to the driver in the operation of the vehicle" in the first sentence; added the second sentence; and made minor stylistic changes.

Laws 1989, ch. 318, § 31, effective July 1, 1989, made minor stylistic changes and added "unless the television is solely used as an aid to the driver in the operation of the vehicle" at the end of the first sentence.