PLENTY OF NEW MEXICO MOTORISTS WRITING CHECKS TO THE STATE AFTER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. STATE POLICE SAY THEY WERE BUSY PATROLLING THE HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE. THE FINAL NUMBERS SHOW NEARLY 43-HUNDRED CITATIONS WERE HANDED OVER TO DRIVERS. JUST ABOUT 3-THOUSAND OF THOSE WERE FOR MOVING VIOLATIONS.
THERE WERE NO FATAL CRASHES AMONG THE 85 ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATED BY STATE POLICE AND NONE WERE ALCOHOL-RELATED. BUT THERE WERE 29 D-W-I CASES REPORTED AND 18 DRUG RELATED ARRESTS.
FINALLY, 146 DRIVERS WISHED THEY HAD BUCKLED UP AS THAT’S HOW MAY SEAT BELT VIOLATIONS WERE ISSUED.
