DOZENS OF LAS CRUCES DRIVERS GET A COSTLY LESSON: HANG UP AND DRIVE. POLICE THERE CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC OPERATION FOR TWO AND AND A HALF HOURS THURSDAY ALONG TELSHOR BLVD. THEY ISSUED 81 CITATIONS. AND YOU MIGHT THINK MOST WERE FOR SPEEDING, OR NOT HAVING A SEAT BELT IN PLACE. BUT YOU’D BE WRONG, ALMOST HALF OF THE TICKETS, 39, WERE FOR USING A CELL PHONE WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE.
A LAS CRUCES POLICE SPOKESMAN TELLS US THAT’S A 91-DOLLAR FINE, LESS THAN MANY CELL PHONE BILLS. NINE TICKETS WERE HANDED OUT FOR SPEEDING AND NINE MORE FOR SEAT BELT VIOLATIONS. OTHER TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS MADE UP THE BALANCE OF THE CITATIONS.
