[NMCycling] Fwd: Concerned about safety on NM roads and highways?

[Jennifer Buntz via Bike-racers]

Please read on!

There two traffic safety bills making progress through their assigned House
Committees, which is great news.  The bills need your help!  Let's work
together so that both bills continue on, & get to the Governor's desk.

To make contacting your State Representative and Senator as easy as
possible, watch this 45 second tutorial video!
<https://www.nmlegis.gov/Website_Tutorials?Video=FindingLegislators>

Then, using the phone number or email provided, let them know you, as their
constituent, want them to support the bills.

HB109
<https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?Chamber=H&LegType=B&LegNo=109&year=19>
concerns Careless Driver Accountability.  It seeks to increase the
penalties that can be imposed on a careless driver who kills or causes
great bodily harm to another road user.  This includes *everyone* who uses
our streets, roads and highways; cyclists, motorcyclists, pedestrians, and
anyone in any other type of motor vehicle are all equally protected.

HB 192
<https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?Chamber=H&LegType=B&LegNo=192&year=19>
concerns Passing Cyclists with 5' Distance.  It requires motorists to pass
cyclists with 5' and allows motorists to cross a double yellow line, when
opposing traffic allows, to pass with 5'. This is not stipulated elsewhere
in the NM Traffic Code.

The Careless Driver Accountability bill will next go to the House
Appropriations and Finance Committee.
<https://www.nmlegis.gov/Committee/Standing_Committee?CommitteeCode=HAFC>
Contacting the members of this Committee will help the bill make it through
this committee faster.

Time is of the essence, so both bills make it all the way through the House
and Senate before the end of the session.  Follow the link
<https://www.nmlegis.gov/Committee/Standing_Committee?CommitteeCode=HAFC>
or see the list of Appropriations Committee members below.

Doesn't matter what your history is with law making or the government.
It might
seem strange or hopeless to you, or you might already be involved in some
way.  And no, these bills are not enough on their own to change traffic
safety.  But they are a step in the *right* direction and you *can*
influence what happens in Santa Fe.

Contact your New Mexico Representative and Senator today!

PLEASE consider forwarding this on to others you know who share your
concerns about traffic safety.

Any questions, please email me back!

Jennifer Buntz
Duke City Wheemen
bikefunsafe at gmail.com


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