Heartbreaking: After accident, California woman petitions to toughen NM’s drunk driving laws

By Rob Nikolewski on August 14, 2012

A California woman whose heartbreaking story has garnered attention across the state is fighting to make New Mexico’s drunk driving laws tougher — and she has the support of Gov. Susana Martinez.
Aileen Smith, who was seven months pregnant and looking forward to giving birth to a boy she and her husband had already named Dmitiri, [...]

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Not just perception: NM has way too many chronic DWI offenders on the road

By Rob Nikolewski on June 11, 2012

Drunk drivers who get arrested but then later get back behind the wheel doesn’t just happen every once in a while in New Mexico; it happens at an alarming rate.
Now there are statistics that prove it: Well over one-half of alcohol-related deaths in the state involved a driver who had been arrested at least once [...]

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