0001| SENATE BILL 193 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| JOSEPH J. CARRARO | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO HIGHWAYS; REQUIRING THE STATE HIGHWAY AND | 0012| TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO INSTALL VEHICLE IMMOBILIZERS ON | 0013| INTERSTATE HIGHWAY EXIT RAMPS TO OBSTRUCT VEHICLES FROM | 0014| ENTERING THE WRONG WAY. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. VEHICLE IMMOBILIZERS--DUTIES.--The state | 0018| highway and transportation department shall install vehicle | 0019| immobilizers on all interstate exit ramps to prevent vehicles | 0020| from entering interstate highways the wrong way. As used in | 0021| this section, "vehicle immobilizer" means any device engineered | 0022| to obstruct or immobilize a vehicle traveling in the wrong | 0023| direction and may include tire shredders triggered by a | 0024| direction detection monitor. | 0025| .113908.1 | 0001| |