Let鈥檚 Talk New Mexico 1/18 8a: Call now 277-91暗网 or 277-5866. Albuquerque鈥檚 City Council passed the late last year, which makes it illegal for people to stand near freeway ramps or in medians and to interact with drivers. It鈥檚 also illegal for drivers to interact with people standing in those spaces.
Do you think the law is helpful to public safety and will help prevent pedestrian deaths or traffic accidents? Or do you think it targets people experiencing extreme poverty in Albuquerque? Is the law a violation of free speech or other constitutionally guaranteed rights?
The ordinance passed on an 8-to-0 vote, with one councilor, Klarissa Pe帽a, absent. The Albuquerque Journal as necessary for public safety in a city with a high number of pedestrian fatalities. But the law has also been , targeting panhandlers, who are already in a vulnerable position.
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