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Form 14-4511. "Operating" or driving a motor vehicle; defined

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Form Type Jury Instructions
Citations - New Mexico Laws and Court Rules
Chapter 66 - Motor Vehicles - cited by 2,952 documents

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14-4511. "Operating" or driving a motor vehicle; defined.1

A person is "operating" a motor vehicle2 if the person is:

[driving the motor vehicle;]3

[or]

[in actual physical control with the intent to drive the vehicle, whether or not the vehicle is moving;]

[or]

[exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle;]

[or]

[operating an off-highway motor vehicle;]

[or]

[in actual physical control with the intent to drive the vehicle, of an off-highway motor vehicle whether or not the vehicle is moving].

 

USE NOTES

            1.         Use this instruction if "operating" or "driving" is in issue.

            2.         If there is an issue as to whether the vehicle is a motor vehicle, the definition of "motor vehicle", Section 66-1-4.11 NMSA 1978 should be given.

            3.         Use only applicable alternative or alternatives.

[Approved, effective April 1, 1997; as amended, effective August 1, 2001; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 11-8300-004, effective March 21, 2011.]

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