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Driver's License Suspension vs. Revocation in Arizona
In Arizona is there a difference between your driver’s license being suspended vs. revoked? What is the difference between a driver’s license suspension and a revocation?
In Arizona, it is important to understand that driving is a privilege governed by the State through the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Motor Vehicles Division (MVD). Driving is not a right. Arizona courts hear both civil and criminal matters involving crimes and violations that may affect your driving record. Your driving record in turn may then affect the status of your license leading to suspension or revocation.
Suspension
In Arizona, a driver’s license suspension is the temporary removal of your license or privilege to drive. This is an action taken by Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Motor Vehicles Division (MVD) after a review of your driving record also referred to as your Motor Vehicle Record (MVR). If your license is suspended, then it must be reinstated before you can legally drive. A driver’s license suspension will remain in effect until the prescribed time period of the suspension is served and you make an application for reinstatement and pay the applicable reinstatement fee.
Revocation
Re-establishing your ability to drive after a revocation is more difficult than a suspension. In Arizona, a driver’s license revocation is the complete removal of your license or privilege to drive. Your license will remain revoked until you apply for a new license. As part of the application for a new license, you must submit and pass an investigation into your driving record. All outstanding obligations must be satisfied in order to qualify for re-instatement of your privilege to drive.
Suspension vs. Revocation
A license suspension is for a definite period of time. With a suspension, once the suspension period has elapsed, your license is eligible for re-instatement. During your suspension period you may be eligible for restricted privileges. A license revocation on the other hand is the complete removal of your license. After a revocation, you must apply for a new license and during the revocation you are not eligible for restricted privileges.
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STUDY: Facebook is good for Grandma
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By Alexis Blue, University Communications | February 18, 2013
Preliminary research findings suggest that learning to use Facebook may help give adults older than 65 a cognitive boost.
Janelle Wohltmann, UA psychology graduate student
For older adults looking to sharpen their mental abilities, it might be time to log on to Facebook.
Preliminary research findings from the University of Arizona suggest that men and women older than 65 who learn to use Facebook could see a boost in cognitive function.
Janelle Wohltmann, a graduate student in the UA department of psychology, set out to see whether teaching older adults to use the popular social networking site could help improve their cognitive performance and make them feel more socially connected.
Her preliminary findings, which she shared this month at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting in Hawaii, show that older adults, after learning to use Facebook, performed about 25 percent better on tasks designed to measure their ability to continuously monitor and to quickly add or delete the contents of their working memory – a function known in the psychology world as "updating."
Wohltmann, whose research is ongoing as part of her dissertation work, facilitated Facebook training for 14 older adults who had either never used the site or used it less than once a month. They were instructed to become Facebook friends only with those in their training group and were asked to post on the site at least once a day.
A second group of 14 non-Facebook using seniors instead was taught to use an online diary site, Penzu.com, in which entries are kept private, with no social sharing component. They were asked to make at least one entry a day, of no more than three to five sentences to emulate the shortness of messages that Facebook users typically post.
The study's third group of 14 was told they were on a "wait-list" for Facebook training, which they never actually completed.
Prior to learning any new technologies, study participants, who ranged in age from 68 to 91, completed a series of questionnaires and neuropsychological tests measuring social variables, such as their levels loneliness and social support, as well as their cognitive abilities. The assessments were done again at the end of the study, eight weeks later.
In the follow-ups, those who had learned to use Facebook performed about 25 percent better than they did at the start of the study on tasks designed to measure their mental updating abilities. Participants in the other groups saw no significant change in performance.
Wohltmann conducted the study with help from her research adviser Betty Glisky, professor and head of the department of psychology, and a team of undergraduate and graduate research assistants. It was based on existing evidence about how learning new tasks can help older adults with overall cognitive function, as well as research suggesting a possible link between social connectedness and cognitive performance.
"The idea evolved from two bodies of research," she said. "One, there is evidence to suggest that staying more cognitively engaged – learning new skills, not just becoming a couch potato when you retire but staying active – leads to better cognitive performing. It's kind of this 'use it or lose it' hypothesis."
"There's also a large body of literature showing that people who are more socially engaged, are less lonely, have more social support and are more socially integrated are also doing better cognitively in older age," she said.
In Wohltmann's research, further analysis is needed to determine whether using Facebook made participants feel less lonely or more socially connected, she said.
Likewise, further analysis is needed to determine whether, or by how much, Facebook's social aspect contributed to improvements in cognitive performance. However, Wohltmann suspects that the complex nature of the Facebook interface, compared to the online diary site, was largely responsible for Facebook users' improved performance.
"The Facebook interface is actually quite complex. The big difference between the online diary and Facebook is that when you create a diary entry, you create the entry, you save it and that's all you see, versus if you're on Facebook, several people are posting new things, so new information is constantly getting posted," she said.
"You're seeing this new information coming in, and you need to focus on the new information and get rid of the old information, or keep it in mind if you want to go back and reference it later, so you have to constantly update what's there in your attention," she said.
Participants in the study, who had an average age of 79, represent a demographic whose social media behavior has not been closely examined.
"Facebook is obviously a huge phenomenon in our culture," Wohltmann said. "There's starting to be more research coming out about how younger adults use Facebook and online social networking, but we really don’t know very much at all about older adults, and they actually are quite a large growing demographic on Facebook, so I think it's really important to do the research to find out."
One in three online seniors use a social networking site like Facebook, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Wohltmann says she also sees Facebook as a potential alternative to some online games marketed to seniors to help boost mental acuity.
"Those games can boring after a while, and this might be a new activity for people to learn that's more interesting and keeps them socially engaged," she said, adding that it can also help older adults stay connected with grandchildren and other family and friends.
Yet, Wohltmann cautions it may not be for everyone.
"One of the take-home messages could be that learning how to use Facebook is a way to build what we call cognitive reserve, to help protect against and stave off cognitive decline due to normal age-related changes in brain function. But there certainly are other ways to do this as well," she said.
"It's also important to understand and know about some of the aspects of Facebook that people have concerns about, like how to keep your profile secure," she said. "So I wouldn't suggest to anyone to get out and get Granny online right away, unless you or somebody else can provide the proper education and support to that person, so that they can use it in a safe way."
By Alexis Blue, University Communications | February 18, 2013
Preliminary research findings suggest that learning to use Facebook may help give adults older than 65 a cognitive boost.
Janelle Wohltmann, UA psychology graduate student
For older adults looking to sharpen their mental abilities, it might be time to log on to Facebook.
Preliminary research findings from the University of Arizona suggest that men and women older than 65 who learn to use Facebook could see a boost in cognitive function.
Janelle Wohltmann, a graduate student in the UA department of psychology, set out to see whether teaching older adults to use the popular social networking site could help improve their cognitive performance and make them feel more socially connected.
Her preliminary findings, which she shared this month at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting in Hawaii, show that older adults, after learning to use Facebook, performed about 25 percent better on tasks designed to measure their ability to continuously monitor and to quickly add or delete the contents of their working memory – a function known in the psychology world as "updating."
Wohltmann, whose research is ongoing as part of her dissertation work, facilitated Facebook training for 14 older adults who had either never used the site or used it less than once a month. They were instructed to become Facebook friends only with those in their training group and were asked to post on the site at least once a day.
A second group of 14 non-Facebook using seniors instead was taught to use an online diary site, Penzu.com, in which entries are kept private, with no social sharing component. They were asked to make at least one entry a day, of no more than three to five sentences to emulate the shortness of messages that Facebook users typically post.
The study's third group of 14 was told they were on a "wait-list" for Facebook training, which they never actually completed.
Prior to learning any new technologies, study participants, who ranged in age from 68 to 91, completed a series of questionnaires and neuropsychological tests measuring social variables, such as their levels loneliness and social support, as well as their cognitive abilities. The assessments were done again at the end of the study, eight weeks later.
In the follow-ups, those who had learned to use Facebook performed about 25 percent better than they did at the start of the study on tasks designed to measure their mental updating abilities. Participants in the other groups saw no significant change in performance.
Wohltmann conducted the study with help from her research adviser Betty Glisky, professor and head of the department of psychology, and a team of undergraduate and graduate research assistants. It was based on existing evidence about how learning new tasks can help older adults with overall cognitive function, as well as research suggesting a possible link between social connectedness and cognitive performance.
"The idea evolved from two bodies of research," she said. "One, there is evidence to suggest that staying more cognitively engaged – learning new skills, not just becoming a couch potato when you retire but staying active – leads to better cognitive performing. It's kind of this 'use it or lose it' hypothesis."
"There's also a large body of literature showing that people who are more socially engaged, are less lonely, have more social support and are more socially integrated are also doing better cognitively in older age," she said.
In Wohltmann's research, further analysis is needed to determine whether using Facebook made participants feel less lonely or more socially connected, she said.
Likewise, further analysis is needed to determine whether, or by how much, Facebook's social aspect contributed to improvements in cognitive performance. However, Wohltmann suspects that the complex nature of the Facebook interface, compared to the online diary site, was largely responsible for Facebook users' improved performance.
"The Facebook interface is actually quite complex. The big difference between the online diary and Facebook is that when you create a diary entry, you create the entry, you save it and that's all you see, versus if you're on Facebook, several people are posting new things, so new information is constantly getting posted," she said.
"You're seeing this new information coming in, and you need to focus on the new information and get rid of the old information, or keep it in mind if you want to go back and reference it later, so you have to constantly update what's there in your attention," she said.
Participants in the study, who had an average age of 79, represent a demographic whose social media behavior has not been closely examined.
"Facebook is obviously a huge phenomenon in our culture," Wohltmann said. "There's starting to be more research coming out about how younger adults use Facebook and online social networking, but we really don’t know very much at all about older adults, and they actually are quite a large growing demographic on Facebook, so I think it's really important to do the research to find out."
One in three online seniors use a social networking site like Facebook, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
Wohltmann says she also sees Facebook as a potential alternative to some online games marketed to seniors to help boost mental acuity.
"Those games can boring after a while, and this might be a new activity for people to learn that's more interesting and keeps them socially engaged," she said, adding that it can also help older adults stay connected with grandchildren and other family and friends.
Yet, Wohltmann cautions it may not be for everyone.
"One of the take-home messages could be that learning how to use Facebook is a way to build what we call cognitive reserve, to help protect against and stave off cognitive decline due to normal age-related changes in brain function. But there certainly are other ways to do this as well," she said.
"It's also important to understand and know about some of the aspects of Facebook that people have concerns about, like how to keep your profile secure," she said. "So I wouldn't suggest to anyone to get out and get Granny online right away, unless you or somebody else can provide the proper education and support to that person, so that they can use it in a safe way."
Climate science: a fork in the road
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NASA's leading climate scientist James Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Science, was arrested outside the White House in a public protest over an oil pipeline. (photo: Ben Powless/Tar Sands Action )
By Dr. James Hansen, Reader Supported News20 February 13readersupportednews.org
e stand at a fork in the road. Conventional oil and gas supplies are limited. We can move down the path of dirtier more carbon-intensive unconventional fossil-fuels, digging up the dirtiest tar sands and tar shales, hydrofracking for gas, continued mountain-top removal and mechanized destructive long-wall coal mining. Or we can choose the alternative path of clean energies and energy efficiency.
The climate science is crystal clear. We cannot go down the path of the dirty fuels without guaranteeing that the climate system passes tipping points, leaving our children and grandchildren a situation out of their control, a situation of our making. Unstable ice sheets will lead to continually rising seas and devastation of coastal cities worldwide. A large fraction of Earth's species will be driven to extinction by the combination of shifting climate zones and other stresses. Summer heat waves, scorching droughts, and intense wildfires will become more frequent and extreme. At other times and places, the warmer water bodies and increased evaporation will power stronger storms, heavier rains, greater floods.
The economics is crystal clear. We are all better off if fossil fuels are made to pay their honest costs to society. We must collect a gradually rising fee from fossil fuel companies at the source, the domestic mine or port of entry, distributing the funds to the public on a per capita basis. This approach will provide the business community and entrepreneurs the incentives to develop clean energy and energy-efficient products, and the public will have the resources to make changes.
This approach is transparent, built on conservative principles. Not one dime to the government.
The alternative is to slake fossil fuel addiction, forcing the public to continue to subsidize fossil fuels. And hammer the public with more pollution. The public must pay the medical costs for all pollution effects. The public will pay costs caused by climate change. Fossil fuel moguls get richer, we get poorer. Our children are screwed. Our well-oiled coal-fired government pretends to not understand.
Joe Nocera is polite, but he does not understand basic economics. If a rising price is placed on carbon, the tar sands will be left in the ground where they belong. And the remarkable life and landscape of the original North American people will be preserved.
Joe Nocera quoted a private comment from a note explaining that I could not promise I would be back in New York to meet him. But he did not mention the contents of the e-mail that I sent him with information about the subject we were to discuss. The entire e-mail is copied below:
NASA's leading climate scientist James Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Science, was arrested outside the White House in a public protest over an oil pipeline. (photo: Ben Powless/Tar Sands Action )
By Dr. James Hansen, Reader Supported News20 February 13readersupportednews.org
e stand at a fork in the road. Conventional oil and gas supplies are limited. We can move down the path of dirtier more carbon-intensive unconventional fossil-fuels, digging up the dirtiest tar sands and tar shales, hydrofracking for gas, continued mountain-top removal and mechanized destructive long-wall coal mining. Or we can choose the alternative path of clean energies and energy efficiency.The climate science is crystal clear. We cannot go down the path of the dirty fuels without guaranteeing that the climate system passes tipping points, leaving our children and grandchildren a situation out of their control, a situation of our making. Unstable ice sheets will lead to continually rising seas and devastation of coastal cities worldwide. A large fraction of Earth's species will be driven to extinction by the combination of shifting climate zones and other stresses. Summer heat waves, scorching droughts, and intense wildfires will become more frequent and extreme. At other times and places, the warmer water bodies and increased evaporation will power stronger storms, heavier rains, greater floods.
The economics is crystal clear. We are all better off if fossil fuels are made to pay their honest costs to society. We must collect a gradually rising fee from fossil fuel companies at the source, the domestic mine or port of entry, distributing the funds to the public on a per capita basis. This approach will provide the business community and entrepreneurs the incentives to develop clean energy and energy-efficient products, and the public will have the resources to make changes.
This approach is transparent, built on conservative principles. Not one dime to the government.
The alternative is to slake fossil fuel addiction, forcing the public to continue to subsidize fossil fuels. And hammer the public with more pollution. The public must pay the medical costs for all pollution effects. The public will pay costs caused by climate change. Fossil fuel moguls get richer, we get poorer. Our children are screwed. Our well-oiled coal-fired government pretends to not understand.
Joe Nocera is polite, but he does not understand basic economics. If a rising price is placed on carbon, the tar sands will be left in the ground where they belong. And the remarkable life and landscape of the original North American people will be preserved.
Joe Nocera quoted a private comment from a note explaining that I could not promise I would be back in New York to meet him. But he did not mention the contents of the e-mail that I sent him with information about the subject we were to discuss. The entire e-mail is copied below:
Jim Hansen_______
Joe,
Here are some relevant words from the draft of a paper that I am working on:
Transition to a post-fossil fuel world of clean energies will not occur as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy. Fossil fuels are cheap only because they are subsidized and do not pay their costs to society. Air and water pollution from fossil fuel extraction and use have high costs in human health, food production, and natural ecosystems, with costs borne by the public. Costs of climate change and ocean acidification also are borne by the public, especially young people and future generations.
Thus the essential underlying policy, albeit not sufficient, is for emissions of CO2 to come with a price that allows these costs to be internalized within the economics of energy use. Because so much energy is used through expensive capital stock, the price should rise in a predictable way to enable people and businesses to efficiently adjust lifestyles and investments to minimize costs.
An economic analysis indicates that a tax beginning at $15/tCO2 and rising $10/tCO2 each year would reduce emissions in the U.S. by 30% within 10 years. Such a reduction is more than 10 times as great as the carbon content of tar sands oil carried by the proposed Keystone XL pipeline (830,000 barrels/day). Reduced oil demand would be nearly six times the pipeline capacity, thus rendering it superfluous.
A rising carbon price is the sine qua non for fossil fuel phase out, but it is not sufficient. Investment is needed in energy RD&D (research, development and demonstration) in new technologies such as low-loss smart electric grids, electrical vehicles interacting effectively with the power grid, and energy storage for intermittent renewable energy. Nuclear power has made major contributions to climate change mitigation and mortality prevention, and advanced nuclear reactor designs can address safety, nuclear waste, and weapons proliferation issues that have limited prior use of nuclear power, but governments need to provide a regulatory environment that supports timely construction of approved designs to limit costs. etc.
Jim Hansen
Payson Habitat has homes available now
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PaysonArea Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for housing in an open applicationperiod now through March 7, 2013.
Thisis an opportunity to own a home for approximately $500 per month, includingtaxes, insurance, and HOA dues. House payment varies depending on taxes andinsurance. Habitat homes feature ano-interest 30-year mortgage, and low closing costs.
Severalresale condominium homes in Longhorn Village are currently available.
Threebedroom, two-story homes are 1271 SF, and have two bathrooms. Atwo-bedroom home is also available, at 878 SF, all on one level. All homes haveample closet space, washer-dryer hookups, and a small fenced backyard. Pets areallowed.
Applicantsmust have a steady income between 30 and 60 percent of the area median, havelived in the Payson High School District for at least one year, be willing topartner with Habitat in sweat-equity hours, and have a demonstrated need foraffordable housing. To find out if your income falls within the range foryour household size, please contact our office at 928-474-0330 or stop bythe Habitat ReStore (on the corner of 87 and 260) for more information and anapplication packet.
Allhousehold sizes are encouraged to apply.
AMANDATORY Orientation meeting will be held March 7, 2013 at the Payson UnitedMethodist Church. To be considered for a home, applicants MUST attend theorientation. Doors open at 6 PM; no onewill be admitted after 6:30 PM when the presentation starts. Please arrange for childcare, as no one underage 18 will be admitted. Please pick up an application at the Habitat ReStore priorto the meeting for details, or call our office at 928-474-0330.
EQUAL HOUSINGOPPORTUNITY STATEMENT: Payson Area Habitat forHumanity, Inc. is pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for theachievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. Weencourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in whichthere are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion,sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.
PaysonArea Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications for housing in an open applicationperiod now through March 7, 2013.Thisis an opportunity to own a home for approximately $500 per month, includingtaxes, insurance, and HOA dues. House payment varies depending on taxes andinsurance. Habitat homes feature ano-interest 30-year mortgage, and low closing costs.
Severalresale condominium homes in Longhorn Village are currently available.
Threebedroom, two-story homes are 1271 SF, and have two bathrooms. Atwo-bedroom home is also available, at 878 SF, all on one level. All homes haveample closet space, washer-dryer hookups, and a small fenced backyard. Pets areallowed.
Applicantsmust have a steady income between 30 and 60 percent of the area median, havelived in the Payson High School District for at least one year, be willing topartner with Habitat in sweat-equity hours, and have a demonstrated need foraffordable housing. To find out if your income falls within the range foryour household size, please contact our office at 928-474-0330 or stop bythe Habitat ReStore (on the corner of 87 and 260) for more information and anapplication packet.
Allhousehold sizes are encouraged to apply.
AMANDATORY Orientation meeting will be held March 7, 2013 at the Payson UnitedMethodist Church. To be considered for a home, applicants MUST attend theorientation. Doors open at 6 PM; no onewill be admitted after 6:30 PM when the presentation starts. Please arrange for childcare, as no one underage 18 will be admitted. Please pick up an application at the Habitat ReStore priorto the meeting for details, or call our office at 928-474-0330.
EQUAL HOUSINGOPPORTUNITY STATEMENT: Payson Area Habitat forHumanity, Inc. is pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for theachievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. Weencourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in whichthere are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion,sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.
Teens on the Road: The Process to Getting a Driver's License - Part One
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Having a teenager begin to drive can be stressful enough; add in trying to understand the process to get them their first driver's license, and the experience can be downright frustrating. In this three part series we are going to discuss the process, the steps you need to take, and the documents you will need along the way.
The first thing you need to know is that it is a three stage process referred to as the New Mexico Graduated Licensing System.
Stage One: Instructional Permit
To get an Instructional Permit, a teen must be at least 15 years old, enrolled in Driver’s Education and go into a MVD Express office with the following documents:
· Driver Education Referral Card
Once the permit has been received it must be held for a minimum of six months. The Driver will be issued a maximum of two Instructional Permits. The Driver must drive with an adult 21 or older who has been licensed for a minimum of three years. The Driver must also complete a detailed log of at least 50 hours of supervised driving practice, in which 10 of these hours must be at night. A parent or guardian must certify in writing that these hours have been completed. The Driver will need to maintain a clean driving record for the 90 days preceding the application of stage two - the provisional license.
Effective June 17, Senate Bill 9, enacted by the 2011 Legislature, amends Sections 66-5-8 and 66-5-9 NMSA 1978 to provide that:
The first thing you need to know is that it is a three stage process referred to as the New Mexico Graduated Licensing System.
Stage One: Instructional Permit
To get an Instructional Permit, a teen must be at least 15 years old, enrolled in Driver’s Education and go into a MVD Express office with the following documents:
· Driver Education Referral Card
Once the permit has been received it must be held for a minimum of six months. The Driver will be issued a maximum of two Instructional Permits. The Driver must drive with an adult 21 or older who has been licensed for a minimum of three years. The Driver must also complete a detailed log of at least 50 hours of supervised driving practice, in which 10 of these hours must be at night. A parent or guardian must certify in writing that these hours have been completed. The Driver will need to maintain a clean driving record for the 90 days preceding the application of stage two - the provisional license.
Effective June 17, Senate Bill 9, enacted by the 2011 Legislature, amends Sections 66-5-8 and 66-5-9 NMSA 1978 to provide that:
Teens on the Road: The Process to Getting a Driver's License - Part Two
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In Part One of “Teens on the Road” we discussed the process of obtaining an Instructional Permit. Today we will discuss stage two of the New Mexico Graduated Licensing System, the Provisional License.
Stage Two: The Provisional License
To obtain a Provisional License the teen driver must be at least 15 ½ years old, fully completed Stage One of the Graduated Licensing System, held a clean driving record for 90 days preceding the application of the Provisional License, and go into an MVD Express office with the following documents:
In addition to the above items, if the teen driver does not hold a State issued Instructional Permit they must also bring in the following documents:
Once the Provisional License has been received it will need to be held for a minimum of one year or until the teen reaches the age of 18. The teen driver may not have more than one passenger in the car under the age of 21 who is not an immediate family member. The teen driver may not operate the car between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless accompanied by a licensed driver who is 21 years or older. Exceptions are permitted for school, employment, family and medical need, or religious functions. During times of these exceptions the teen driver must carry a statement from the appropriate school, employer, Doctor, Religious Official or Parent/Legal Guardian.
Effective June 17, Senate Bill 9, enacted by the 2011 Legislature, amends Sections 66-5-8 and 66-5-9 NMSA 1978 to provide that:
The 12-month minimum period for which an individual is required to hold a provisional license before obtaining a regular driver's license is also extended by 30 days for each traffic violation, committed during the time the individual was driving with the provisional license, for which the individual was convicted or adjudicated delinquent.
Stage Two: The Provisional License
To obtain a Provisional License the teen driver must be at least 15 ½ years old, fully completed Stage One of the Graduated Licensing System, held a clean driving record for 90 days preceding the application of the Provisional License, and go into an MVD Express office with the following documents:
- Expired Instructional Permit
- 50 Hour Driving Log (must include a minimum of 10 hours of night driving)
- Certificate of Completion (from a driving school such as McGinnis School of Driving)
- Parent/Legal Guardian
In addition to the above items, if the teen driver does not hold a State issued Instructional Permit they must also bring in the following documents:
- Original State Issued Birth Certificate
- Original Social Security Card
- One Proof of New Mexico Residency
Once the Provisional License has been received it will need to be held for a minimum of one year or until the teen reaches the age of 18. The teen driver may not have more than one passenger in the car under the age of 21 who is not an immediate family member. The teen driver may not operate the car between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless accompanied by a licensed driver who is 21 years or older. Exceptions are permitted for school, employment, family and medical need, or religious functions. During times of these exceptions the teen driver must carry a statement from the appropriate school, employer, Doctor, Religious Official or Parent/Legal Guardian.
Effective June 17, Senate Bill 9, enacted by the 2011 Legislature, amends Sections 66-5-8 and 66-5-9 NMSA 1978 to provide that:
The 12-month minimum period for which an individual is required to hold a provisional license before obtaining a regular driver's license is also extended by 30 days for each traffic violation, committed during the time the individual was driving with the provisional license, for which the individual was convicted or adjudicated delinquent.
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Power Lines and Pine Trees
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In the photo, two employees of the rural electrical cooperative contemplate a tree-trimmig problem near my house. The long yellow line is a sectional pruning saw that extends to about 40 feet — at that length, ithe floppiness make it difficult to place the cutting edge where you want it.
I have been complaining about this problem for years, literally. Looking up and seeing scorched (from contact with the wires) pine boughs does not make me happy.
Every so often, some technician would be here for some other purpose (replacing the meter, say), and I would point out the boughs contacting the lines, to which he would say, "Yeah, you've got a problem." And that was it.
(The trees were trimmed by a contractor — who kind of butchered them — in the mid-1990s, but oddly enough, they grew back.)
Some months ago, I wrote a letter to the general manager. That brought some workers out in the spring, but they felt that the ground was too soft to try to get close with their "cherry-picker" bucket truck, and promised to come back when it was harder.
Now it's frozen. No problem.
Meanwhile, the co-op had been replacing a power line that comes into this area with a bigger one. That brought another technician last week, who said that the transformers on each home had to be replaced. On Monday three trucks arrived, and the guys replaced the transformer at the guest cabin and then came over to our house.
And, lo, they trimmed. What they could not reach from the truck, they did with the long noodle of a pruning saw.
In his new year's annual message, the general manager spoke of increased attention being paid to tree-trimming.
I just wonder if that had something to do with the fact that my department fought two fires started by electrical lines in 2012, including the October 23rd fire that took out fifteen homes. (Apparently, that fire had two ignition points, one a burning transformer and one wires touching tree branches — the two fires merged, part of the reason so much burned so fast.)
Four days into that fire, I was chatting with the final incident commander, the local guy who was put in charge after the Type 2 command team pulled out. He had been a volunteer in the next county south — similar terrain — and he was full of stories about electrical lines starting fires in the pines.
Or maybe it was just my letter that got results.
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| Utility workers contemplate an electrical line entangled with pine trees. |
I have been complaining about this problem for years, literally. Looking up and seeing scorched (from contact with the wires) pine boughs does not make me happy.
Every so often, some technician would be here for some other purpose (replacing the meter, say), and I would point out the boughs contacting the lines, to which he would say, "Yeah, you've got a problem." And that was it.
(The trees were trimmed by a contractor — who kind of butchered them — in the mid-1990s, but oddly enough, they grew back.)
Some months ago, I wrote a letter to the general manager. That brought some workers out in the spring, but they felt that the ground was too soft to try to get close with their "cherry-picker" bucket truck, and promised to come back when it was harder.
Now it's frozen. No problem.
Meanwhile, the co-op had been replacing a power line that comes into this area with a bigger one. That brought another technician last week, who said that the transformers on each home had to be replaced. On Monday three trucks arrived, and the guys replaced the transformer at the guest cabin and then came over to our house.
And, lo, they trimmed. What they could not reach from the truck, they did with the long noodle of a pruning saw.
In his new year's annual message, the general manager spoke of increased attention being paid to tree-trimming.
I just wonder if that had something to do with the fact that my department fought two fires started by electrical lines in 2012, including the October 23rd fire that took out fifteen homes. (Apparently, that fire had two ignition points, one a burning transformer and one wires touching tree branches — the two fires merged, part of the reason so much burned so fast.)
Four days into that fire, I was chatting with the final incident commander, the local guy who was put in charge after the Type 2 command team pulled out. He had been a volunteer in the next county south — similar terrain — and he was full of stories about electrical lines starting fires in the pines.
Or maybe it was just my letter that got results.
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