IF YOU NEED ANY MORE PROOF THAT DRINKING CAN IMPAIR YOUR JUDGEMENT BEHIND THE WHEEL, THEN LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THIS INCIDENT FROM WEDNESDAY IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. IT APPEARS JOSE AVALOS WASN’T THINKING CLEARLY WHEN HE WAS DRIVING ALONG N-M 478 IN DONA ANA COUNTY. HE DECIDED TO STOP HIS VEHICLE ON SOME RAILROAD TRACKS, ATTRACTING THE ATTENTION OF BURLINGTON NORTHERN-SANTA FE RAILWAY SECURITY OFFICERS.
DONA ANA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT DEPUTIES WERE SUMMONED AND DISCOVERED THAT AVALOS HAD AN OPEN CONTAINER IN HIS VEHICLE AND HE TOLD THEM HE HAD BEEN DRINKING EARLIER. AVALOS WENT THROUGH A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST AND WAS THEN ARRESTED. TURNS OUT, HE KNOWS THE ROUTINE. HE HAS FIVE PREVIOUS D-W-I CONVICTIONS.
AVALOS IS NOW BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND AT THE DONA ANA COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.
