14-4505. Careless driving; essential elements.
For you to find the defendant guilty of careless driving [as charged in Count ________]1, the state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime:
1. The defendant operated a motor vehicle2 on a highway3;
2. The defendant operated the motor vehicle in a careless, inattentive or imprudent manner without due regard for the width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, weather, road conditions and all other attendant circumstances;
3. This happened in New Mexico, on or about the ________ day of ____________, ________.
USE NOTES
1. Insert count number if more than one count is charged.
2. See Section 66-1-4.11 NMSA 1978 for the definition of a motor vehicle.
3. See Section 66-1-4.8 NMSA 1978 for the definition of a highway.
[Adopted, October 1, 1985; UJI Criminal Rule 35.05 NMSA 1978; UJI 14-4505 SCRA 1986; as amended, effective May 1, 1997.]