Your Responsibility to Wear a Seat Belt
New Jersey takes seat belt laws seriously. It’s one of thirty states where you can get pulled over for not wearing a seat belt. In other states, you can get a ticket for not wearing...
Read MoreRed-Light Cameras Reduce Car Crashes in New Jersey
New data from the New Jersey Township of Edison shows since the installation of automated right-light cameras there has been a 71% reduction in the number of right-angle collisions at three of the township’s most...
Read MorePolice Get People Drunk for Training
The damage that can be caused by drunk drivers is well known. Over 10,000 people a year get killed by drunk drivers. Somewhat less well known is the fact the drunk boating is the leading...
Read MoreNew Jersey Township Eliminates Red Light Cameras Due to Increased Car Accidents
The Township of Brick, New Jersey has eliminated red light cameras as of February 18. New Mayor John Ducey says that he’s not convinced that the cameras have made intersections safer. Ducey has declined to...
Read MoreNew Jersey Tow Truck Driver and Wife Killed in Accident
A New Jersey tow truck operator and his wife were killed in a crash as they were responding to another accident. Robert Johnson, 70, and his wife Shirley, 62 were in their 1985 Chevy flatbed...
Read MoreNew Jersey Teen Sentenced to Five Years for Fatal Texting Accident
18-year-old Samuel Oltmans of Montgomery has been sentenced to five years in prison for a fatal accident on Route 206 that occurred when he was texting while driving. Oltmans was 17 at the time of...
Read MoreNew Jersey Residents Injured and Killed in Train Accidents
There have been several cases in the news recently about New Jersey residents injured or killed in accidents involving trains. In Asbury Park, a man was killed after he reportedly jumped into the middle of...
Read MoreNew Jersey Remembers Victims of Drunk Driving Accidents
Family members of victims killed in drunk driving accidents recently remembered their lost loved ones in a ceremony that also recognized New Jersey law enforcement officers who made the most DWI arrests in the past...
Read MoreNew Jersey Law Combats Drowsy Driving Accidents
New Jersey enacted “Maggie’s Law” in 2003 in honor of 20-year-old Maggie McDonnell, who was killed in 1997 when a driver crosses three lanes of traffic and struck her car head-on. The driver admitted that...
Read MoreNew Jersey High School Students Get Graphic Warning of Driving Dangers
Six people with traumatic brain injuries visited Kittatinny Regional High School to warn students about the dangers of reckless driving. The visitors, most in wheelchairs, told students about how their bad decisions when younger left...
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