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C. 39:4-77.1





P.L. 1997, CHAPTER 124, approved June 20, 1997

Assembly, No. 2721 (First Reprint)

 

 

 

 

 

An Act concerning careless driving and 1[amending R.S.39:4-97] supplementing chapter 4 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes1.

 

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

    1[1. R.S.39:4-97 is amended to read as follows:

    39:4-97. a. A person who drives a vehicle carelessly, or without due caution and circumspection, in a manner so as to endanger, or be likely to endanger, a person or property, shall be guilty of careless driving.

    b. The driver of a vehicle shall be guilty of careless driving if accumulated ice or snow is dislodged from the vehicle and strikes another vehicle or pedestrian, causing injury or property damage.

(cf: P.L.1995, c.70, s.3)]1

 

    11. When snow or ice is dislodged from a moving vehicle and strikes another vehicle or pedestrian causing injury or property damage, the following penalties shall apply:

    The operator of a non-commercial motor vehicle shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200 or more than $1,000 for each offense.

    The operator, owner, lessee, bailee or any one of the aforesaid of a commercial motor vehicle shall be subject to a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,500 for each offense.

    No motor vehicle points or automobile insurance eligibility points pursuant to section 26 of P.L.1990, c.8 (C.17:33B-14) shall be assessed for this offense.1

 

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.


                             

 

Creates penalty for peril caused by ice dislodged from vehicle.