Title 39, Title 39: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION

39:3-54.20. Penalty for violation Any person authorized to display red emergency warning lights, sirens, or both, pursuant to this act, who willfully displays or uses the lights or sirens in violation of the provisions of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $5…

39:3-54.21. Rural letter carriers permitted to use amber warning light on motor vehicle; rules, regulations a. Any employee of the United States Postal Service who, as part of his assigned duties as a rural route letter carrier, is required to use a motor vehicle owned or leased …

39:3-54.22 Application, approval for permit to display emergency light by county volunteer Office of Emergency Management member. 5. An active member of a county volunteer Office of Emergency Management shall submit an application for a permit to the County Emergency Management C…

39:3-54.23 Application, approval for permit to display emergency light by municipal volunteer Office of Emergency Management member. 6. An active member of a municipal volunteer Office of Emergency Management shall submit an application to the Municipal Emergency Management Coord…

39:3-54.24 Employee of public utility, use of amber light on motor vehicle permitted; fee. 1. An authorized employee of a public utility company who, as part of the official duties of a public utility employee, is required to use a motor vehicle owned or leased by him or a member…

39:3-54.25 Use of public utility company logo by employee on motor vehicle. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1968, c.439 (C.39:3-8.1), an authorized employee of a public utility company who, as part of the official duties of a public utility employee, is requ…

39:3-54.26 Improper use of amber light, logo; penalty. 3. Any person authorized to display an amber warning light or a magnetic sign pursuant to this act, who willfully uses the light or displays the sign in violation of the provisions of this act, shall be liable to a penalty of…

39:3-54.27 Flashing amber warning lights, display on sanitation vehicles; required. 1. a. Sanitation vehicles operated by a local public entity, or by a licensed solid waste collection company pursuant to a State or local permit, license, contract, or franchise with a local publi…

39:3-54.7 Mounting and operation of emergency warning lights. 1. a. An active member in good standing of any of the following organizations may mount and operate, on a motor vehicle operated by that member, an emergency warning light or lights as provided in P.L.1977, c.223 (C.39…

39:3-54.8. Time of operation Emergency warning lights may be operated only while the vehicle is being used in answering a fire or emergency call. L.1977, c. 223, s. 2, eff. Sept. 16, 1977.

39:3-54.9 Specifications. 3. Emergency warning lights shall be removable or permanently attached, of the flashing or revolving type, equipped with a blue lens and controlled by a switch installed inside the vehicle or shall be blue of the light bar type, in accordance with the sp…

39:3-55. Alternate road lighting equipment Any motor vehicle need not be equipped with approved headlamps provided that every such vehicle during the times when lighted lamps are required is equipped with two lighted lamps on the front thereof displaying white or yellow lights wi…

39:3-56. Number of driving lamps required or permitted At the times when lighted lamps are required, at least 2 lighted driving lamps shall be displayed, an equal number on each side of the front of every motor vehicle other than a motor cycle and other than a motor-drawn vehicle…

39:3-57. Single-beam road lighting Approved single-beam headlamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light shall at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead project higher than a level of five inches below the level of the …

39:3-58. Multiple-beam road lighting Approved multiple beam headlamps shall be so arranged that the driver may control the selection between different distributions of light subject to the following requirements and limitations: There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, …

39:3-59. Beam indicator lights Every New Jersey registered motor vehicle hereafter equipped with multiple-beam road lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of light from the head lamps is in use, and s…

39:3-6.1. Definitions 3. As used in this act unless other meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context, or unless inconsistent with the manifest intention of the Legislature: "Commercial vehicle" means any vehicle which is operated in interstate commerce and used for …

39:3-6.10. Suspension or cancellation of exemptions, benefits, or privileges Agreements, arrangements or declarations made under the authority of this act may include provisions authorizing the director to suspend or cancel the exemptions, benefits, or privileges granted thereund…

39:3-6.11. Definitions relative to apportioned vehicles 21. As used in this act: "Apportioned vehicle" means any vehicle used or intended for use in two or more member jurisdictions that register vehicles; is used for the transportation of persons for hire or is designed, used, o…

39:3-6.12. Membership in International Registration Plan 22 a. The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, may enter into and become a member of the International Registration Plan. Such plan may provide, but shall not be limited to, the …

39:3-6.13. Registration of apportioned vehicles 23. a. The Division of Motor Vehicles or its designee shall register all apportioned vehicles within its jurisdiction upon application and payment of registration fees and upon proof of proper insurance and proof of filing of Federa…

39:3-6.14 Registration, administrative fees. 24. a. The registration fee for an apportioned vehicle shall be determined by the number of in-jurisdiction miles an apportioned vehicle drives in the State of New Jersey and in each of the jurisdictions in which it is authorized to tr…

39:3-6.15. Preservation of operational records 25. a. A registrant whose application for apportioned registration has been accepted shall preserve its operational records for a period of three years after the close of the registration year. Such records shall be made available to…

39:3-6.16. Temporary registration 26. a. The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles may issue temporary registration credentials for any vehicle or combination of vehicles that could be lawfully operated in the jurisdiction if full registration or apportioned registration wer…

39:3-6.17. Violation, fines 27. A person who violates any provision of sections 21 through 26 of this act shall be subject to a fine of $500 for each offense. Such fine shall be forwarded by the judge to whom the same has been paid to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Stat…

39:3-6.18. Motor carrier audits of operational records 28. The Division of Motor Vehicles or its designee shall perform motor carrier audits of the operational records of carrier accounts registered in New Jersey in accordance with the International Registration Plan Agreement an…

39:3-6.19. Supersedure; nonapplicability 29. a. Registration of apportioned vehicles under this act and the State's participation in the International Registration Plan supersedes all other statutes, acts, and reciprocal agreements covering in whole or in part any of the matters …

39:3-6.2. Authority of director to make arrangements, agreements or declarations The director shall have the authority to execute or make arrangements, agreements or declarations to carry out the provisions of this act. The director may enter into an agreement or arrangement with…

39:3-6.20. "Proportional Registration Distributive Fund" 30. a. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall distribute the registration fees collected for participating jurisdictions in accordance with the International Registration Program Agreement. b. There is created within the Stat…

39:3-6.21. Reciprocity 31. After July 1, 1995, if no agreement, arrangement or declaration is in effect with respect to another jurisdiction as authorized by this act, any vehicle properly registered or licensed in such other jurisdiction, and for which evidence of compliance is …

39:3-6.3. Registration in another jurisdiction of vehicles located or operated from base in such jurisdiction An agreement or arrangement entered into, or a declaration issued under the authority of this act may contain provisions authorizing the registration or licensing in anot…

39:3-6.5. Exemptions, benefits and privileges; examination of laws and requirements of other jurisdictions In the absence of an agreement or arrangement with another jurisdiction, the director may examine the laws and requirements of such jurisdiction and declare the extent and n…

39:3-6.6. Leased vehicles An agreement or arrangement entered into, or a declaration issued under the authority of this act, may contain provisions under which a leased vehicle properly registered by the lessor thereof may be entitled, subject to terms and conditions stated there…

39:3-6.7. Vehicles registered in jurisdiction where no agreement, arrangement or declaration is in effect; commercial vehicles After July 1, 1969 if no agreement, arrangement or declaration is in effect with respect to another jurisdiction as authorized by this act, any vehicle p…

39:3-6.9. Written agreements, arrangements or declarations required; filing All agreements, arrangements or declarations, or amendments thereto, shall be in writing and shall be filed in the office of the director. A copy of each agreement, arrangement or declaration, or amendmen…

39:3-60. Use of multiple-beam road lighting equipment Every person driving a motor vehicle equipped with multiple-beam road lighting equipment, during the times when lighted lamps are required, shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of suff…

39:3-61 Lamps and reflectors required on particular vehicles. 39:3-61. (a) Every motor vehicle other than a motor cycle and other than a motor-drawn vehicle shall be equipped on the front with at least two headlamps, an equal number at each side, and with two turn signals, one on…

39:3-61.1. Mounting of lamps and reflectors Lamps and reflectors required by section 39:3-61 shall be mounted on a vehicle as follows: (a) Every lamp and every reflector shall be permanently and securely mounted in a workmanlike manner on a permanent part of the vehicle. (b) When…

39:3-61.2. Combination of lighting devices and reflectors; prohibited combinations (a) Any 2 or more lighting devices and reflectors may be combined into one shell or housing except as stated below, provided that the requirements for each required lighting device or reflector are…

39:3-61.3. Stop lamps; construction, placement and use Every stop lamp shall be so constructed, placed and used as to indicate by a substantial increase in illumination that the service brakes of the vehicle have been applied, except as otherwise provided in this section. Stop la…

39:3-61.4. Overhang loads; placement and use of red lamps and flags (a) Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear 4 feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times when lighted lamps are r…

39:3-62. Lamps on parked vehicles Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped in areas other than business or residential districts, upon a highway or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended, during the times when lighted lamps are required, except when it is displa…

39:3-63. Regulations governing lamps, turn signals and reflectors; promulgation by commissioner The director is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations in his discretion not inconsistent with this article, governing the size, type, construction, location and use of lamps, tur…

39:3-64. Vehicular traffic hazard warning signals (a) Every truck, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, 80 inches or more in width shall be equipped with a signaling system that in addition to signaling turning movements as provided for in section 39:4-126 shall …

39:3-64.1. Itinerant vendors' vehicle "Itinerant vendors' vehicle" as used in this act means a motor vehicle used in the operation of the business of an itinerant vendor to carry the goods, wares or other merchandise offered for sale to the general public and from which sales are…

39:3-64.2. Signaling system; flashing simultaneously Every itinerant vendor's vehicle shall be equipped with a signaling system that in addition to signaling turning movements as provided for in section 39:4-126 of the Revised Statutes shall have a switching arrangement that will…