Title 39, Title 39: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION

39:4-215.1 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Swift Access For Emergency Response Actions Preservation Program (SAFER APP).” L.2025, c.347, s.1.

39:4-215.2 Findings, declarations. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The safety and well-being of New Jersey residents is a fundamental responsibility of the State and its municipalities, particularly with regard to ensuring timely and reliable emergency response ser…

39:4-215.3 Definitions. 3. As used in P.L.2025, c.347 (C.39:4-215.1 et seq.): “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Transportation. “Emergency traffic condition” means recurring periods of excessive vehicular traffic that materially interfere with emergency response operations…

39:4-215.4 Turn-by-turn navigation guidance, order to reroute; investigation and review. 4. a. In addition to the authority set forth in section 1 of P.L.1950, c.70 (C.39:4-213), whenever the Attorney General determines that the guidance provided to motorists by a turn-by-turn na…

39:4-215.5 Turn-by-turn navigation system, fail to reroute during emergency traffic, fines. 5. Any person, business, or other entity having ownership or control of a turn-by-turn navigation system that was determined by the Attorney General to have resulted in or contributed to a…

39:4-215.6 Report to Governor, Legislature. 6. No later than 24 months following the Attorney General’s adoption of the rules and regulations required in section 8 of P.L.2025, c.347 (C.39:4-215.8) the Attorney General, in consultation with the commissioner, shall submit to the G…

39:4-215.7 Attorney General authority, vehicular traffic management. 7. Nothing in P.L.2025, c.347 (C.39:4-215.1 et seq.) shall be construed to limit, define, modify, or to otherwise impair or diminish the Attorney General’s existing authority under section 1 of P.L.1950, c.70 (C…

39:4-215.8 Rules, regulations. 8. The Attorney General shall adopt, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of P.L.2025, c.347 (C.39:4-215.1 et seq.) in a manner consistent w…

39:4-216. Commercial activity or solicitation of contributions; prohibition No person shall tender or offer for sale goods or merchandise of any kind, engage in any other commercial activity, or solicit contributions for any cause, on any portion of the right of way of a State or…

39:4-22. Reins held in hands No person shall cease to hold the reins in his hands while riding, driving, or conducting a horse.

39:4-23. Mistreatment of horse, violations, disorderly person; certain acts, crime of fourth degree 39:4-23. No person shall either ill-treat, overdrive, override or unnecessarily or cruelly beat a horse. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a disorderly persons …

39:4-24. Use of whip No person shall crack or so use a whip as to annoy, interfere with or endanger a person or excite a horse other than a horse which he is using.

39:4-25. Lights on animal-drawn vehicles Every vehicle drawn by a horse or other beast shall carry, during the period from thirty minutes after sunset and thirty minutes before sunrise, and when fog renders it impossible to see a long distance, at least one lighted lamp on the fr…

39:4-25.1. Rights and duties of persons riding or driving animals Every person riding an animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by chapter four of…

39:4-26. Moving heavy machinery, apparatus, etc.; registration fee; permits; reciprocity A person may move along or across a public road or highway, road building machinery, vehicles, traction engines, rollers, structural units incapable of dismemberment or other apparatus or mac…

39:4-27. Loading and operation of trailer; permittee's responsibility in damages In the transportation of any such road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, roller, structural unit incapable of dismemberment or other apparatus or machinery in accordance with the provisio…

39:4-28. Height; overhead wires No such road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, steam roller or other apparatus or machinery having a height, including load or equipment or apparatus connected therewith, in excess of fourteen feet shall be operated, driven, propelled o…

39:4-29. Time for moving along street railway tracks No such road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, steam roller or other apparatus or machinery shall be operated, driven, propelled or conveyed along the tracks of a street railway excepting between the hours of nine o…

39:4-30. Exceptions to application of article; "temporary" or "in-transit" registration plates Nothing in this article shall apply to any road building machinery, vehicle, traction engine, steam roller or other apparatus or machinery running upon railroad or street railway tracks…

39:4-31. Violations of article; fine A person violating a provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, pay such fine as may be imposed by the court, not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation. In default of the payment thereof, the court imposing …

39:4-31.1 Operation of low-speed vehicle on public roads; conditions. 2. a. A low-speed vehicle may be operated upon any public road or highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation with a posted speed of 25 miles per hour or less. The commissioner may in the…

39:4-31.2 Requirements for low-speed vehicles operated on public road, highway. 3. a. Low-speed vehicles operated upon any public road or highway in this State shall be maintained in proper condition and comply with the equipment requirements and standards as set forth in 49 CFR …

39:4-31.3 Valid driver's license required for operation of low-speed vehicle; registration, insurance. 4. a. Any person operating a low-speed vehicle in this State authorized pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2005, c.273 (C.39:4-31.1) shall be in possession of a valid driver's license…

39:4-31.4 Certificate of origin of low-speed vehicle; waiver of liability by purchaser. 5. a. When a new low-speed vehicle is delivered in this State by the manufacturer to his agent or a dealer, or a person purchasing directly from the manufacturer, the manufacturer shall execut…

39:4-31.5 Low-speed vehicle exempt from inspection. 6. No low-speed vehicle shall be subject to a motor vehicle inspection by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. The registered owner of a low-speed vehicle shall be required to maintain the vehicle in proper condition as requ…

39:4-31.6 Pedicab operation, conditions. 1. a. A pedicab operator shall be permitted to operate a pedicab under the following conditions: (1) operation of a pedicab is authorized by ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality in which the pedicab operates; (2) the…

39:4-32 Crossing roadway; signal. 39:4-32. On highways where traffic is controlled by a traffic control signal or by traffic or police officers: a. Pedestrians shall not cross a roadway against the "stop" or red signal at a crosswalk, whether marked or unmarked, unless otherwise …

39:4-33. Use of designated crosswalk; keeping to right At intersections where traffic is directed by a police officer or traffic signal, no pedestrian shall enter upon or cross the highway at a point other than a crosswalk. Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the r…

39:4-34. Pedestrians to cross within crosswalk or at right angles; facing traffic; sidewalks Where traffic is not controlled and directed either by a police officer or a traffic control signal, pedestrians shall cross the roadway within a crosswalk or, in the absence of a crosswa…

39:4-36 Driver to yield to pedestrians, exceptions; violations, penalties. 39:4-36. a. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except at crosswalks when the movement of traffic is …

39:4-36.1. Crossing having pedestrian tunnel or overhead crossing; right of way Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway. L.1951, c. 23, p…

39:4-36.2 "Pedestrian Safety Enforcement and Education Fund." 1. There is created in the Division of Highway and Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety a nonlapsing revolving fund to be known as the "Pedestrian Safety Enforcement and Education Fund." This fund …

39:4-36.3 Findings, declarations relative to pedestrian safety. 1. The Legislature finds and declares: a. every year almost 5,000 pedestrians are killed in automobile accidents in the United States, accounting for roughly 12 percent of all persons killed in motor vehicle crashes;…

39:4-36.4 Identification of problem intersections. 2. The Commissioner of Transportation shall identify intersections controlled by a traffic control signal where making a right turn upon "Stop" or "Caution" signals presents demonstrated pedestrian safety problems. If an intersec…

39:4-37. Regulating crossing at intersections by local authorities Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may regulate by ordinance, which shall first be approved by the director, the crossing of pedestrians at intersections of roadways where traffic on the roadways …

39:4-37.1 Right-of-way crossing intersection for blind person, guide dog instructor. 1. Any blind person using as a guide a walking cane, predominantly white or metallic in color or any blind person using as a guide a seeing-eye dog or other dog trained as a guide for the blind, …

39:4-38. Vehicles travelling upon street car route to give way to street car; intersections; overtaking and passing street cars The driver or person in control of a vehicle traveling upon a regular street car route, and proceeding so as to obstruct the passage of the street car, …

39:4-39. Distance to be kept behind street car A driver of a vehicle when following a street car, upon the street car tracks, shall keep at least ten feet behind the car.

39:4-40. Passing street car The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and pass upon the left, a street car proceeding in the same direction, whether actually in motion or temporarily at rest, when a travelable portion of the highway exists to the right of the street car, even th…

39:4-41. Driving through safety zones prohibited No driver of a vehicle shall drive through a safety zone, unless directed to do so by a police or traffic officer or official sign.

39:4-42. Action of motorman on collision The motorman or driver of a street car which collides with a person or vehicle shall stop immediately, give his name and address and render any assistance that may be required to an injured person.

39:4-43. Crossing signals The motorman or driver of a street car, on approaching road intersections or street crossings, shall sound his signal in quick succession at a reasonable distance from the intersection. No person shall knowingly delay or hinder the passage of the car.

39:4-44. Car stops Every street railway company may establish certain road intersections, street crossings or other points along its railway as regular stops, and unless otherwise ordered by the board of public utility commissioners, or by the board or body having charge of stree…

39:4-45. Obstruction of crosswalks by street cars The cars of a street railway company shall not be allowed to obstruct the crosswalks of a street.

39:4-46. Commercial motor vehicle identification; GVWR to be displayed 39:4-46. a. Every vehicle used for commercial purposes on a street or highway, except for passenger automobiles and vehicles owned or leased by a pharmacy and utilized for the transportation or delivery of dru…

39:4-47. Violations of article; fine A person violating this article shall be fined not more than ten dollars ($10.00). In default of the payment thereof he shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding ten days. Moneys received from fines under this article s…