Title 39, Title 39: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION

39:4-60. Soliciting trade or contributions permitted, certain; designation of particular highway as hazardous for such purposes; signs; penalty 39:4-60. Except as provided herein, no person shall stand in the roadway of a highway to stop, impede, hinder or delay the progress of a…

39:4-60.1. Certain rotating or flashing lights prohibited On and after the effective date of this act no rotating or flashing light which imitates or resembles rotating or flashing lights such as are used by public and governmental agencies or any public utility to indicate emerg…

39:4-60.2. Removal without notice Every such prohibited light or signal is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway or the municipality in which the prohibited act takes place is empowered to remove the same or cause it to be …

39:4-60.3. Emergency use This act shall not apply to any rotating or flashing light used to indicate an emergency or hazardous condition. L.1970, c. 134, s. 3, eff. July 9, 1970.

39:4-61. Tailboard riding No person shall ride upon the rear end of a vehicle, without the consent of the driver, and when so riding, no part of the person's body shall protrude beyond the limits of the vehicle.

39:4-62. Leaving curb A vehicle waiting at the curb shall promptly give place to a vehicle about to take on or let off passengers.

39:4-63. Placing, throwing or depositing from motor vehicle, injurious substance on highway; fine; forfeiture of right to operate motor vehicle A person who throws, places or deposits, or who permits to be thrown, placed, or deposited from a motor vehicle, any glass or other shar…

39:4-64. Highway littering ban 39:4-64. a. No person shall throw or drop any bundle, object, article or debris of any nature from a vehicle whether in motion or not when such vehicle is on a highway. The words "object, article or debris of any nature" as used in this section shal…

39:4-64.1. Signs informing of consequences of violation The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles shall cause to be erected on the highways such signs as he deems necessary to inform those people using the highways of the consequences of violating the provisions of R.S. 39:4…

39:4-65. Letting off or taking on persons No operator of a vehicle shall stop the vehicle on the highway for the purpose of letting off or taking on a person, other than at the curb or side of the road or highway, or knowingly permit a person to alight from or enter upon the vehi…

39:4-66. Emerging from alley, driveway, garage, or private road or driveway 39:4-66. a. The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway, garage, or private road or driveway, shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving upon the sidewalk, and shall proceed to ent…

39:4-66.1. Right of way on entering or leaving alley, driveway, garage, or private road or driveway When the driver of a vehicle, about to enter an alley, driveway, garage, or private road or driveway from a highway, shall find it necessary to drive upon the sidewalk, he first sh…

39:4-66.2. Avoidance of traffic control signal, sign; violations, penalties 1. Except for emergency vehicles and motor vehicles being operated at the direction of a law enforcement officer, no person shall drive a motor vehicle on public property, except public roads or highways,…

39:4-67. Obstructing passage of other vehicles or street cars prohibited; clearance of intersections No vehicle or street car shall be permitted by the owner or driver thereof to so occupy a street as to interfere with or interrupt the passage of other street cars or vehicles, no…

39:4-68. Doors of street car or autobus closed No operator of a street car or autobus shall knowingly operate the same while any door thereof is open.

39:4-69. Riding on part not intended for passengers prohibited No person shall ride on, and no operator shall knowingly allow a person to ride on a street car or vehicle, or on a portion thereof not designed or intended for the conveyance of passengers. This section shall not app…

39:4-7. Director's hearings; subpoenas The director shall hold hearings when in his judgment they are necessary. He may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers and records applicable to the provisions of this chapter. Amended by L…

39:4-71. Driving on sidewalk No person shall drive or back a horse or vehicle across, or allow the same to stand on a sidewalk unless it be in crossing the sidewalk to go into a yard or lot, and then not without the consent of the owner of the premises. This section shall not pro…

39:4-72 Slowing, stopping on signal from driver, rider of a horse; violations, fine. 39:4-72. a. When approaching or passing a person riding or driving a horse, a person driving a motor vehicle shall reduce the vehicle's speed to a rate not exceeding 25 miles an hour and proceed …

39:4-75. Overweight vehicles on bridge; penalty. 39:4-75. a. No motor vehicle shall be driven over a bridge in this State if the gross weight of the vehicle and load is greater than the gross posted weight limit of the bridge. b. Signs warning persons driving motor vehicles that …

39:4-76. Driving overweight vehicles on interstate bridges; penalty; liability for damages; disposition of penalties No vehicle shall be driven over any interstate bridge owned or maintained in whole or in part by this State, upon which is posted in a conspicuous place a sign sta…

39:4-77. Loading so as to spill prohibited; minimum safety standards; penalty No person shall cause or permit a vehicle to be so loaded or operate a vehicle so loaded that the contents or any part thereof may be scattered in any street. Whenever the load of any vehicle is of mate…

39:4-77.1 Snow, ice dislodged from moving vehicle causing injury, property damage; penalties; public awareness campaign, data collection system. 1. a. (1) Each driver of a motor vehicle operated on a street or highway in this State shall have an affirmative duty to make all reaso…

39:4-77.2 "Motor Vehicle Snow and Ice Removal Safety Fund." 2. a. There is established in the General Fund a separate, nonlapsing, dedicated account to be known as the "Motor Vehicle Snow and Ice Removal Safety Fund." All fines imposed and collected as a result of enforcement of …

39:4-77.3 "Anti-Snow Dumping Act"; violations, penalties. 1. a. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Anti-Snow Dumping Act." b. The commercial operator of any snowplow, or other snow removal equipment, clearing accumulated snow on private property shall not deposit, o…

39:4-78. Carrying metals No person shall load a vehicle or drive a vehicle so loaded with iron or other material that may strike together, unless it is properly deafened so as to cause no unnecessary noise.

39:4-79. Backing to curb No operator shall allow a vehicle to stand backed to the curb when loading or unloading, except when it is impracticable to load or unload it while standing parallel to the curb, but no vehicle may completely block the passage of another vehicle or street…

39:4-8 Commissioner of Transportation's approval required; exceptions. 39:4-8. a. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no ordinance, resolution, or regulation concerning, regulating, or governing traffic or traffic conditions, adopted or enacted by any board or body havi…

39:4-8.1 Approval of parking spaces for persons with disabilities, signs. 1. Any municipality, which pursuant to the provisions of R.S.39:4-8, R.S.39:4-197, section 1 of P.L.1977, c.202 (C.39:4-197.5) or section 1 of P.L.1977, c.309 (C.39:4-197.6) designates restricted parking sp…

39:4-8.10 Construction of speed humps, traffic calming measures by municipality, county. 2. a. Pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2004, c.107 (C.39:4-8.11), a municipality or county may, without the approval of the commissioner, construct a speed hump on two-lane resi…

39:4-8.11 Conformance of speed humps to DOT standards. 3. Any speed hump constructed by a municipality or a board of directors or trustees shall conform in design and construction to the technical standards established by the Department of Transportation. A municipality or board …

39:4-8.12 Findings, declarations relative to traffic control signal monitoring systems. 1. The Legislature finds: The disregard of traffic control devices at intersections impedes the efficient flow of traffic, and more importantly, dramatically increases the likelihood of accide…

39:4-8.13 Definitions relative to traffic control signal monitoring systems; recording requirements. 2. As used in this act: "Recorded image" means a digital image recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system. "Summons" means a citation alleging a violation of a traffic…

39:4-8.14 Five-year pilot program relative to effectiveness of installation, utilization of traffic control signal monitoring systems, public awareness campaign. 3. a. The Commissioner of Transportation shall establish a five-year pilot program to determine the effectiveness of t…

39:4-8.15 Review of recorded images by law enforcement official; issuance of summons. 4. a. In any municipality where the governing body has authorized the installation and use of a traffic control signal monitoring system, a law enforcement official of such municipality shall re…

39:4-8.16 Rules, regulations. 5. The Commissioner of Transportation, the Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission, and the Superintendent of the State Police may, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgate ru…

39:4-8.17 Reports from municipalities; annual report to Governor, Legislature. 6. The municipalities whose applications have been approved for the pilot program established pursuant to this act shall submit reports every 12 months after a traffic control signal monitoring system …

39:4-8.18 Effective date, expiration date. 7. This act shall take effect ninety days following enactment and shall expire upon the submission of the Commissioner of Transportation's fifth and final report to the appropriate parties pursuant to section 6 of this act. L.2007, c.348…

39:4-8.19 Request for commissioner's review; fees; rules, regulations. 7. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.39:4-8, a municipality or county may request the commissioner's review and non-binding recommendation regarding any proposed municipal or county ordinance, resolutio…

39:4-8.2 Definitions relative to traffic regulation. 1. As used in this act: "Public highways" means public highways as defined in section 3 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-3). "Transportation system" means transportation system as defined in section 3 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-3). "…

39:4-8.20 Payment of fine; distribution. 4. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.39:5-41, in the case of a violation of R.S.39:4-81, the evidence of which was captured by a traffic control signal monitoring system installed pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.348 (C.39:4-8.1…

39:4-8.21 Construction of curb extension, bulbout on certain private roads. 3. A county, municipality, or the board of directors or the board of trustees of any corporation or other institution of a public or semipublic nature, not for pecuniary profit, having control over privat…

39:4-8.3 Regulation of traffic, parking on public highways, transportation systems. 2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the Commissioner of Transportation, in accordance with the provisions of this act, may by written order provide for the regul…

39:4-8.4 Issuance of order. 3. a. An order to be issued pursuant to this act shall cite the public highway or transportation system under the jurisdiction of the commissioner to which it is to be applicable; provide an explanation in plain language as to why the order is needed a…

39:4-8.5 Official permanent record of orders. 4. The commissioner shall maintain an official permanent record of orders issued pursuant to this act providing for the regulation of traffic and parking on public highways or transportation systems under the jurisdiction of the commi…

39:4-8.6 Continuance, adoption of rules, regulations. 5. a. Rules or regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 4 of this Title before the effective date of this act and in effect on the effective date thereof and dealing with the regulation of traffic or parking on public highways …