New Jersey State Police Warn: You’ll Get Pulled Over for THIS

Aggressive driving involves operating a vehicle in an unsafe manner that endangers others, such as tailgating, speeding, weaving through traffic, and running red lights. Driven by frustration, traffic congestion, or impatience, it often leads to accidents and legal penalties like heavy fines and jail time.

Now that it is clear what we are talking about, you should be prepared to be stopped by a New Jersey State Trooper if you drive aggressively or distractedly, especially through April 26th.

New Jersey State Police Announce Aggressive Driving Crackdown

The New Jersey State Police are teaming up with the Pennsylvania State Police and other municipal agencies to conduct a coordinated enforcement initiative targeting aggressive and distracted driving.

"The New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety has received grant funding to support both of these initiatives,” said New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety Director Michael J. Rizol, Jr.

 “The goal of this targeted enforcement is to decrease crashes caused by aggressive and distracted driving. New Jersey’s Goal Zero initiative fosters a shared commitment to zero deaths, zero injuries, and zero crashes on the state’s roads.”

 

What Police Will Be Looking For & Where

State Police in both states will focus their efforts on roadways with a high number of aggressive-driving crashes using traffic enforcement zones, saturation patrols, speed enforcement details, and work zone enforcement to identify and cite aggressive drivers.

Law enforcement in both states will be on the lookout for driving behaviors, like speeding, distracted driving, work zone awareness,  following too closely, or making careless lane changes.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines aggressive driving as “the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property.”

According to the AAA, aggressive driving is any unsafe driving behavior performed deliberately and with ill intention or disregard for safety, including:

• Tailgating
• Cutting in front of another driver and then slowing down
• Running red lights
• Weaving in and out of traffic
• Changing lanes without signaling
• Blocking cars attempting to pass or change lanes
• Using headlights or brakes to “punish” other drivers

Speeding

According to NHTSA, speeding, while doing one or more of these poor driving habits, accounts for 18.5 percent of fatal crashes, followed by driving too fast for the conditions, driving over the posted limit and racing.