Ok, time to be careful on the roads again. 1010 wins is reporting a speeder crackdown. Four counties that launched the program last year issued nearly 6,400 tickets during the one-month period. Some police departments in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties are participating this year. Be careful!
just got to the office and an there are ALOT of cops out. I saw 2 on route 80 (going from 17 to parkway) and theres NEVER any cops on that stretch. One was hanging out on the shoulder and one was in traffic. Then on the parkway I saw 3 cops (2 waiting and one driving). I dont know if its just coincidence or what but man this sucks.
Parkway is loaded, so's the palisades. Scanner saved my ass through Bergen earlier today. Heads up out there, guys.
I did pass three Riverdale police on Rt 287 within a mile. I guess one was running radar & two chase cars. Time to fill the coffers.
Confirm that there are tons of cops on the prowl. We're running the Dream Car Tour this week and I've seen at least two speed traps on each session I've driven. Lots of NYSP on the garden state / thruway, a few NJ troopers setup on the jersey side, and tons of local cops thirsting for blood. Thankfully everyone has been behaving themselves and there have been no pull-overs all week, but tons of "quick u-turn + follow" to make sure we're staying in line (which we are) nlh
This time the warning is for real, not the usual "urban myth" stuff we hear about. This article appeared in the Star Ledger, so Shivam and the rest of you, no whining when you get pulled over: This is your only warning: Ticket blitz in North Jersey Thursday, June 28, 2007 BY MELISSA CASTRO Star-Ledger Staff Hey New Jersey, ease up on the gas. The state that brought you the "Click It or Ticket" campaign is preparing to launch "Obey the Signs or Pay the Fines," a new ticketing blitz aimed at snaring summertime speeders. Starting July 4, police in seven counties in the northern half of the state will begin a monthlong ticketing campaign targeting drivers who ignore the speed limit, officials at the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety said. "The speed limit isn't a random number we came up with. If we wanted people to drive 45 in a 25, we'd have made that the speed limit," said Lt. Chris Wagner of the Denville Police Department, one of about 70 police departments that received $4,000 state grants to participate in the program. The grants will pay for about 80 hours of overtime at each department. And officers are expecting motorists caught in the blitz to be a little ticked off when they get their tickets. "People make excuses and we get the 'Don't you have anything better to do?'" Wagner said. "No, we don't." Consider yourself warned. State officials said police will not hand out any verbal warnings during the campaign. Instead, they'll hand over tickets with fines ranging from $85 to $260, and points will be assessed to offenders' licenses. The "Obey the Signs or Pay the Fines" campaign comes on the heels of "Click It or Ticket," a similar campaign launched this spring and aimed at drivers who fail to buckle their seat belts. Some, but not all, local police departments in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties will participate in the anti-speeding campaign. State troopers, who patrol the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, are not participating, said Sgt. Stephen Jones, a State Police spokesman. But hold that sigh of relief. State Police were already planning to add overtime patrols over the July Fourth holiday to crack down on aggressive driving and drunken drivers, Jones said. A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released yesterday found many New Jersey drivers don't view speed limits as absolute. Nearly 81 percent of those polled think you can drive at least 70 mph on the highway without getting pulled over. One-third of drivers think that 75 mph is the magic number. And nearly half of those polled don't think speed limits should be more strictly enforced. The poll was sponsored by the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety, the same agency that is sponsoring the anti-speeding campaign. Local drivers had mixed feelings about the upcoming ticketing blitz. "They're looking to enforce the existing speeding laws, which everyone knows are outdated and not practical for today's environment?" said Armen Bahadourian, a driver from Kinnelon. "It's ludicrous -- it's just not right," said Bahadourian, who was not surveyed for the poll. "They're looking to enforce laws that are written primarily for the purpose of raising revenue." The state began its anti-speeding campaign last year at the behest of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The federal agency had determined that speed is a factor in a third of all fatal crashes, said Robert Gaydosh, a spokesman for the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety. During the first year of the program, four North Jersey counties participated in the pilot program, issuing 6,357 speeding tickets last July, Gaydosh said. He said the state is still analyzing last year's numbers to determine whether the campaign actually reduced the number of speed-related crashes in the target areas in Essex, Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties. Preliminary figures show that statewide, speed-related crashes actually increased during last year's campaign compared with the same period in 2005, said Pam Fischer, director of the state Divi sion of Highway Traffic Safety. The number of fatalities remained the same, at 14. The uptick may be attributable to changes in accident reporting methods, Fischer said. Prior to 2006, officers could choose only one cause in accident reports. Bergen County led the way in last year's crackdown, issuing 4,028 speeding tickets, the report showed. Hudson County came in last, with just 180 tickets. In Essex County-- where cops issued 1,096 tickets--South Orange issued the most tickets, despite receiving no grant money from the state. South Orange's performance last year surprised Sgt. Michael Corrigan, its lead traffic cop. "But when they ask us to step up, we do," Corrigan said. "We're not actually going to be given any grant money this year either, but we'll be participating for sure." Staff writers Bill Swayze and Kelly Heyboer contributed to this report. Melissa Castro may be reached at [email protected] or (973) 539-7910.
I read somewhere somebody sad, put a box of donuts on the dashboard with a sign saying help yourself officer THAT IS A CLASSIC lol haaahaaa
