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Cops Could Soon Ticket You For Drinking A Coffee While Driving In N.J.
By Larry Higgs
Put down the coffee, bagel or hairbrush and drive! Or else!
A bill winding its way through Trenton would impose stiff fines and even a possible license suspension for drivers who eat, drink, groom, read or use electronic devices behind the wheel.
Violators could face a $200 to $400 fine for the first offense and a $400 to $600 fine for a second offense. A third or subse- quent offense could mean a fine of $600 to $800 and up to a 90 day license suspension, as well as motor vehicle points.
The sponsors of the bill, Assemblyman John Wisniewski, D- Middlesex and Nicholas Chiaravalloti, D- Hudson, said it is mod- eled after a law in Maine and is intended to edu- cate, not punish drivers.
"The issue is that we need to try, in every way, to discourage distracted driving, it's dangerous," Wisniewski said. "Education and enforce- ment can change the attitudes of people."
Some experts say that motorists must be discouraged from multitasking while driving. Others say the bill is an overreach and questioned how police could enforce it.
"This proposed distract- ed driving law is not needed, since three statutes can be used when a distraction caus- es unsafe actions, like swerving or crossing a line," said Steve Carrellas, policy and government affairs direc- tor for the National
Motorists Association state chapter. "There is unsafe driving, careless driving and reckless driv- ing."
Supporters of the bill must come to terms with the fact that a certain level of multitasking by drivers is a reality, Carrellas said.
"Would [the bill] make changing the radio sta- tion or adjusting the vol- ume illegal? What about talking to a pas- senger?"
Carrellas asked.
Arnold Anderson, the Essex County Community Traffic Safety Program coordi- nator, said its imperative that motorists break the habit of doing more than one thing while driving.
"You've got to get people out of the mindset of multitasking," said Arnold Anderson, " You can't multitask. We are so far away from the mindset of ... just drive."
Officials from A A A said that a distrac- tion law would be hard to enforce since an offi-
cer would have to observe how the driver was distracted, but also that the bill may have a higher purpose.
"The legislation intro- duced by Assemblyman Wisniewski, while admirable in theory, may not help police enforce the law," said Tracy Noble, AAA Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman.
But a distraction law could have a similar effect as seat belt laws, which Noble and Anderson credited for increasing seat belt use in the state, even without fines.
"The more widespread the message of eliminat- ing distractions becomes, the more likely it is to be ingrained in everyday behavior, simi- lar to seat belt usage," Noble said.
Currently, New Jersey has laws banning the use of hand-held cell phones and texting while driving, but no prohibi- tions of other behavior that is considered dis- tracting, according to the
state Division of Highway Traffic Safety.
"The legislation intro- duced by Assemblyman Wisniewski, while admirable in theory, may not help police enforce the law," said Tracy Noble, AAA Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman.
But a distraction law could have a similar effect as seat belt laws, which Noble and Anderson credited for increasing seat belt use in the state, even without fines.
"The more widespread the message of eliminat- ing distractions becomes, the more likely it is to be ingrained in everyday behavior, simi- lar to seat belt usage," Noble said.
Currently, New Jersey has laws banning the use of hand-held cell phones and texting while driving, but no prohibi- tions of other behavior that is considered dis- tracting, according to the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety.
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