West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance

As one of his final acts in office, Governor Jon Corzine signed a bill to improve pedestrian safety in crosswalks.

Bill No. A-1329/S-2480 (Stender, Wisniewski, Bramnick, Ramos, Giblin/T. Kean, Beach)
• Requires New Jersey drivers to stop and remain stopped–not simply yield–while pedestrians are in crosswalks.
• Continues to require that motorists yield to pedestrians in unmarked crosswalks.
• Requires motorists making right turns at red or yellow signals or at stop or yield signs, to stop for pedestrians crossing the street onto which the motorist is turning.
• Increases the fine for violations to $200, and a portion of that fine goes to the Pedestrian Safety and Enforcement Fund.
• Assumes the motorist did not exercise care for the safety of the pedestrian if a collision occurs between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian when the pedestrian is in the crosswalk (either marked or unmarked).

Read the Assembly Democrats Press Release

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