At 07:52 PM 6/6/06 -0400, ron wrote: > MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR WALLET WITH YOU... > > > Driving Ticket fine increase in NJ: > > Starting on August 15th, the price of a ticket for violation of NJ > Law39:3-29 (failure to show your driver's license, registration, or > insurance card at the time you are stopped) is going from $44.00 to > $173.00. Please make sure your vehicles have the proper documents in them. > If you jump in the car to run to the store and forget your wallet with > your license in it and you are stopped.... Oh well... you just spent $173. > And the fine for not having all three documents is $519!!!
Yes, that's technically true. But if you take a look at: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/notices/n030825a.htm that actually took effect August 15th, 2003. For the registration, it's absolutely absurd since a police officer can run your plate and verify whether or not the car is registered. I'm not sure about insured, however. > > Forward to people in NJ, and let them know of this change. And be careful, > the fine for hand held cell phone use while driving will be going up to > $180.00. If this site is to be believed: http://www.cellular-news.com/car_bans/ it's "up to $250" in New Jersey. As of 9/1/2004, if this document is accurate: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/mcs/svbs_9-04/part1_b_c.pdf it's $130. - Joe Vahabzadeh
