New Jersey Governor signs Kyleigh’s Law affecting young drivers…
Apr 28th, 2009 | By Michael L. Saile, Jr., Esq. | Category: Blogs, Criminal & TrafficNew Jersey Governor, Jon Corzine, signed into law a series of amendments on April 15, 2009, which will collectively be known as “Kyleigh’s Law”.
These amendments, made to laws governing NJ driver licenses and driver permits, require that the holder of a special NJ learner’s permit display a decal issued by the New Jersey Department of Motor Vehicle.
The intent of the revisions to the existing law is to make young drivers, specifically those driving with a restricted license, more identifiable to law enforcement officers.
New Jersey is the first state to institute a special permit decal law. Beginner drivers in New Jersey holding a learner’s permit are not to operate a vehicle without the decal being clearly displayed. Those violating this new decal display statute can face a fine up to $106, with court fees of $33 in addition to the fine. This New Jersey statute goes into effect in thirteen (13) months.
Certainly the New Jersey Department of Transportation has the power to make this law, but there have been arguments made against this law. Many people think that this law will benefit child predators. It will easily identify young NJ drivers.
What do you think?
106 PLUS 33, WITH NO POINTS OR SUSPENSION, LOLOLOL, you got to be kidding me. The drivers license itself should be enough, and if a treaffic violation summons is appearantly required, .. the prosecutor would research if the person was a permit driver. in fact, lol, nj law already says no permit driver can drive a car without a licensed driver, and only during certain daylight hours, etc… and no other kids in the basck seat, ….
regardless of a sticker or not, the prosecutor for any town would still have to determine for him,self , on behalf of the state, if the driver was a learners permit or not.
this law is ridiculous.
in fact, what this law does, it put the burden on parents of 1y yerar old children they have, to jump through another hoop, to get the sricker, ….
and if thewy dont, its 106 and 33, nothing more, …… and who does this affect, it affects low income people who arent informed of this law, or messed up taking care of many hundreds of things, including puttingt a grilled cheese sandwhich for their kids on the dinner table, …….
the people with money, who both parents work, and maybe didnt get the notice aboutr the sticker, 106 plus 33, lololololol, .. you gopt to be kidding me,
it is a money maker, that will add on some monies the towns are able to bring in, but no much, a tiny percebntage, and the bill isnt worth the paper it is written on.
ridiculous.
not to mention there are soime constitutional issues here, .. the the grey area of the constituion should be enough for people to be like, what the heck are they talkingt about. If the State of NJ issues a drivers permit to a 17 year old kid, … that is it, …. in most cases the kid is driving the family car on the times he/shedoes drive. although, where i live, all the 17 year old kids hav e brand new mustangs, lolololol. 106 plus 33 costs , not worth it, … regardless of whatever, it will not sav e the prosecutor one second of time, he still needs to confirm or deny, that kid had a permit. why not make the existing statutes more strong, and send out bettewr education materials on the subject?
i dont think it benefits predators, .. i mean, my god man, most kids with permits drive the parents care, once or twice a week, with the parent in it. nj is a state of suburban comminuties.
young people are young people, it is all in how thewy look,, no predator is going to want to take the time to differentiate a victim based on a car sticker, ….. well, no we are getting in psycology,
i think that point is ridiculous as well,..
i think my points against it are moree valid, .. because they make parents jump through anmother hoop, and put a hardship on poor people who just struggle to put grilled cheese or tuna on the table for dinner, ….. and 106 plus 33, would be food for a month, …. when there are alreadt plenty of statutes defining permitted drivers that people have the hyoops to jump through alreadyt
any you and me know, in muncipalities like perth amboy, …. where no other violation has occured, the judges there 90% of the time, say 33 costs, and waive the 106, for residents of perth amboy, because it is a poor community, with the majority of people strugglin g to meet mininum poverty level.,,,,
cant the nj legislature ever do anythingt right?
yreah, ok, i sayu, on second thought, … make the parentys jump through the extra hoop, .. but the mailings and educational m,aterails sent to every household that has a permited driver, will far way cost more money then the towns or state will bring in, …. in fact, …. will the decal cost money to the families? and none of the 106 plus 33 will go to the State, ….. so in mailingings alone, over the next 5 years of decals, the State will spend millions just in postal servives costs, not to mention printing costs for the decals, and recoup absolutley zero dollars
when the money, in this economy, could be spent on unemployment insurance, food banks, food stamps, shelters,. and other programs,
ridiculous
thisbrings up abnother point that i want to note about a difference in mun icipal courts, ….
in a court like old bridge township, and you take you 1st or 2nd “unsafe driving” in liue of points, and this is all lane miller is willi8ng to ever offer, period, game , set , match, … the people pay the extra 250 in surcharges, and add on if its rt9 or rt 18, the extra 250 for “safe zone”,…..
however, in a court like in perth amboy, the prosecutor 90% of the time is not giving the }”safe driving” but a lower statute, without the extra penalties, called “obstruction traffic”, which is a no point ticket, and you can accumlate as many as you need to at 106 plus 33, … and even in these circumstances, the judges are waiving the 106.
that is a huge difference, between 2 towns, within 7 miles of each other, over a river, … and at the closest distance, within maybe 2 miles of each other at the closet borders.
you see my point?
i want to know how much the printing costs will be for the decals, and how many mailing, and the publishing costs of the mailings, and the postal service costs,
the statutes for pewrmitted drivers are clear, regardless of a decal or not, the prosecutor still has to research each instance to find out yes or no …
and dont thin k i dont kinowq what i am talking about, i sat in old bridge court for 4 hours 14 times, watching lan e miller work between sept 05 and june 08, and in perth amboy 7 times from june 08 to present, …..i said in court each time , from the very begining, till near end, or actual end, of the session, …. I say what goes on, .. it is embedded into my head, ….
i think the nj legislature, the representatives and senators, … need to pick out some municvipal courts, and go sit in them over a period of time, …
i think the old bridge township/ perth amboy scnerio is perfect, …if a nj state senator spent 10 session in each court, over the next year, just observing, they would have a much better view on what is actually going on in our court rooms, which in fact, are run by bother the judicial and executive branch of government, …. but it is somerthing the legislature has shown a want to get into, .. as by the 2008 general election ballot, that asked the referendum question, do we want the legislature to appoint municipal court judges,…
legislatures should not be making laws that mess up most residents, and cost millions od dollars to the state, for nothing.