New Jersey Cops Issue 120K Cell Phone Tickets

Police in New Jersey issued approximately 120,000 tickets during the year since the state banned motorists from texting or using hand-held cell phones.

A two-week “Hang Up, Just Drive” initiative that targeted motorists in 18 towns resulted in 4,075 summonses last month.

Highway Traffic Safety Director Pam Fischer says the percentage of motorists who weren’t using hands-free devices decreased from 12 to 6 percent. The number of motorists texting in those towns decreased from 2 to 1 percent.

Fischer says 1,866 motor vehicle crashes were caused by drivers using hand-held cell phones in 2007 and 1,421 were caused using hands-free devices.

Latest Comments

• April 28, 2009 at 9:14 am

  bill says:

  I see just as many cops yapping on their phones as normal citizens so obviously the message isn't getting across. I wish I had an LED sign that read "HANG UP AND DRIVE YOU IDI... read more
• April 27, 2009 at 2:36 am

  Desert Rat says:

  Take a look at CA....no one follows out cell phone law...fines too low for one to care!!!
• April 27, 2009 at 1:41 am

  David says:

  Why do they have to do a specific initiative? It's a law. They should enforce it always. Their initiative has barely scratched the service. I must see at least 5 to 10 peo... read more