New Jersey Assembly Panel Advances Distracted Driver Bill

Police in New Jersey may soon have to note whether a driver was distracted before having an accident.

A bill approved by an Assembly committee last week requires officers to check a box describing the type of distraction.

The list includes hair grooming, eating, changing the radio, reading, attending to a pet or using a fax machine.

The bill bars insurance companies from using the information to increase policyholders’ rates.

The state Transportation Department would compile an annual report.

Latest Comments

• March 9, 2010 at 10:05 am

  wudchuck says:

  so what if he's been trained! if it is a distraction, then it is! if he can be trained, what makes you think that others can not be trained or have OJT! afterall, doe not t... read more
• March 9, 2010 at 8:36 am

  DD72 says:

  My husband is an officer. His laptop does not give him access to internet, it's only an intra-work computer for pulling up calls and searching license plates. They do not ha... read more
• March 9, 2010 at 8:17 am

  LOL says:

  I'm sure this is just another feel good law that does not apply to law enforcement. Cops are operating laptop computers while they are driving. I'm sure this legislation will ... read more