New Jersey 2024-2025 Regular Session

New Jersey Assembly Bill A4718 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 09/13/2024

                            ASSEMBLY, No. 4718  STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE    INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 12, 2024   

ASSEMBLY, No. 4718 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

  

INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

 

   Sponsored by: Assemblywoman  TENNILLE R. MCCOY District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex) Assemblyman  ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK District 18 (Middlesex) Assemblywoman  SHANIQUE SPEIGHT District 29 (Essex and Hudson)   Co-Sponsored by: Assemblywoman Sumter, Assemblymen Kennedy, Sampson, Assemblywoman Donlon and Assemblyman Calabrese         SYNOPSIS      "New Jersey Motorcycle Awareness and Safety Act"; requires DOT to develop public awareness campaign for motorcycle safety.   CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT       As introduced.     

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  TENNILLE R. MCCOY

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman  ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Sumter, Assemblymen Kennedy, Sampson, Assemblywoman Donlon and Assemblyman Calabrese

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     "New Jersey Motorcycle Awareness and Safety Act"; requires DOT to develop public awareness campaign for motorcycle safety.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

     As introduced.

   

 An Act concerning public awareness for motorcycle safety and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.        Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:        1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Motorcycle Awareness and Safety Act."        2.  a.  The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall develop, and annually update, a motorcycle safety public awareness campaign to promote motorcycle safety, encourage vigilant driving, and reduce the number of motorcycle-related accidents on New Jersey roads.      b.  The public awareness campaign shall include, at a minimum:      (1) educational materials on the importance of motorcycle safety;      (2) information on the risks associated with distracted driving; and      (3) variable message signs to promote best practices for sharing the road safely with motorcyclists.        3.  This act shall take effect immediately.     STATEMENT        This bill requires the Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety to develop and annually update a motorcycle safety public awareness campaign for the purpose of promoting motorcycle safety, encouraging vigilant driving, and reducing the number of motorcycle-related accidents on New Jersey roads.      The public awareness campaign is required to include, at a minimum: (1) educational materials on the importance of motorcycle safety; (2) information on the risks associated with distracted driving; and (3) variable message signs to promote best practices for sharing the road safely with motorcyclists.  

An Act concerning public awareness for motorcycle safety and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Motorcycle Awareness and Safety Act."

 

     2.  a.  The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall develop, and annually update, a motorcycle safety public awareness campaign to promote motorcycle safety, encourage vigilant driving, and reduce the number of motorcycle-related accidents on New Jersey roads.

     b.  The public awareness campaign shall include, at a minimum:

     (1) educational materials on the importance of motorcycle safety;

     (2) information on the risks associated with distracted driving; and

     (3) variable message signs to promote best practices for sharing the road safely with motorcyclists.

 

     3.  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires the Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety to develop and annually update a motorcycle safety public awareness campaign for the purpose of promoting motorcycle safety, encouraging vigilant driving, and reducing the number of motorcycle-related accidents on New Jersey roads.

     The public awareness campaign is required to include, at a minimum: (1) educational materials on the importance of motorcycle safety; (2) information on the risks associated with distracted driving; and (3) variable message signs to promote best practices for sharing the road safely with motorcyclists.