> New Jersey will launch a 30 day speeding ticket frenzy.
> The state estimates that 9 million dollars will be generated in speeding
> tickets. 1 million will go to pay state troopers over time. There will be
> 50
> state troopers on duty at all times patrolling the 9 main intersections
> and
> highways.
>
> They are the following:
> I-295 north and south
> 1-95 (Jersey Turnpike) north and south
> 1-80 east and west
> I-287 north and south
> I-78 east and west
> I-195 east and west
> 1-280 east and west
> Rt. 130 north and south
> Garden State Parkway north and south
>
> Warning for everyone: Now 5 mph above the limit can justify a ticket and
> every state trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket
> every
> 10 minutes.
>
> They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Crown Victoria cruisers and they
> are
> bringing in all their part timers on full time.
> If you work in New Jersey, New York, or CT, you must take one of their
> interstates, routes, or parkways. . 101.5 FM confirmed all of
> this.

 

Careful out there.

At least it's leaked and folks know it's going on.

 

LOL, if there's one state where people need to slow down a little it's NJ. I think I actually went backward in time one night on the GSP we were going so fast.

 

I am setting my rev indicator down to 2500 RPMs. Thanks for the heads up. The whole thing is so unfair-you go 70 on the Parkway and get nailed by some guy under orders to write tickets and it costs you a couple of thousand dollars in NJ with the cost of the ticket and insurance and registration surcharges for 3 yrs. To promote safe driving yes, to raise revenue absolutely NO. When will the politicians realize this-oh I forgot they are the ones who benefit from this.

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/newjersey.asp

 

Meanwhile, you can speed down the dangerous two lane back roads while the cops are out writing tickets on roads designed for high speeds.

 

Thanks for the warning JBX!

 

OK. Let's see...

30 new Crown Vics, at about $40K a piece loaded up and configured for police duty - $1.2 million

50 active officers at any given point in time for 30 days (720 hrs. x50 @ ~60 hr. employee cost) - $2.2 million

Each active car consumes about 3 gallons per hour (flooring it, the braking, then hiding, then flooring it, then braking, etc.) - $250,000

One ticket every 10 minutes per active vehicle, 216,000 tickets to write over 30 days at about 5 minutes per ticket. 18,000 hours of lost time, wages, efficiency of ecomony and output at approx. $30 per hour average value - $540,000 lost output

Average ticket receiver blows $10 to drink his sorrows away - $2.2 million

Looks like they won't even pocket half of what they bring in...

Don't get me started on the psychological effects of all this crap on the citizens.

 

My feeling is that it'll go longer than 30 days. They did this in May also. The state is looking for all sorts of ways to address a budget deficit. They may raise the gas tax. Right now NJ is one of the cheapest states for gasoline. It's also one of the harshest states for speeding. It's not just the ticket, you also pay a surcharge plus insurance hike, etc... pretty costly to the driver.

 

am i the only one that actually read the article?

ITS A FALSE MYTH

i go to school and work in nj, along with having many family/friends on the job and its not that they are cracking down, its just like the website says MORE COPS=MORE TICKETS.

in other words theres been a crackdown since they started their hiring sphere in feb (courtesy of federal money)

fyi the number of marked cruisers have gone down, they are moving more and more to crown vics unmarked with tints, also watch for relatively loud colors like the blue or red, they are popular on the i-95

 

Good one. Lol! Just plug in my escort! I hadn't read the article until now but it makes sense with the publicized presence back in May. To each his own risk I guess. I think we're more likely to run over a deer this time of year!

 

I just traveled to belleville jersey and i didnt see ne cops when i was going there but when i was comin back to NY, Long Island they were mostly pullin over trucks n sh*t n i was going like 80-90

 

Carbon monoxide they are going to generate, priceless...

 

Look out in DE as well. They are doing a program to control wreckless driving. Not sure of the details but it started last week.

 

First of all, this is a little old.. I posted this slightly late in the NJ regional section, and it was considered by some BS and some real, and some real to an extent.. The 30 day thing would have already been over at this point, or over in 5 days from today.

This was just a fake e-mail craze that was going around. Whether or not cops are actually coming down on these major interstate highways, I dont know. It might be true to a certain extent, but the variations of the warning that has been going around must be exaggerated to a certain point.

NJ speed limits are all BS, and there is an obvious blatant disregard for them.. You won't find a soul doing under 55 on the turnpike near the bridge/tunnel split to the newark airport. Getting a ticket these days is really more of a wrong place at the wrong time deal, as cops can pretty much pull over any car on the road if they felt like it, since I dont think anyone actually does exactly or under the speed limit.