Wednesday, March 05, 2014

NJSA 39:3-3 Notification of change of residence;

NJSA 39:3-3 Notification of change of residence;    a.  A licensed operator shall notify the chief administrator of any change in residence within one week after the change is made.  Notice shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the chief administrator may require. 

39:4-126 Signaling before starting, turning or stopping

39:4-126   Signaling before starting, turning or stopping
    No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in section 39:4-123, or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway, or start or back a vehicle unless and until such movement can be made with safety. No person shall so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter  provided in the event any other traffic may be affected by such movement.

    A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.

    No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear.

    The signal herein required shall be given either by means of the hand and arm in the manner herein specified, or by an approved mechanical or electrical signal device, except that when a vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent the hand and arm signal from being visible, both to front and rear, the  signal shall be given by a device of a type which has been approved by the  division.

    When the signal is given by means of the hand and arm, the driver shall indicate his intention to stop or turn by extending the hand and arm from and beyond the left side of the vehicle in the following manner and such signals shall indicate as follows:

    (a) Left turn.--Hand and arm extended horizontally.

     (b) Right turn.--Hand and arm extended upward.

     (c) Stop or decrease speed.--Hand and arm extended downward.

What is duty of care on making a right turn? 39:4-115 Making right or left turn.

What is duty of care on making a right turn? 39:4-115  Making right or left turn.

 
39:4-115   The driver of a vehicle or the motorman of a streetcar: a. intending to turn to the right or left at an intersection where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or by a traffic or police officer, shall proceed to make either turn with proper care to avoid accidents and, except as provided in b. below, only upon the "go" signal unless otherwise directed by a traffic or police officer, an official sign or special signal; or b. intending to turn right at an intersection where traffic is controlled by a traffic control signal shall, unless an official sign of the State, municipality, or county authority having jurisdiction over the intersection prohibits the same, proceed to make the turn upon a "stop" or "caution" signal with proper care to avoid accidents after coming to a full stop, observing traffic in all directions, yielding to other vehicular traffic traveling in a direction in which the turn will be made, and stopping and remaining stopped for pedestrians crossing the roadway within a marked crosswalk, or at an unmarked crosswalk, into which the driver is turning.  Both the approach for and the turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, unless such intersection is otherwise posted.

What is Careless driving ? 39:4-97