Bill Text: NJ A2110 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires Division of Highway Traffic Safety to conduct public awareness campaign regarding bicycle and pedestrian safety.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A2110 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A2110-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2110

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  LISA SWAIN

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  NICHOLAS CHIARAVALLOTI

District 31 (Hudson)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Vainieri Huttle

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires Division of Highway Traffic Safety to conduct public awareness campaign regarding bicyclist and pedestrian safety.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning bicyclist and pedestrian safety and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    The Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall establish a public awareness campaign to provide information to the public concerning bicyclist and pedestrian safety including, but not limited to, information regarding the provisions of section 17 of P.L.1951, c.23 (C.39:4-14.2), the penalties and dangers associated with violating this provision, the standard of care for motorists to safely pass a pedestrian or bicyclist on the roadway, and any recourse that may be available against motorists that violate this standard of care.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety to establish a public awareness campaign to provide information to the public concerning bicyclist and pedestrian safety.  The campaign is to include, but is not limited to, information regarding the provisions under current law that require a person operating a bicycle to keep to the right side of the road, the penalties and dangers associated with violating this provision, the standard of care for motorists to safely pass a pedestrian or bicyclist on the roadway, and any recourse that may be available against motorists that violate this standard of care.