Bill Text: NJ A4286 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits opening a motor vehicle door into oncoming traffic.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-11-21 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee [A4286 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A4286-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 4286

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 21, 2011

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Essex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits opening a motor vehicle door into oncoming traffic.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning motor vehicle 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.  No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle on the side of the vehicle that is facing the street or highway and is available to moving traffic unless it is reasonably safe to do so, and the door can be opened without interfering with or obstructing the movement of traffic.   A person who violates this section shall be fined $100. 

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill establishes the violation of opening the door of a motor vehicle into moving traffic when it is not reasonably safe to do so.  A person who violates the provisions of this bill is subject to a $100 fine.