BigBro Spy and Trafficams Who Did What When #7 – New Jersey

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With the blatantly ballooning Big Brotheria wildly manifesting as AUTOMATED TICKETING SYSTEMS, RED-LIGHT CAMERAS, STOP-SIGN CAMERAS, SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS, UNMANNED RADAR, and all that ilk, it’s worth noting that these evils were historically not allowed but also not disallowed. So: Traffic Cameras, Flock, etc are technocratic cancers grown in legal grey areas. Since all evil is done by a few bad actors allowed by the collective ignorance and inaction of most good men, let’s examine who did what and when.

BigBro Spy and Trafficams Who Did What When

New Jersey automated enforcement

Red-light cameras

  • Former statute: N.J.S.A. 39:4-8.12 et seq. — traffic control signal monitoring systems.
  • Original enabling act: P.L. 2007, c.348 / A4314 (2R)
    • Sponsors: Asm. John S. Wisniewski, Asm. Brian P. Stack, Asm. Joseph Vas; co-sponsor Sen. Joseph Coniglio
    • Introduced: June 11, 2007
    • Approved: Jan. 13, 2008
    • Governor: Jon Corzine
    • Effective: Apr. 12, 2008
    • Effect: Created 5-year red-light camera pilot program.
  • Major amendment: P.L. 2009, c.52 / A3304 (2R)
    • Sponsors: Asm. John S. Wisniewski, Asm. Ruben J. Ramos Jr.; co-sponsors Sen. Brian Stack, Sen. Kevin O’Toole
    • Introduced: Oct. 16, 2008
    • Approved: May 4, 2009
    • Governor: Jon Corzine
    • Effective: July 3, 2009
    • Effect: Extended summons timing, records handling, payment/fine distribution rules.
  • Status: Pilot expired Dec. 16, 2014 and was not renewed. No current NJ red-light camera authority found.

Speed cameras / automated speed enforcement

  • No current enabling statute found for automated speed cameras/photo radar.
  • No NJ work-zone/school-zone automated speed-camera program found in current law/session laws searched.

School-bus stop-arm cameras

  • No automated civil school-bus stop-arm ticketing statute found.
  • NJ’s stopped-school-bus law is N.J.S.A. 39:4-128.1, but I did not find a PA/VA-style automated school-bus camera enforcement program.

Stop-sign cameras

  • No automated stop-sign camera authority found.

Bottom line

NJ had a red-light camera pilot only, enacted under A4314 / P.L.2007 c.348, amended by A3304 / P.L.2009 c.52, and allowed to expire in 2014. I found no current NJ automated
camera-ticketing authority for red lights, speed, school-bus stop arms, or stop signs.

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