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NJ Snow & Ice Removal Law Takes Effect 10/20/10
Today, October 20, 2010, the New Jersey Snow and Ice Removal law goes into effect. The law requires operators of ALL vehicles, including commercial trucks to make a reasonable effort to remove snow and ice following a snow storm. Fines for violating Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Today, October 20, 2010, the New Jersey Snow and Ice Removal law goes into effect. The law requires operators of ALL vehicles, including commercial trucks to make a reasonable effort to remove snow and ice following a snow storm. Fines for violating the new law range from $25 to $75. No motor vehicle points will be assessed for this offense. If failure to remove ice and snow results in injury or property damage, motorists face fines ranging from $200 to $1,000, while commercial motor vehicle drivers face fines ranging from $500 to $1,500, for each offense. The bill (A1718) originally included language that the law would be implemented after there were a sufficient number of locations with snow and ice removal equipment around the State. This provision was dropped from the bill Everyone agrees and understands that snow and ice on any vehicle poses a safety problem. Most small fleets or owner-operators or truckers passing through New Jersey without a terminal in the State will be hard pressed to comply with the new law if no public snow and ice removal facilities exist in New Jersey. As of today, we know of no public or [private facilities open in NJ to remove snow and ice. NJMTA has been fielding calls from truckers across the country seeking locations for snow removal. So it’s not about not wanting to comply it’s about how are we supposed to comply? STATEMENT TO ASSEMBLY, No. 1718 These Assembly amendments clarify that, for the purposes of the snow and ice removal requirements that this bill would impose, the exposed surfaces of a motor vehicle shall include the cab of a truck, the top of a trailer or semitrailer being drawn by a motor vehicle, and the top of an intermodal freight container being carried by an intermodal chassis. The amendments provide that every day upon which there occurs a violation of the duty to remove accumulated snow or ice from a motor vehicle shall be considered a separate offense, but that no person shall be subject to more than one fine for a violation in a 24-hour period. The amendments prohibit the driver of a commercial motor vehicle from being subject to a fine for a violation of the duty to remove accumulated snow or ice from the exposed surfaces of the vehicle if the driver is traveling to a location with snow and ice removal equipment or technology, provided that the driver has not already passed such a location prior to being stopped. The amendments provide that only the person who is in physical possession of the motor vehicle at the time snow or ice accumulates on the vehicle shall be liable for a violation of the duty to remove accumulated snow or ice from the motor vehicle. In the case of a trailer, semitrailer, or intermodal freight container, only the person who is in physical possession of such equipment shall be liable for a violation of the duty to remove accumulated snow or ice from the exposed surfaces of a motor vehicle. The driver shall not be liable if the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or container was not in his physical possession at the time the snow or ice accumulated. The amendments require the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety (“the division”) to establish and maintain a data collection system to determine the number and seriousness of motor vehicle accidents caused by snow or ice becoming dislodged from motor vehicles, the findings of which shall be reported to the Legislature annually. The amendments would establish a “Motor Vehicle Snow and Ice Removal Safety Fund” (“the fund”) to which the fines imposed under the bill for failing to remove snow or ice from a motor vehicle, as well as fines imposed under existing law when snow or ice becomes dislodged from a motor vehicle and causes injury or property damage, would be dedicated. The fund would be administered by the division. The amendments provide that, in addition to offsetting the cost associated with a public awareness campaign established by the division, the fund will also be used to: (1) offset the costs associated with the data collection system established and maintained by the division, as required by the bill as amended; and (2) establish a grant program, administered by the division, to provide incentives to encourage private companies to purchase, install, and maintain snow and ice removal equipment and technology to be placed at locations around the State that are convenient and easily accessible to commercial motor vehicles. The amendments delete provisions that the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the division, would be responsible for the purchase and installation of snow and ice removal equipment to be placed at locations around the State. The amendments direct the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the South Jersey Transportation Authority to purchase, install, and maintain equipment or technology to be used to remove snow and ice from commercial motor vehicles at locations along the roadways under the authorities’ respective jurisdictions and which are convenient and easily accessible to commercial motor vehicles. Either authority may also enter into contracts or agreements providing for such purchase, installation, and maintenance. |
Message from the President- February 2011 I recently had the privilege of representing the NJMTA at a reception held at the Governor's residence Drumthwacket. We were invited due to the generosity of two of our members, Lacey's Express, Inc. and National Retail Systems, Inc. who responded to a request for tractor donations Message From President - January 2011 As I prepared to write my first article for the NJMTA membership as the acting President, my thoughts are focused on the recent tragedy that occurred in Arizona where a Congressman was seriously wounded and 6 others murdered at a political rally. I find myself asking just what is happening to our country.
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