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TagsProvision to go into effect on May 1
BY ALICIA CRUZ
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
New Jersey police will have a heads up on drivers under the age of 21 come May 1.
The Motor Vehicles Commission has announced plans to unveil a decal provision that will require drivers under the age of 21 to display a red decal that on their vehicle license plates.
The reflective red decals will help police enforce restrictions on drivers with provisional licenses, learner permits and those with 11 p.m. curfews.
The new law, titled "Kyleigh's law," will require drivers 16 years of age with learner's permits to be accompanied by an adult, wear a seat belt, avoid the use of cell phone or other handheld devices while driving and they will not be allowed to drive between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Drivers age 17 will be able to acquire a provisional license to practice unsupervised driving for one year. They cannot have more than one passenger from outside their household in the vehicle, must wear a seat belt, avoid cell phone use and cannot drive between midnight and 5 a.m.
Drivers can acquire their basic driver's license at age 18, if they have completed a year of unsupervised driving.
Under Kyleigh's Law, drivers with permits and provisional licenses found in violation of the aforementioned driving sanctions would be subjected to fines and penalties.
The order to display the decals will become effective May 1. The decals are removable and will cost the driver $4.
Kyleigh's Law was enacted after 16-year-old Kyleigh D'Alessio, a star athlete at West Morris Central high school, was killed in December 2006 while she was a passenger in a vehicle driven by 17-year-old Tanner Birch. Police say Birch lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree in Long Valley. D'Alessio and Birch were killed in that accident.
From a more practical standpoint, however, most teenagers don't own their own cars these days. They borrow one from mom and dad. So, let's say I'm on my way home late at night with one of those silly red stickers on my car because I loan it to my kid once in a great while. This alone gives a cop the right to stop me and question me? Seems like we need to know more about this.
What happens when a young girl is at a stop light in the middle of no where and some pedophile bumps her from behind knowing she will get out of the car? is our government encouraging rape?
Looks to me like its just a way for the government to make 4 bucks from everyone in the state. Like the tolls arent making them enough?