If you live or visit New shirt, watch out. Only one license plates frame declaring your love for your sports team or did the bookie take your money? You could become one of the hundreds of thousands of people who will be appreciated for that very illegal decoration. The NJ police went too far with the bracket ticket, the state is asking them to fire, as NJ.com reports.
Just how many tickets have been issued? Records from New Jersey’s court system show that between 2017 and 2021, 501,699 license plate frame summons were issued to drivers in Jersey. 2019 was the year of the highest number of license plate violations, with 127,680 penalty tickets.
Police say the number plate frame can obscure identifying information on the number plate, which could help crooked motorists avoid camera tickets or postage fees. But that doesn’t describe the majority of drivers fined for these violations, said New Jersey senator Patrick Diignan Jr. said in a statement cited by NJ.com.
“Most of these citations are for the frame that covers part of the license plate,” says Diignan.
The proposed law would amend the law to reduce out-of-control ticket sales. Co-written by Senator Diignan, a Democrat, and State Assemblyman Ronald Dancer, a Republican, receipt would allow the license plate frame to partially cover “New Jersey” at the top of the license plate or “Garden State” at the bottom, as long as the text and the main body of the license plate are still legible.
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“This bill will help prevent thousands of drivers from being pulled over for minor license plate frame violations,” Dancer said in a statement cited by NJ.com. “New Jersey motorists need not waste time and money seeking recourse through the court system. As long as the appropriate letters and numbers are recognizable on the plate, a person may not improperly communicate with the police. “
