Q: In NJ 39:4-203.5 do workers have to be present in a construction zone for the double fines on a speeding ticket?
Received speeding ticket in a construction zone but no workers were present. Is the area considered a construction zone if no workers were present? The ticket said 39:4-203.5 and the officer said the fines would be doubled for the speeding law 39:4-98. It was a Sunday evening and there were no workers present so is it still considered a construction zone for the double fines?
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A: No, workers do not have to be present for the fines to be doubled. Good luck.
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39:4-203.5 Offenses in area of highway construction, repair or designated safe corridor.
1. a. For the purposes of this act:
"Area of highway construction or repair" means that segment of any highway which is identified by properly posted traffic control devices or signs as undergoing construction, reconstruction, repair, or maintenance operation. An area of highway construction or repair shall consist of that area between the first traffic control device or sign informing motor vehicle operators of their approaching highway construction or repair and the last traffic control device or sign indicating all restrictions are removed and normal motor vehicle operations may resume.
"Highway" means any highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, a county, a municipality, or a toll road authority.
"Safe corridor" or "safe corridor area" means a segment of highway under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation which, based upon accident rates, fatalities, traffic volume and other highway traffic safety criteria, is identified by the Commissioner of Transportation as a segment warranting designation as a "safe corridor."
"Toll road authority" means the New Jersey Turnpike Authority or the South Jersey Transportation Authority.
b.The fine for a motor vehicle offense embodied in the following sections of statutory law, when committed in an area of highway construction or repair, or when committed in a designated safe corridor, shall be double the amount specified by law:
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