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New Jersey's Roads More Unsafe than Ever
April 8, 2006
Deaths related to automobiles reached their highest levels in three years in New Jersey, according to a recent survey released. The New Jersey Tri-State Transportation Campaign outlined the increases on their website recently and is calling for tougher automotive laws to be instated immediately. The group also claims that they have been fighting to change New Jersey's lax speeding laws for years but have been consistently met with apathy from the state government.
Damian Newton, coordinator for the New Jersey branch of the TST, wants to highlight the lack of action by New Jersey's government in stemming the rising automobile accident rate. Last year 758 people died in car accidents and 156 people were injured while walking on New Jersey streets and sidewalks. Those numbers are up about 5 percent from 2004.
New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine has been implicated in the rise of accidents. Corzine was against setting up mandatory speed-traps and is being criticized for hiring Zulima Farber, a notorious New Jersey traffic violator, to be attorney general of the state. Zulima has had 13 speeding tickets issued so far. The critics are growing in number and many government officials are becoming involved in the problem as public interest gains strength.
New Jersey has implemented several safety initiatives which promote sidewalk and street crossing areas throughout the state. Several new laws were recently passed trying to add safety to the state's school districts by adding new technologies and hiring new staff to aid the current workload. Such measures are working, critics confess, but they are far from effective in stopping the state's speeding problem. These measures mostly target areas that have not been most affected by the growing problem as well, these critics have stated.
Because of the number of fatalities throughout the state, the risk people take by driving in New Jersey increases as well. Since many accidents contain several different elements to them it is important for anyone involved in an auto accident to have professional legal assistance. A New Jersey personal injury lawyer can investigate these new laws, use the lack of enforcement of speeding laws as a reason for the cause of an accident or defend a victim against unfair accusations.
The offices of Lependorf & Silverstein, located in Princeton, have helped accident victims around New Jersey recover from these tragic events. Our clients have had significant financial settlements awarded to them to help pay for car damage, medical expenses, pain and suffering, loss of work and many more.