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New Jersey Traffic Laws - Title 39
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Reckless Driving
39:4-96. A person who
drives a vehicle heedlessly, in willful or wanton
disregard of the rights or safety of others, in a
manner so as to endanger, or be likely to endanger,
a person or property, shall be guilty of reckless
driving and be punished by imprisonment in the
county or municipal jail for a period of not more
than 60 days, or by a fine of not less than $50.00
or more than $200.00, or both.
On a second or
subsequent conviction he shall be punished by
imprisonment for not more than three months, or by a
fine of not less than $100 or more than $500, or
both.
Amended
1955,c.220,s.1; 1982,c.45,s.3; 1995,c.70,s.2.
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39:4-96. Reckless driving; punishment
39:4-96. A person who drives a vehicle heedlessly, in willful or wanton
disregard of the rights or safety of others, in a manner so as to endanger, or
be likely to endanger, a person or property, shall be guilty of reckless driving
and be punished by imprisonment in the county or municipal jail for a period of
not more than 60 days, or by a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than
$200.00, or both.
On a second or subsequent conviction he shall be punished by imprisonment for
not more than three months, or by a fine of not less than $100 or more than
$500, or both.
Amended 1955,c.220,s.1; 1982,c.45,s.3; 1995,c.70,s.2.
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