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NJ Traffic Violations and Points

The following NJ traffic violations come with points.

NJSA Section	Offense	Points
NJSA Section	Offense	Points
New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway and Atlantic City Expressway
NJSA 27:23–29	Moving against traffic	2
NJSA 27:23–29	Improper passing	4
NJSA 27:23–29	Unlawful use of median strip	2
All roads and highways
NJSA 39:3–20	Operating constructor vehicle in excess of 45 mph	3
NJSA 39:4–14.3	Operating motorized bicycle on a restricted highway	2
NJSA 39:4–14.3d	More than one person on a motorized bicycle	2
NJSA 39:4–35	Failure to yield to pedestrian in crosswalk	2
NJSA 39:4–36	Failure to yield to pedestrian in crosswalk; passing a vehicle yielding to pedestrian in crosswalk	2
NJSA 39:4– 41	Driving through safety zone	2
NJSA 39:4–52	Racing on highway	5
NJSA 39:4–55	Improper action or omission on grades and curves	2
NJSA 39:4–57	Failure to observe direction of officer	2
NJSA 39:4–66	Failure to stop vehicle before crossing sidewalk	2
NJSA 39:4–66.1	Failure to yield to pedestrians or vehicles while entering or leaving highway	2
NJSA 39:4–66.2	Driving on public or private property to avoid a traffic sign or signal	2
NJSA 39:4–71	Operating a motor vehicle on a sidewalk	2
NJSA 39:4–80	Failure to obey direction of officer	2
NJSA 39:4–81	Failure to observe traffic signals*	2
	*No points assessed for red light camera violation	0
NJSA 39:4–82	Failure to keep right	2
NJSA 39:4–82.1	Improper operating of vehicle on divided highway or divider	2
NJSA 39:4–83	Failure to keep right at intersection	2
NJSA 39:4–84	Failure to pass to right of vehicle proceeding in opposite direction	5
NJSA 39:4–85	Improper passing on right or off roadway	4
NJSA 39:4–85.1	Wrong way on a one-way street	2
NJSA 39:4–86	Improper passing in no passing zone	4
NJSA 39:4–87	Failure to yield to overtaking vehicle	2
NJSA 39:4–88	Failure to observe traffic lanes	2
NJSA 39:4–89	Tailgating	5
NJSA 39:4–90	Failure to yield at intersection	2
NJSA 39:4–90.1	Failure to use proper entrances to limited access highways	2
NJSA 39:4–91–92	Failure to yield to emergency vehicles	2
NJSA 39:4–96	Reckless driving	5
NJSA 39:4–97	Careless driving	2
NJSA 39:4–97a	Destruction of agricultural or recreational property	2
NJSA 39:4–97.1	Slow speed blocking traffic	2
NJSA 39:4–97.2	Driving in an unsafe manner (points only for third or subsequent offense within five years of most recent 39:4-97.2 conviction)	4
NJSA 39:4–98	Exceeding maximum speed 1-14 mph over limit	2
	Exceeding maximum speed 15-29 mph over limit	4
	Exceeding maximum speed 30 mph or more over limit	5
NJSA 39:4–105	Failure to stop for traffic light	2
NJSA 39:4–115	Improper turn at traffic light	3
NJSA 39:4–119	Failure to stop at flashing red signal	2
NJSA 39:4–122	Failure to stop for police whistle	2
NJSA 39:4–123	Improper right or left turn	3
NJSA 39:4–124	Improper turn from approved turning course	3
NJSA 39:4–125	Improper u-turn	3
NJSA 39:4–126	Failure to give proper signal	2
NJSA 39:4–127	Improper backing or turning in street	2
NJSA 39:4–127.1	Improper crossing of railroad grade crossing	2
NJSA 39:4–127.2	Improper crossing of bridge	2
NJSA 39:4–128	Improper crossing of railroad grade crossing by certain vehicles	2
NJSA 39:4–128.1	Improper passing of school bus	5
NJSA 39:4–128.4	Improper passing of frozen dessert truck	4
NJSA 39:4–129	Leaving the scene of an accident – no personal injury	2
NJSA 39:4–129	Personal injury	8
NJSA 39:4–144	Failure to observe stop or yield signs	2
NJSA 39:5C–1	Racing on highway	5
NJSA 39:5D–4	Moving violation committed out-of-state	2

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