Safe Driving Rules & Regulations  Speed Control Speed Control  Passing Passing  Keeping to the Right Keeping to the Right  Yielding the Right-of- Way Yielding the Right-of- Way  Pedestrians in a Crosswalk Pedestrians in a Crosswalk  Intersections Intersections  Entering Highways, Parkways, Turnpikes Entering Highways, Parkways, Turnpikes  Leaving Highways, Parkways, Turnpikes Leaving Highways, Parkways, Turnpikes  Turning Regulations Turning Regulations  Stopping Regulations Stopping Regulations  Using Headlights Using Headlights  Parking Regulations Parking Regulations

New Jersey Speed Limits  School Zones  Business Districts  Residential Districts

Jersey Speed Limits  Suburban Business  Residential Districts

New Jersey Speed Limits  Non-posted rural roadways

New Jersey Speed Limits  Certain state highways and interstates

New Jersey Speed Limits  Certain interstate highways

Driver’s Discretion  Slow down when:  You are on a narrow or winding road  At intersections or railroad crossings  On hills  At sharp or blind curves  Where there are pedestrians or driving hazards  When the road is wet or slippery

Passing

Keeping to the Right  Drive as close as possible to right-hand edge of the road.  When can you move to the left?  When overtaking another vehicle (and it is safe to do so)

the Right-Of-Way  Emergency Vehicles  Buses  Postal Vehicles  Vehicles that are already in an intersection

Pedestrians in Crosswalks  Penalties  $500  25 days in jails  Community service  Suspension up to 6 months  2 points

Intersections ControlledUncontrolled  Any signal/sign or police officer is controlling what to do.  Any intersection where there is no signal/sign or police officer controlling the flow of traffic.  What should I do? Who does what? I’M CONFUSED!  Common UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS?

Intersections BlindTraffic Circle  What should be done?

Entering & Leaving Highways, Parkways and Turnpikes

Turning Regulations  Right turn on  IN NEW JERSEY it’s always allowed, unless…?  Right turns  Left turns  Do not cut corners!!!  One way  One way  One lane  One way  One lane  Two Lane  Multi-lane  Multi-lane

Stopping Regulations

Stop for School Buses  How far?  25 ft.  When do you need to stop?  When do you need to JUST slow down?

Railroad Crossings  Where to do I need to stop if a train is coming?  15 feet from crossing  When else might I need to stop at RR Crossings? Takes roughly 1 mile for a train to stop that is traveling 60 mph

Move Over Law

Using Headlights  When…When…When… ?  ½ hour after sunset & ½ hour before sunrise  Visibility is less than 500 ft.  Wipers on Lights On  Fog  Mist  Smoke  Why?

Bright and Dim  When should we brighten things up?  Open-country driving  No traffic  Why are we brightening things up?  When should we lower the lights?  City driving  With traffic  Why should we lower the lights?

Other Types of Lights  Parking Lights  Tail Lights  Brake Lights  Interim (overhead) Lights  Dashboard Lights  Spotlights (hazard lights)  Fog Lights

Parking Regulations  How far is too far?  6 inches from the curb  DO NOT PARK  Where?  Crunching Numbers…

How Far & From Where? FROM WHAT?DISTANCE 10 feet 25 feet 50 feet 20 feet 75 feet