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When the police won't enforce NJ Statute, what do I do?
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I live on a narrow dead end street and my neighbor and her friends park on the side of the street; which makes it then impossible to have vehicle passage for anyone to use my second driveway at the end of the street. According to the following statute, shouldn't the police help me? They say they can't and so what do I do?
(UPDATED THROUGH P.L. 2008, ch. 62 and J.R.3)
TITLE 39 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION
39:4-67. Obstructing passage of other vehicles or street cars prohibited; clearance of intersections
39:4-67. Obstructing passage of other vehicles or street cars prohibited; clearance of intersections
No vehicle or street car shall be permitted by the owner or driver thereof to so occupy a street as to interfere with or interrupt the passage of other street cars or vehicles, nor shall the driver of a vehicle or street car drive such vehicle or street car into an intersection if preceding traffic prevents immediate clearance of the intersection.
Amended by L.1956, c. 107, p. 484, s. 1.
(UPDATED THROUGH P.L. 2008, ch. 62 and J.R.3)
TITLE 39 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION
39:4-67. Obstructing passage of other vehicles or street cars prohibited; clearance of intersections
39:4-67. Obstructing passage of other vehicles or street cars prohibited; clearance of intersections
No vehicle or street car shall be permitted by the owner or driver thereof to so occupy a street as to interfere with or interrupt the passage of other street cars or vehicles, nor shall the driver of a vehicle or street car drive such vehicle or street car into an intersection if preceding traffic prevents immediate clearance of the intersection.
Amended by L.1956, c. 107, p. 484, s. 1.
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Call the police again and if the responding officer will not issue a citation for the alleged infraction, politely ask his reasoning and show him a copy of the above statute. He should be able to explain the reasoning for his actions (or in this case, inaction.) If his explanation is not satisfactory, you can always ask (nicely) for the responding officer's supervisor (probably a sergeant) to come to the scene. Explain your side to the sergeant and see what is done at that point. From your description of the scenario, i...
Answer Date: 07:19pm 08/21/08
