New Jersey Records a First: No New Year's Traffic Fatalities this Year
As a New Jersey auto accident lawyer, my days are busy meeting victims of auto and truck accidents in our state, and helping them find the help and resources they need moving forward. That’s why it’s very encouraging when I come across some good news on the New Jersey traffic safety scene. This New Year’s, the state recorded a potential first - the absence of a single traffic fatality over the New Year’s holiday period. State police believe this is probably the first fatality-free holiday on record, since record keeping began in 1996.
My thoughts and prayers continue to be with those who were involved in accidents over the New Year holiday period. Many of these were the victims of drunk driving accidents caused by the intoxicated drivers who flood New Jersey’s streets every New Year’s eve. Unfortunately, the start of 2010 for many New Jerseyans coincides with one of the most traumatic times of their lives. Injuries and fatalities are common during this period, which is the most alcohol-heavy holiday of the year.
While state troopers increase patrolling efforts, there are always going to be more than a few drunk drivers and speeders. The high use of Twitter in New Jersey has also helped intoxicated motorists warn each other of upcoming sobriety checkpoints. Twitter allows you to post short messages that are meant to go out to those in your network. Every time a drunk motorist comes up on a sobriety checkpoint, he tweets about it or sends out a message to his friends, allowing them to take another route and avoid the checkpoint.
Scott Grossman is a New Jersey auto accident lawyer, representing injured victims of auto accidents in Monmouth, Bergen, Passaic and Bergen Counties and across the state of New Jersey.
