New Jersey has some of the harshest drunk driving laws in the nation, including a ban on plea bargaining if you are charged with driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while impaired (DWI). An arrest for driving under the influence can cost you hundreds of dollars in fines, up...
Drunk driving is illegal because it poses a risk of harm to others on or near public roads, as well as to the drinking driver. The impairment caused by drinking alcohol leads to thousands of DUI accidents, injuries, and deaths every year in New Jersey. Driving under the influence laws...
It is relatively easy to get a first-offense DUI charge if you drive after drinking in New Jersey. For many adults, a general rule of thumb is four drinks over the course of an hour will register as a 0.08% blood-alcohol content (BAC), the legal threshold for a DUI or...
New Jersey changed its approach to bail as part of the reform of New Jersey’s criminal justice system in 2017. The state moved from a system that relied principally on setting monetary bail as a condition of release to a risk-based system that the state says is more objective and...
Early Sunday morning, an accident occurred involving a personal vehicle and a public transit bus in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The vehicle, a Kia, reportedly collided with a New Jersey Transit (NJT) bus at the NJT bus stop located at the Black Horse Pike and English Creek Avenue. The...
