The Asbury Park Press reports:
Three Monmouth County and four Ocean County police departments received $4,000 grants each for targeted aggressive driving enforcement from July 1 to 31 from the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety.
Police departments in Red Bank, Freehold Township and Ocean Township in Monmouth and Lakewood, Manchester, Toms River and Barnegat in Ocean County were among 75 police departments which received the grants, said Pam Fischer, Division of Highway Traffic Safety Director.
Grants were announced Wednesday as part of the first statewide “Obey the Signs or Pay the Fines” initiative, Fischer said in a press release.
Grants will be used by police departments to deter aggressive driving behaviors, including speeding, tailgating, running red lights or stop signs, improper passing and unsafe lane changes. Other county and municipal police departments are expected to participate in the initiative using their own resources.
The first “Obey the Signs” program began in 2006 and targeted speeding in seven counties. Last year, there were 22,118 crashes in the state related to unsafe speed.
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How $4,000 going to help LakewoodPD Stop Aggressive Drivers? That would barely cover the cost for overtime.
Police should have a field day in lakewood.
Would someone kindly explain why it takes a grant to get the police to do their job.
This is almost humorous! $4000 dollars to curtail aggressive driving in Lakewood? They would need at least 4 million! That might be what it would cost to send almost everyone in town back to driving school. Maybe they should hand out Mussar sefarim to break the news about and encourage being a mentsch to and thinking of others while on the road too. ($4000 might be good for putting some large road signs up in yiddish!) Good luck! We need it!