ROUTE 522 / STOUTS LANE INTERSECTION REOPENED
The Middlesex County Road Department has finished making repairs to the intersection of Route 522 and Stouts Lane. The intersection has been closed since a dump truck crashed on April 26. All the traffic cones have been removed and the intersection is fully operational.
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING REMNDER
South Brunswick Police Chief Raymond Hayducka reminds drivers that they need to stop for pedestrians in the crosswalk. “School is coming to an end and the summer will bring increased pedestrian traffic. Motorists need to be aware of pedestrians and come to a complete stop when they are in a crosswalk,” Chief Hayducka said.
South Brunswick Police are increasing awareness and enforcement of designated pedestrian crossings. Township officials recently improved a pedestrian crossing near the South Brunswick Library on Kingston Lane and police will have an added presence at the location in the coming weeks.
THE LAW
NEW JERSEY STATUTE 39:4-36 Driver to stop for pedestrian: exceptions, violations, penalties.
The driver of a vehicle must stop and stay stopped for a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk, but shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except at crosswalks when the movement of traffic is being regulated by police officers or traffic control signals, or where otherwise prohibited by municipal, county, or State regulation, and except where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided, but no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.
MOTORISTS in New Jersey MUST stop for pedestrians in a marked crosswalk. Failure to observe the law may subject you to one or more of the following:
- 2 POINTS
- $200 FINE (plus court costs)
- 15 DAYS COMMUNITY SERVICE
- INSURANCE SURCHARGES
