Running Engine Without Intent To Operate Insufficient For DWI

March 31, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey DWI Attorney, Jeffrey Hark You may have heard that you can be arrested and charged with DWI for sitting in your car with the keys in the ignition or the engine running regardless of whether you are actually driving. It is true that sitting in a vehicle with the engine running…

New Jersey Man Killed In Crash Triggered By Tire That Fell Off Pickup

March 30, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark DENVILLE, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Police say a tire came off a pickup truck and triggered a multi-vehicle accident that claimed the life of a New Jersey man on Interstate 80. State Police say 77-year-old Sheldon Lefkowitz of Englewood Cliffs was heading west in Denville Thursday night when…

Harsher Penalties Proposed For Drunk Drivers

March 30, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey DWI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark New Jersey boasts the lowest per capita rates of vehicle deaths caused by alcohol in the country. However there is still a push to make penalties harsher by Governor Chris Christie. Proposed Penalties for New Jersey DUI Offenses His proposals include widespread use of ignition interlock devices…

Man killed by bus in Port Authority bus terminal, causing extensive delays

March 27, 2015 |

Submitted by bus accident attorney, Jeffrey Hark A 67-year-old man was struck and killed by a bus inside the Port Authority Bus terminal at the height of the rush hour, which caused extensive delays at the height of the commute home, Thursday night. The man, whose identity is being withheld until his family can be…

Truck accident delays traffic on Turnpike north in Edison

March 27, 2015 |

Submitted by truck crash lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. EDISON — A jackknifed tractor-trailer blocked all the outer lanes on the New Jersey Turnpike headed north Thursday afternoon, according to the state. 511nj.org reported that the accident occurred south of exit 10. Just before 6 p.m., the accident was causing at least four-mile delays, stretching south into…

The officers were not justified in searching defendant’s auto due to the lack of any exigency and P.C. for such a warrantless motor vehicle stop

March 27, 2015 |

            An officer must smell the odor of the illegal substance when they are lawfully in a position from which they could smell the odor. The smell of burnt marijuana, by a trained and experienced officer, emanating from passenger compartment of a legally stopped motor vehicle creates probable cause to believe that a violation of…

Turnpike turned deadly in an instant on night of chain reaction crash, state report details

March 26, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey truck crash lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. After her supervisor warned her that the lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike south had suddenly turned icy and told her to begin salting, a tractor-trailer sped past plow operator Elizabeth Crosby’s salt truck and jackknifed. That crash was followed quickly by several other accidents. Crosby’s…

New bill could kick road safety tech to the curb

March 26, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey motor vehicle lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are looking into opening up Wi-Fi space for the public, but it could impact a technology called vehicle-to-vehicle commutation (V2V) developed to prevent up to 80 percent of car crashes, reports CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave. After more than a decade…

Several People Injured In 3-Vehicle Crash On New Jersey Turnpike

March 26, 2015 |

Submitted by truck crash attorney, Jeffrey Hark CARTERET, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Several people were injured Wednesday evening in a multi-vehicle crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Carteret. Three vehicles – a box truck, a car and a van were involved in the crash on the southbound turnpike between exits 11 and 12 around 6:30…

2014 Revised Statutes of the New Jersey Criminal Code (Title 2-C)

March 26, 2015 |

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark 2014 New Jersey Revised Statutes Title 2C – THE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE Section 2C:1-1 – Short title; rules of construction Section 2C:1-2 – Purposes; principles of construction Section 2C:1-3 – Territorial applicability Section 2C:1-4 – Classes of offenses Section 2C:1-5 – Abolition of common…