With a phalanx of state troopers and municipal police officers at the ready, Attorney General Peter Verniero today launched a statewide campaign to identify and remove the aggressive, dangerous and threatening driver from New Jersey's roadways. Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety, Colonel Carl A. Williams, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police, Thomas Louizou, National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, Chief Anthony Parenti, President, New Jersey Police Traffic Officers Association, Chief Sandy Danco, President, New Jersey Chiefs of Police Association, Ed Gross, Executive Director, New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Sylvia M. Veitia, Managing Director, AAA Central-West Jersey, ranking officers from the Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware State Police and, most importantly, representatives from over 40 New Jersey county and municipal police departments. He noted that the campaign will focus on drivers who operate their motor vehicle in an offensive, hostile or belligerent manner, thereby creating an unsafe environment for the remainder of the motoring public. Through this program we intend to let motorists know that aggressive driving will not be tolerated in New Jersey. Additional symptoms displayed by the aggressive driver include flashing lights to move the slow driver out of the way, cutting drivers off, hand gestures, weaving through traffic, needlessly honking the horn and impatience.
Aggressive drivers are high risk takers.
We need a strong deterrence to remove from the road drivers who use their car to take out their frustrations on others. Attorney General Verniero outlined a number of ways to safely deal with aggressive drivers. Our goal is to reduce fatal accidents and to get travelers to their destinations alive.