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For
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November
29, 2005
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Office
of The Attorney General
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Peter C. Harvey,
Attorney General
Division
of Highway Traffic Safety
- Roberto Rodriguez, Director
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Gary
Myerovich
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Division
of Highway Traffic Safety Honors Individuals
to Commemorate the Most Successful year
in DHTS History |
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(Edison)
- The Division of Highway Traffic Safety’s
3rd Annual Traffic Safety Summit and Governor’s
Representative Award Luncheon was held
today at the Sheraton Edison Hotel’s
Raritan Center in Edison, New Jersey.
Over 350 law enforcement and traffic safety
professionals and advocates attended the
Summit to review the year’s accomplishments,
and discuss ways to enhance safety on
New Jersey’s roads in the coming
year. The Division also bestowed fourteen
awards to individuals and organizations
for their commitment to traffic safety,
and the actions they have taken to make
the New Jersey motoring public safer as
a result.
“New
Jersey is at the forefront of traffic
safety initiatives nationwide,”
said Attorney General Peter C. Harvey.
“The attendees here today should
be proud of their hard work and the results
produced by their efforts. That work translates
into lives saved on New Jersey’s
roadways.”
The following statistics were
released at today’s event:
- Motor
vehicle fatalities in New Jersey declined
slightly, from 733 in 2003 to 731 in
2004.
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The percentage of alcohol-related fatalities
in New Jersey in 2004 (37%) remained
below the national average of 39%
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The overall New Jersey motor vehicle
fatality rate in 2004 was 1.05 as opposed
to the national rate of 1.46.
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New Jersey’s seat belt usage rate
climbed for the eighth straight year
to 82% in 2004.
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In 2005, The Garden State’s ‘Click
It or Ticket’ mobilization boosted
seat belt use compliance to 86%, a new
State record and one of the highest
percentages in the nation.
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The two-week, 2005 ‘You Drink
and Drive. You Lose’ crackdown
netted nearly 51,000 summonses for various
traffic and other violations. Of those,
1,600 DWI arrests were made.
“2004
was indeed a good year for the Division
and its partners, which created a wave
of momentum into 2005,” said Division
Director Roberto Rodriguez. “This
year, the ‘Click
It or Ticket’ mobilization alone
displayed a unified effort by 434 police
departments statewide in enforcing the
seat belt law. A unified effort with our
partners and participation have been the
keys to achieving amazing results, to
the betterment of the public. But there
is no time to rest on our collective laurels.
We will use this momentum together to
make 2006 an even safer year for New Jersey.”
Today’s awards were in the following
categories: Outstanding Grantees (3 regions),
Community Outreach, Law Enforcement, Media,
Innovation in Traffic Safety Education,
Outstanding Advocacy, Business Partnership,
Public Official, Federal Partnership,
Partnership, and Drunk Driving Enforcement.
Special recognition was also given to
Chief Anthony J. Parenti, the innovative
and long time President of the New Jersey
Police Traffic Officers Association, and
New Jersey MADD Executive Director Teresa
Stevens on the occasion of MADD’s
25th anniversary.
The
Mission of the Division of Highway Traffic
Safety is to reduce fatalities, injuries
and property damage on the roads of New
Jersey resulting from traffic crashes.
To achieve its mission, the Division undertakes
traffic safety programs relating to Education,
Enforcement and Engineering. The bulk
of the Division’s funding comes
from the federal government. The funding
received by the Division is used to undertake
statewide traffic safety programs, and
is also dispersed to local, county and
state agencies in the form of traffic
safety grants.
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