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Child Predators :State assemblyman’s poll finds support for repeal of new-driver decal law
A state assemblyman said Wednesday that an online survey he conducted found widespread noncompliance with the law requiring new drivers to display red decals on their cars and strong support for the law’s repeal.
Assemblyman Robert Schroeder, R-Bergen, said 86 percent of respondents to his survey said it was important or very important to change the law requiring the decals to be placed on license plates when new drivers are behind the wheel.
He said there was more support for other provisions in New Jersey’s Graduated Driver License (GDL) Program, such as limits on the hours in which new drivers can drive and the number of passengers allowed in the car. But only 21 percent of young drivers said they always or often complied with the decal law. Sixty-three percent said they never do, and another 7 percent said they rarely use the decals, Schroeder said.
Reasons cited for noncompliance included fear of being targeted by stalkers or someone who would harm the young driver and fear of being profiled for enforcement by police. (Froonjian, Press of Atlantic City)