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the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Governor Phil Murphy signed S1080, which eliminates the use of mandatory driver’s license suspensions as a penalty for certain non-moving offenses.
“Driver’s licenses suspensions for reasons unrelated to moving offenses are often overly punitive and can have a disproportionate financial impact on many working-class and minority families.” said Governor Murphy. “A stronger and fairer New Jersey includes adapting our laws to support working families and not act against them.”
“I agree with American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators that we should not be suspending driver licenses for offenses unrelated to driving,’’ said Motor Vehicle Commission Chief Administrator Sue Fulton. “Whether you’re going to work, a doctor’s appointment or taking children to school, a driver’s license is a tool – a permit to drive on our public roads. It is no more nor less than a way for us to keep our roads and drivers safe.’’
S1080 eliminates mandatory driver’s license suspensions for certain non-moving violations. The law also repeals the driver’s license suspension required for criminal convictions related to the possession or sale of illegal drugs and removes the provision that a person’s driver’s license be suspended by operation of law upon the issuance of a child support-related warrant.
