Driving in NJ?

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N J State Police Initiative

STATE POLICE - NJ TICKETING

Starting today, New Jersey will launch a 30-day speeding ticket frenzy. The state estimates that 9 million dollars will be generated in speeding tickets. One million dollars will go to pay state troopers over-time.

There will be 50 state troopers on duty at all times patrolling the 9 main intersections and highways as follows:

I-295 North and South,
I-95 Jersey Turnpike
North and South
I-80 East and West
I-287 North and South
I-78 East and West
I-195 East and West
I-280 East and West
Route 130 - North and South
Garden State Parkway - North and South

5 MPH above the limit can justify a ticket and every state trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10 to 20 minutes.

They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Crown Victoria cruisers and are bringing in all of their part-timers on full time. If you work in NJ, NY, DE or CT, you will probably be on one of these highways. So, please be on guard and drive safely!

Starting August 15, the price of a violation to show your driver's license, registration or insurance card at the time you are stopped, increased from $44.00 to $173.00. (Keep these documents in your car). And the fine for not having all three documents is $519.00!

The fine for hand-held cell phone use while driving will be going up to $180.00.

I can't friggin' believe they are telling cops they have to pull someone over every 10-20 minutes! That's going to lead to alot of just pulling people over for no reason. I see the court systems being over loaded with people fighting tickets from this.

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WBC news - Japan shut out China 4-0 in game 1 this morning.

David Wright and Jimmy Rollins are both on the USA team. Derek Jeter is poking fun at the Mets/Phillies rivalry and Wright and Rollins are playing along nicely... Here is a quote from an article on MLB.com...

When the members of Team USA converged this week to work out for the World Baseball Classic, Jeter found his locker sandwiched between those of the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins and the Mets' David Wright.

"If they want to get at each other, they've got to come through me," Jeter said on Tuesday. "I'm a little barrier, I guess."

Jeter likely won't need to break up any verbal fights in his role as captain of the United States club. After Team USA's 6-5 victory over the Yankees at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Wright said he and Rollins had playfully agreed to bury their ongoing NL East rivalry.

"We signed the three-week treaty, I guess," Wright said. "We promised not to talk about, 'Who's the team to beat?' or anything like that. I've got so much respect for not only Jimmy, but the Phillies in general. You don't necessarily have to go out there and like a team, but you respect what they accomplish.

"Especially when you put this uniform on, it's very small in the grand scheme of things. Once these three weeks are up, I'm sure it will be back to the same old rivalry."

It's odd to see pics of Wright wearing #4.. Davey Johnson (the manager) is wearing #5 so Wright had to pick another number when he arrived..

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Yesterday my drum kit arrived for Guitar Hero World Tour! I played a few songs with Jessie last night and they are pretty hard. I played a few songs on easy which might actually be worse than medium because easy has so few notes it does not feel natural. It's like you're waiting to hit a note instead of playing the song. Jessie also played a few songs and I played guitar on hard during her songs. I am to the point now where medium on guitar is too easy but I've never been able to get hard because of that stupid orange button, not good at sliding my hand to hit that key. I did alright yesterday on hard except on one song which I failed twice before we moved to another song. Need more practice with that stupid key.

---Diversion of the Day