AAA

Whether you have AAA or not, you're invited to their car care center on Route 37 in Toms River tomorrow morning for a free shredder event.

AAA Mid-Atlantic on Monday kicked off a multi-year campaign designed to make cell phone use by drivers as socially unacceptable as drinking and driving.

Residents in Monmouth and Ocean counties age 50 and up are invited to a free event where they can get ask questions about what upgrades that might be needed for their car so riding in it is safer and more comfortable.

AAA Mid-Atlantic is urging motorists to make sure their vehicles are ready for the cold weather, especially as temperatures dip below freezing.

Twenty-one percent of survey respondents plan to take two to three trips to the shore for the day. Fifteen percent say more than five day trips are in the works.

The average repair bill runs between $500 and $600, AAA said, and owning and operating a vehicle costs more than $8,500 per year.

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reports that during the past four years across the country, there have been more than 200,000 crashes that involve road debris.

Today, the only things that are checked are the vehicle’s emissions and gas cap to make sure fuel isn’t leaking.

Thanksgiving travel estimates are up slightly this year, with cheaper gas prices likely to prompt many New Jersey residents to go "over the river and through the woods."

Drivers were asked to rate their satisfaction with roads in the Garden State and the results revealed they are not very happy.