Speeding

The moments that led to a double fatal accident in Lakewood Township earlier this month are released to the public via dash cam video by the Ocean County Prosecutors Office from a Toms River Police Officer.

A Lakewood man who flew through a red light ends up striking another car causing it to overturn and rollover Monday night near Williams Street and Prospect Street.

Racing a Cadillac and then eluding police brings a laundry list of charges against a Toms River man.

I don't think that many would argue that it feels like driving on Ocean County's roads is scarier than ever. Between texting, speeding, and, well, this mess, it sometimes feels like you almost have to speed just to keep up with what's going on around you. So I asked a few friends of mine who are police officers or who work with police what the wiggle room is before you're guaranteed a ticket. Read

The local-road speed limit in New Jersey is 25 miles per hour, though you often wouldn't know it if you clock cars on small streets almost anywhere in the state. In Freehold Borough, police will help harried neighbors reduce the hazard.

If you watch Modern Family then you remember the episode which centered on a "speed" issue in a neighborhood. Remember Claire's "Slow Down Your Neighbors" campaign? Her attempt to get a "speeder" to take it easy on her street. That's the topic of this blog discussion ...

Officers said their own sense of safety and fairness played a part in determining how fast they'd allow drivers could go.

I'll be the first to admit that driving, and New Jersey road issues are probably the topics that I complain about the most. And I was getting ready to start grumbling again today because of something that we all see way too often, when it took a surprising turn.

A disclaimer first - even though that car says "Student Driver", it wasn't a student driving it when I passed it on the Parkway. Or, rather, I should say when it passed me. Very, very quickly.

If you're a crazy driver, you'll love the findings in a new report from WalletHub. If you're a cautious parent, not so much.