Parking lot incident in NEW JERSEY

[NeilTheCop]

39:3-4. Except as hereinafter provided, every resident of this State and every nonresident whose automobile or motorcycle shall be driven in this State shall, before using such vehicle on the public highways, register the same, and no automobile or motorcycle shall be driven unless so registered.

You don't need a vehicle to be registered to drive it on private property, only on the highway.

39:3-29. The driver's license, the registration certificate of a motor vehicle and an insurance identification card shall be in the possession of the driver or operator at all times when he is in charge of a motor vehicle on the highways of this State.

You don't need to carry any documentation to drive on private property, only on the highway.

This is becoming a circular argument, but if I'm incorrect and private property is treated the same as a public highway in New Jersey, this would mean that the police can hand out tickets for expired registration even if the car is in someones driveway

 

[FlyingRon]

I didn't say that. I said that the statute requiring the notifications after accidents doesn't discriminate against public vs. private property.

 

[Zigner]

And I see no reference to "death" or "injury" in the original posting

sub paragraph (b) doesn't require death or injury.