The main reason they made it a primary offense is due to R-E-V-E-N-U-E. The MVC did studies showing the large amount of people talking on their cellies, especially out of staters (NJ being a major “drive through” state), and then calculated how much revenue they were losing by not having it as a primary offense.
OK, I have to step up and defend New Jersey.
um.
give me a minute.
gotta be something good about Jersey.
um.
kinda stumped here.
lemme get back to yall...
:D
Agreed. If they were truly interested in reducing traffic accidents they would ban all cellphone use in vehicles, even handsfree use. Handsfree phone use can still be extremely distracting.