New Jersey § 39:4-38 Vehicles travelling upon street car route to give way to street car;  intersections;  overtaking and passing street cars

New Jersey Statutes

§ 39:4-38 — Vehicles travelling upon street car route to give way to street car; intersections; overtaking and passing street cars

New Jersey § 39:4-38

Title 39MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 39:4-38 (2026).

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The driver or person in control of a vehicle traveling upon a regular street car route, and proceeding so as to obstruct the passage of the street car, shall immediately upon signal from the person in control thereof, give way thereto. When a street car has lawfully entered and is crossing an intersection, no driver of a vehicle shall drive upon or across the car tracks within the intersection in front of the street car when there is hazard of a collision. The driver of a vehicle upon overtaking and passing a street car shall not turn in front of such street car so as to interfere with or impede its movement. Amended by L.1951, c. 23, p. 75, s. 28.

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The driver or person in control of a vehicle traveling upon a regular street car route, and proceeding so as to obstruct the passage of the street car, shall immediately upon signal from the person in control thereof, give way thereto. When a street car has lawfully entered and is crossing an intersection, no driver of a vehicle shall drive upon or across the car tracks within the intersection in front of the street car when there is hazard of a collision. The driver of a vehicle upon overtaking and passing a street car shall not turn in front of such street car so as to interfere with or impede its movement. Amended by L.1951, c. 23, p. 75, s. 28.