NJ Lawmaker Wants Legal Protection for Motorists Who Warn of Speed Traps
It's a time-honored tradition on the road: drivers flashing their high beams to warn oncoming traffic of police tracking speeders.
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It's a time-honored tradition on the road: drivers flashing their high beams to warn oncoming traffic of police tracking speeders.
Now the question is whether the next step is cementing a deal, dealing with a job action, or continuing in limbo.
Commuters know they can't abandon Plan B yet.
SEPTA and TWU Local 234 officials resumed negotiations Sunday morning, after both sides reported serious progress on Friday and said they were close to a deal. Now, there has been a significant change in the tone of the negotiations, and any deal that was on the table is now in jeopardy.
It's back to the bargaining table for SEPTA and Transport Workers Union Local 234 Sunday morning.
Gas prices in New Jersey and across the country continue to creep higher, but they're still at their lowest level since 2010.
Thousands of commuters are affected by what happens between Friday and Sunday night between SEPTA and its largest union.
The 19-year-old Lower Pottsgrove man had smoked pot, then got behind the wheel of his car and struck and killed Merinda Thompson, who was jogging along North Lewis Road in Limerick.
Thursday night, negotiations continued between the union and SEPTA officials as they tried to reach a new contract agreement.
Controller Alan Butkovitz, at lectern in photo, declined to identify the employees -- he says it's a personnel matter at this point -- but he says one was a Streets Department employee and the other a school district locksmith.
Penndot officials say In some cases motorists may not see actual construction, but contracts will be bid this year because of the funding influx.
According to investigators, a man approached the 94-year-old driver and told him his car had a wobbly wheel and he could fix it. The motorist gave the suspect $940. The suspect fled with the money.
Local 234's contract expired back on March 15th, and the last of the three transit workers' contracts is set to expire at midnight on Sunday, April 6th.
Why is it important to have a National Walkng Day? "Well, because there are a lot of couch potatoes around," one woman said.
The price of a Penndot identification card more than doubled on April 1st, to $27.50.
