New Brunswick, NJ Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Violation fine
- $150.00 (§ 10.48.060)
- Late fee
- $25.00
- Who issues the summons
- New Brunswick Police Department after image review
- Summons deadline
- 40 business days, or images are purged in two business days
- Image retention limit
- 60 days after fine or penalty is collected
- System inspection
- Municipal engineer certifies at least once every six months
Summary
In the City of New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, Chapter 10.48 authorizes a traffic control signal monitoring system. The New Brunswick Police Department reviews the recorded images before any summons issues. The code sets a $150.00 violation fine and a $25.00 late fee, and it puts strict limits on how long images are kept.
The police department of the city shall review the recorded images produced by the system, to determine whether sufficient evidence exists demonstrating that a traffic control signal violation has occurred and shall issue a summons when appropriate in accordance with the rules of the court. ... C.Any recorded image or information collected in connection with a traffic control signal violation shall not be retained after sixty (60) days following the collection of any fine or penalty.D.If a summons is not issued within forty (40) business days following the traffic control signal violation, all recorded images and any information collected with respect to the traffic control signal violation shall be removed by the police department within two business days. ... Any person liable for a traffic control signal violation, pursuant to the ordinance codified in this chapter and the Act, utilizing the system shall be subject to the following fines: Violation $150.00 Late Fee 25.00
Full Breakdown
Chapter 10.48 of the New Brunswick Municipal Code, titled Traffic Control Monitoring System, rests on the City Council's finding that P.L. 2007, Chapter 348 (the "Act") lets municipalities use signal monitoring to encourage drivers to obey traffic control devices at intersections. Under § 10.48.020 the city installs and uses the system at various intersections approved by the commissioner of transportation. The governing body approves the system by resolution, and the city may sign an installation contract after a lawful procurement process. Any contract term contrary to the Act is reformed to conform to it rather than voided. The municipal engineer approves the notice signs, which go on each street converging into an affected intersection, and must inspect and certify the system at least once every six months from installation.
A camera image alone does not produce a ticket. Under § 10.48.030 the New Brunswick Police Department reviews the recorded images to decide whether sufficient evidence shows a traffic control signal violation, and issues a summons only when appropriate under the rules of the court.
Privacy limits sit in § 10.48.040. The images are for the exclusive use of the police department, are not a public record under N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. or common law, and cannot be offered as evidence in a civil or administrative proceeding unrelated to a signal violation. Images may not be kept beyond sixty (60) days after a fine or penalty is collected. If no summons issues within forty (40) business days of the violation, the police department must remove the images and related information within two business days. The city certifies compliance by filing a report with the commissioner of transportation.
Section 10.48.050 makes the owner and operator of the vehicle jointly liable for the summons, subject to the Act. The chapter deals only with traffic control signal monitoring at intersections. It contains no school-zone speed camera program.
Violations & Fines
Under § 10.48.060, a person liable for a traffic control signal violation detected by the system faces a $150.00 fine, plus a $25.00 late fee. Under § 10.48.050, liability for the summons is joint between the vehicle's owner and operator, subject to the Act. The summons is issued by the New Brunswick Police Department and handled under the rules of the court, so contest procedures follow the court process rather than a city hearing office.
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