{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-4-97","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 39:4-97","heading":"Careless driving","body":"A person who drives a vehicle carelessly, or without due caution and circumspection, in a manner so as to endanger, or be likely to endanger, a person or property, shall be guilty of careless driving.\nAmended 1951,c.23,s.54; 1955,c.220,s.2; 1995,c.70,s.3.","path":["TITLE 39 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"54e25119ae34582dc6d6f3c184efb81f8df3f6a1a2ac029ad2be93e1f5f1c930","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-4-96","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-4-97a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}