When the trauma of a car crash strikes and brains are jumbled, methodical and necessary steps can be forgotten — and that can come back to haunt a motorist.
Most states saw auto insurance rates increase for drivers over the past year, but New Jersey wasn't one of them, according to insurance comparison site The Zebra.
"This is just a matter of modernizing and streamlining some of the processes associated when someone has a total loss on their vehicle," said Asm. Roy Freiman, D-Somerset, a primary sponsor of the measure.
As the Garden State inches closer to an official launch of its adult-use cannabis marketplace, the jury is out on what the move will mean in the way of safety on New Jersey's roads and, in turn, auto insurance rates.