Chicago company will print decals for NJ teen drivers
New drivers subject to "Kyleigh's Law" will pay $4 for a pair of decals supplied by a Chicago-based company that submitted the only bid for the contract. Today the state Motor Vehicle Commission said SecureMark Decal is expected to begin shipping the reflective red, detachable decals — measuring one inch by one and one-half inch — to MVC offices by early April. MVC spokesman Michael Horan said drivers subject to the Graduated Driver License Law, mostly teenagers, will be required to affix decals to the upper left of their front and rear license plates or face a $100 fine. Horan said SecureMark was awarded a $644,000 contract and that the initial order is for 500,000 decals. The $4 per pair fee to drivers is "simply to cover the cost of production," Horan said. "Kyleigh's Law," whose constitutionality was upheld last Friday by a Superior Court judge in Morristown, will take effect May 1. The law is named in memory of Kyleigh D'Alessio, a 16-year-old West Morris Central High School killed in a 2006 crash in Washington Township in which another teen was driving. Gregg Trautmann, an attorney from Rockaway who unsuccessfully sought to overturn the law in court, is filing an appeal.
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Chris VanZant
