TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey's attorney general has slammed the brakes on plea bargains for teenagers ticketed for driving offenses.
Attorney General Anne Milgram issued a new directive Wednesday barring municipal prosecutors from offering bargain-down deals to provisional drivers.
The directive is the first recommendation of Gov. Jon Corzine's Teen Driving Study Commission to be put into practice.
The commission determined that New Jersey's Graduated Driver's License program was being undermined when young drivers were allowed to plead down to motor vehicle offenses carrying no points.
GDL drivers who accumulate three or more points must complete a driver improvement program before being issued a nonprovisional license.
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