New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 41C - ROADSIDE SIGN CONTROL AND OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
Subchapter 11 - MULTIPLE MESSAGE SIGNS
Section 16:41C-11.1 - Off-premise multiple message signs

1. Multiple message signs shall contain a default design that will freeze the sign in one position if a malfunction occurs;

2. The change from one display to the next shall be completely accomplished within the following interval and the entire display shall change at the same time: i. For electronic signs--one second or less; and ii. For mechanical signs--two seconds or less;

3. All displays shall remain fixed for an interval of at least eight seconds;

4. Multiple message signs shall not display any image that is flashing, animated, moves, or appears to move. No multiple message sign shall be illuminated by intermittent or moving light. The change of one multiple message display to the next display in accordance with (a)2 above, shall not be a violation of this requirement;

5. The minimum spacing between multiple message signs shall be 3,000 feet. This requirement shall only apply to sign faces on the same side of the highway and visible in the same travel direction;

6. Multiple message signs shall not be placed within 800 feet, as measured along the edge of the pavement, of an official permanent variable electronic traffic sign, which is capable of displaying any message allowed by the MUTCD; and

7. No multiple message sign shall be operated so that the meaning of one display is continued on the next display.