New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 41C - ROADSIDE SIGN CONTROL AND OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
Subchapter 11 - MULTIPLE MESSAGE SIGNS
Section 16:41C-11.2 - On-premise multiple message signs

1. All signs that are visible to traffic traveling in the same direction and erected on the same sign structure shall change simultaneously or otherwise be operated to assure that their collective operation does not impair the safe operation of a motor vehicle.

2. Signs shall remain fixed for the interval shown below. Where a sign has multiple components that are synchronized to create one display, it shall be considered as one sign.

3. 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:

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

5. 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 N.J.A.C. 16:41C-11.1(a)2, shall not be a violation of this requirement.

6. Where signs are erected at different locations along the same highway, they shall be synchronized to assure that their collective operation does not impair the safe operation of a motor vehicle.