Massive texting crackdown — see if your town is part of it

It began Sunday. Last time they did this 15,000 New Jersey drivers got smacked with tickets that cost them hundreds of dollars each. It's the U Drive U Text U Pay crackdown on texting while driving. They're actually looking for any type of handheld cell phone violation so watch out.

A first offense will cost you between $200 and $400. By the time a third offense happens that's $800 and points on your license. Interesting fun fact...police themselves are excused from the same law for which they're writing tickets. You can read more on that here.

Police departments across New Jersey and across the country are receiving special grants to carry out this three week ticket blitz. They will be using tactics like being positioned on overpasses looking down into cars to see who's holding a cell phone. They'll be set up at strategic locations by intersections. They'll be everywhere. Enough to make you paranoid?

Here's a list county by county and town by town of all the New Jersey police departments that are taking part in this year's massive enforcement effort. First locate your county, then see if your town is on the list. If it is, watch out. Better yet, just don't text and drive no matter what town you're in.

Atlantic County

Absecon

Egg Harbor Twp

Galloway

Hamilton

Hammonton

Mullica

Northfield

Pleasantville

Bergen County

Bergenfield

Bogota

Cliffside Park

Closter

Dumont

Elmwood Park

Fairview

Franklin Lakes

Garfield

Glen Rock

Lodi

Lyndhurst

Montvale

New Milford

Oradell

Palisades Interstate Parkway

Paramus

Ridgefield Park

Ridgewood

Saddle Brook

South Hackensack

Teaneck

Upper Saddle River

Woodcliff Lake

Burlington County

Bordentown

Bordentown Twp

Burlington County Sheriff

Burlington Twp

Delanco

Delran

Evesham

Lumberton

Mount Holly

Mount Laurel

Palmyra

Westampton

Camden County

Barrington

Bellmawr

Berlin Twp

Brooklawn

Cherry Hill

Gloucester

Gloucester Twp

Haddon Heights

Pennsauken

Pine Hill

Stratford

Waterford

Winslow

Cape May County

Lower Twp

North Wildwood

Wildwood

Essex County

Belleville

Bloomfield

Cedar Grove

Essex County Sheriff

Fairfield

Irvington

Livingston

Millburn

Montclair

Nutley

West Orange

Gloucester County

Clayton

Deptford

East Greenwich

Elk

Franklin

Glassboro

Greenwich

Harrison

Logan

Mantua

Monroe

Rowan University

Washington

West Deptford

Westville

Woodbury Heights

Woodbury

Woolwich

Hudson County

Hudson County Sheriff

Jersey City

North Bergen Twp

Secaucus

Union City

West New York

Hunterdon County

Clinton

Clinton Twp

Flemington

Franklin

Frenchtown

High Bridge

Readington

West Amwell

Mercer County

East Windsor

Ewing

Hamilton

Hightstown

Middlesex County

Carteret

Dunellen

Edison

Middlesex

Monroe

New Brunswick

North Brunswick

Old Bridge

Piscataway

Plainsboro

South Brunswick

Spotswood

Woodbridge

Monmouth County

Allentown

Atlantic Highlands

Deal

Eatontown

Englishtown

Freehold

Freehold Twp

Highlands

Holmdel

Keansburg

Keyport

Marlboro

Middletown

Monmouth County Sheriff 

Neptune

Ocean

Sea Bright

Sea Girt

Spring Lake Heights

Union Beach

Morris County

Boonton

Chester Twp

Florham Park

Hanover

Jefferson

Mendham Twp

Montville

Morris County Park Police

Mount Arlington

Mount Olive

Parsippany-Troy Hills

Randolph

Wharton

Ocean County

Barnegat

Bay Head

Berkeley

Harvey Cedars

Jackson

Long Beach

Manchester

Mantoloking

Ocean Gate

Plumsted

Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant Beach

Seaside Heights

Ship Bottom

Stafford

Passaic County

Bloomingdale

Hawthorne

Passaic

Passaic County Sheriff

Wayne

Salem County

Carneys Point

Pennsville

Somerset County

Bedminster

Bernards

Bernardsville

Bound Brook

Branchburg

Bridgewater

Far Hills

Franklin

Green Brook

Hillsborough

Manville

Montgomery

North Plainfield

Peapack Gladstone

Raritan

Somerset County Sheriff

Somerville

South Bound Brook

Warren

Watchung

Sussex County

Andover

Franklin

Hamburg

Hopatcong

Vernon

Union County

Clark

Cranford

Elizabeth

Hillside

Linden

Mountainside

Rahway

Roselle Park

Roselle

Union

Warren County

Mansfield

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