City Offender Zone 1/17/2008
17
January
1/17/2008:
Today’s City Offender Zone installment consists of one reader mail, a minor event I saw, and a “good doing their job” photo.
Before I go any further, I have one simple “open question” to those in charge at City Hall:
Is the purpose of enforcing intersection parking rules for safety reasons?
If so, then why is it tolerated for public vehicles to be able to break the law in non-emergency situations?
PS, I don’t want to hear the “well, the cops have to eat” excuse. They don’t need to eat at Grimaldi’s at the expense of sacrificing public safety. (The vehicles below were PA cops, though.)
Onward:
Hoboken411 reader Daniel dusted this picture off from this past December and wrote:
“Been meaning to send this in for awhile. Took this back on December 8th on 2nd and Clinton. Not one, not two, but three police vehicles parked illegally for some dinner at Grimaldis. I’m not sure how long they were there before I noticed this, but when I came back from getting groceries and a haircut, they were still there. So at least one hour. One of them actually manages to not only block a parking garage, but also manages to block drivers from seeing any pedestrians crossing the street from the right.”
I saw the following cop pull up to the NE intersection of 1st & Wash.. thinking, oh that’s not so bad.. there’s a little room, and he’s probably grabbing a cup. 45 minutes later, it was still there.
Lastly, not to be a complete ball-buster, here’s an example of an officer doing his job. Along River St., this livery car gets pulled over for making a U-turn in the middle of the street. Great job Hoboken PD!
January 17th 2008 - 10:13:19 |
Ok… on the stop light cam listing I made a posting that I would sacrifice cops parking illegally for doing a dangerous job. I now revoke that comment and apologize for even thinking it. This is out of hand. If you, I, or anyone else without a shield parks there, TICKET. At least one, probably multiple. The “powers that be”, which is a joke, really needs to adress this as a saftey issue. If police are responding to a legit emergency, park whereever you like and thank you for helping us. If you want to eat dinner, park like everyone else, no matter the color of, or decal on your car.
Nyrangersfan19 for Mayor!!!
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January 17th 2008 - 10:20:24 |
nyrangersfan19 wrote:
Sorry. I’d never vote for a Rangers fan.
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January 17th 2008 - 10:22:36 |
dirtyjerz wrote:
Me neither. Those guys are total assholes… oh wait.
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January 18th 2008 - 15:23:31 |
just ran across this that may help reduce this type of behavior. this site (http://www.iparklikeanidiot.com/) sells obnoxiously yellow bumper stickers that say ‘i park like an idiot’. although it’s probably a tad bit illegal in itself – maybe just stick them to a window so there’s no residual damage.
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January 21st 2008 - 13:09:30 |
Are they ticketing on Martn Luther King Jr. day?
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January 21st 2008 - 18:39:04 |
tcarr11 wrote:
Depends if you’re politically connected, or have F&F in the parking utility. All others must abide by the law.
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January 21st 2008 - 19:12:43 |
tcarr11 wrote:
Why don’t you just check the City’s website.
http://www.hobokennj.org/index.html
I’m sure the info is there ; )
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January 21st 2008 - 20:51:24 |
tcarr11 wrote:
My guess is that more tickets were written today than all of last week – need to generate enough revenue to cover the time and a half pay for working on a holiday.
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