Official vehicles - illegally parked
12
January
Here a regular Hoboken411 reader sent some (admittedly crappy) cell phone pics to share with you all. He says:
“Before the City can expect the residents to understand and respect the need to keep our intersections clear, the City needs to stop and set an example.”
I totally agree. Either that, or if the City realizes there’s such a lack of parking that even they are blatantly disregarding their own (and the State’s) law, then maybe something should be done about it?
Grab your dig-cam or cell-cam, clean your lenses, and feverishly snap pictures of ANY City vehicle that is not following the law. Send them to hoboken411@gmail.com, and if a good enough collection comes through, I’ll have a special photo gallery just for them!
Please mention in the email if you want to remain anonymous or if you want your username published.
Here’s the first doozy to get us started. Read more about them below.
Incident 1: Carpentry Division too close to intersection @ 1st & Bloomfield
What is one of the more busy intersections in town, crowded with cars and commuting pedestrians, this “Carpentry Division” van picked quite possibly the worst spot of them all to park. Completely blocking the view of northbound vehicles. I can understand fire trucks or police cars being anywhere during a call or emergency, but what is so important about some woodwork? “Hey Al, get down here in a hurry! This shelf is about to fall down!!” or “Oh my god, my tape measure is jammed, hurry over!” What other good lines can you come up with?
Incident 2: Mystery municipal vehicle in crosswalk at Bloom and Newark
Ok, not as bad, but still (according to the books) not permitted. Do “official” vehicles get preferential treatment? You betcha. I recall another reader (Willow, I think) mentioning something about a car with a shield in the window perpetually illegally parked uptown. Send your pics in!
1. YipYap | January 12th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Better watch it 411 Arnold Diaz may come looking for you.
http://wcbstv.com/shame/
2. westy | January 12th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
It would be real hoot to send this to Mayor Roberts and ask him for his reaction.
Ditto to the Police Chief, and the Parking Director.
My guess is they will not reply as they can not publicly condone illegall parking by city workers but are not going to “do” anything about it.
3. homeworld | January 12th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
can we give them citizen’s tickets?
4. CharlieAParker | January 12th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
westy wrote:
I wouldn’t be surprised if people taking the pictures were harassed by the “authorities”. You know, report suspicious activity, and the like. Anyone taking a photo of an illegally parked municipal vehicle MUST be a terrorist.
5. kooky kat | January 12th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
“I recall another reader (Willow, I think) mentioning something about a car with a shield in the window perpetually illegally parked uptown.”
Cars with sheilds are perpetually parked in illegal spots. I don’t drive so I don’t really know intimately about the parking situation. What I DO know is that on Adams Street between 4th-6th there is a huge problem with double parked cars. There are a couple of different clubs on those blocks, so I guess they get a pass???
6. blahblahblah | January 12th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
What are u guys talking about the crosswalks are completely open and unobstructed…..look at the last picture the car opposite the city vehicle, that cars bumper is in the crosswalk, its probably the car of the person holding the damn cell phone….here we go again another dead horse getting a beating….can we please stop…take that cell phone and go out tonight and tomorrow and take pics of your people walking in town drunk, yelling, smashing things, littering, peeing and whatever else they do in the town…Come on get me something better i can agree with…this is old news
7. potatochip | January 12th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
does not matter if the wheels are not in the crosswalk. you remember those annoying yellow lines they started painting about 3 years ago? This van is clearly parked within these parameters. Someone like me would have a nice big $65.00 ticket waiting for them if we pulled this crap.
8. blahblahblah | January 12th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
only that really scary guy enforces that rule….i been hit b 4 and on other nights when i guess he isnt working i get nothing…..parking in this town $uck$ and it wont get any better…but something like that is a brutal way to start an argument or debate….in any event….the lights on 2nd and adams is better topic…join chip i enjoy ur comments..and thoughts…
9. Max_Power | January 12th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Kooky Kat - I, too, have been irritated by the chronic double parking on Adams Street in front of some of the social clubs, Fiores, etc. I’d be careful about complianing too loudly, though, particularly about the guys in front of the clubs … more than a few low-level mafia guys hang out there.
10. blahblahblah | January 12th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Smarten up with that comment Max a Million….these things have been goin on for over 50 years and because you folks have moved to town you think they gonna listen to you…i loved the city the way it was back in the day….you all came into town and your drunken ways and your snobby attitudes but i welcome all Gods creatures snobby or otherwise….you people are the same ones who tried to stop the 96 year tradition of the St Anns Feast, but yet on any given night you all are the same people at the bar gettin toasty…
11. Max_Power | January 12th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Not sure we need to turn this into a BNR vs. Yuppie debate, blahblah. My only point was that K-Kat should be careful if she’s considering taking on any of the social club’s double parkers. If memory serves there have been a few arrests over the past year of some of the Character’s patrons on racketeering/bookmaking charges.
12. kooky kat | January 12th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
Don’t worry about me Max, those guys are harmless (imo.) The only time I called the cops was when the sidewalk was completely out in front of my building, and we were forced to walk into the street to pass - right into oncoming traffic! Not alone, with my animal (if I had a kid, I would have been LIVID!) I called the cops and said hey, there are a bunch of people double parked we can’t get through without going into the street. Guess what they said? Call your BUILDING about it? HUH?!
It wasn’t the club at that point anyway, people double park all over the place back in that neighborhood - Jefferson too. Nobody gives a crap because we are near the hood. (I guess? Why else wouldn’t they care??)
13. blahblahblah | January 12th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
no argument from me Max, I welcome all Gods creatures life is way to short to complain or argue over nonsense, however, the patrons of character club have been arrested but that is on 1st and Monroe, not Adams Street. Also I def double park in front of Fiores especially on Thursdays for that awesome roastbeef and mozz sandwich with gravy. I double park alot, i either get ticket or i dont…most in town understand the situation and wont ticket unless being forced by superior or others from above…
14. blahblahblah | January 12th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Nobody gives a crap because we are near the hood. (I guess? Why else wouldn’t they care??)
WOW guess Kat true colors just were revealed….calling our beautiful housing projects and the place unfortunate people call home the HOOD….love it…
15. duffysneighbor | January 14th, 2007 at 10:48 am
Frightening- it appears that readers are (by number of posts) 4x more interested in discussing the taco truck.
Maybe the defense of illegal parking (”hey, the truck isn’t IN the crosswalk”) will start up again Tuesday, when the city workers return to their city-owned computers, on our time.