Originally Posted by
tom cotter
For those of you cyclist who have never gone thru a red light, ridden on a sidewalk and always obey every traffic law, thanks for the moralistic replies.
Dude, you called yourself a "big boy".
Originally Posted by
tom cotter
The point is, in jersey there is a huge fight going on between the police unions and the state, cities and towns who employ them. The towns are trying to reduce cost and laying off police is now in the fore front of getting that done. The police unions are saying- no way- to do so is to compromise public safety. AC is one of the places this battle is being fought. It is against this backdrop that the ticket was issued.
It is hard to believe that an officer with 24 years experience, the officer who issued my ticket, couldn't be better utilized by a city with such visable crime problems as AC. A city where the police union is claiming it needs every officer to effectively protect the public. Essentially, counting the officer's complete benefits packeage, this officer is pulling down in excess of $100,000 a year. That's 24 years of experience and $100k plus wasted on writing nusiance tickets. In lean times, a poor use of resources.
DC, the conversation between myself and the officer was polite. I was the second person he found on the boards, as he had just started and i was a block from the police station on the boards. He gave the first guy a ticket as well. He told me he was under mandatory orders from the Public Safety Director to ticket everyone. Nice little revenue raiser!!! And, so you know, the boardwalk riding laws are not enforced in AC or anywhere along the jersey shore on weekdays off season.
I asked if his time could be better spent getting the drug addicts off the beach. He said he doesn't bother because they don't show up for court and don't pay the fines. Now, if i don't show up and don't pay up a bench warrant is issued for my arrest. Apparently, the drug users get a pass. Why? because AC can't make any money off of criminals. The thinking is "let's fleece the law biding citizens." That's exactly what they doing.
This is silly.
It seems obvious that police would normally patrol the boardwalk in AC. You don't get to
pick what you get a ticket for.
Originally Posted by
tom cotter
I'm a big boy and when i get ticketed for speeding or something, which isn't often, I take responsibiliy for it.
No, you don't.