So we agree that for reasons not necessarily attributed to individual officers, that they do not police effectively? It should be noted that I was not attacking anyone in particular; and that when I called them from the boardwalk 3-7 times a week, they had very good response times.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think that the things you've mentioned have anything at all to > do with the AP PD. Personally, I think they do a great job, there's > just not enough of them. > The graffitti and used condom are typical of AP. The other day, I > found a used condom on my lawn. Disgusting. I am so fricken sick of > picking up other peoples crap. > You'll also notice a bunch of new graffitti on Cookman. People that do > that in our city have no pride in the place they live. Too bad AP > doesn't have surveillence cameras in place. I bet those would be > effective in preventing quite a few things. > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburyparkpedaler" <robert@> wrote: > > > > Leave the police out of it, we can't even get them to police > > effectively, never mind teach bike safety. Just strolled 1 Block of > > the boardwalk. Saw (and photographed) two brand new examples of > > grafitti, a homemade crack pipe on Confetti's counter, a used condom > > on the boards in front of arcade(?), mouse droppings inside > > undisclosed location, a makeshift outdoor bedroom at lifeguard shed; > > and really only went up to see casino progress. Thankfully, for the > > safety of the community, there were none of the dreaded bicycles. > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote: > > > > > > Do schools still teach bike safety? > > > When I was a kid growing up in Eatontown, we had bike safety classes > > > both in school as well as one sponsored by the police dept. After > > the > > > PD course, you got a certificate and a permit. > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <asburydogma@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The point is people were taught not to litter or jwalk and they > > still > > > > do it. The sane will go for bike safety. It all starts at home > > and it > > > > seems like the home just don't care. It will have to take a > > tragic > > > > death for people to wake up to bike safety. The way these kids > > ride > > > > on Main St. it could happen. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So what's your point? > > > > > When you see somebody littering, what do you do? Ignore it like > > most > > > > > people. > > > > > I don't. > > > > > It amazes me how many people in AP just throw their trash on the > > > > > ground. People of all ages, from all walks of life. Why does it > > > > happen > > > > > so much here, but not in the surrounding towns? > > > > > I also used to volunteer my time to teach kids bike safety. > > > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <asburydogma@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At the same time you can teach the people not to jwalk and > > litter > > > > too. > > > > > > Lot's of Luck. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "In theory you are correct, a 5 MPH limit. But, > > unfortunately, > > > > > > people > > > > > > > don't play by the rules. Most will speed recklessly and > > cause > > > > much > > > > > > > anxiety for those walking on the boardwalk." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I tend to disagree with this. I think there are many > > responsible > > > > > > > cyclists, but on the other hand, I don't think that kids > > are > > > > > > learning > > > > > > > how to be good cyclists anymore, and I don't think that our > > > > country > > > > > > in > > > > > > > general takes bicycling seriously the way it is in Europe. > > > > Every > > > > > > day, > > > > > > > I see kids riding against the traffic, which is horrible. > > When > > > > a kid > > > > > > > rides against traffic, he or she isn't realizing that when > > > > people > > > > > > pull > > > > > > > out from driveways or side streets, they often don't look > > to the > > > > > > > right, rather they look to the left to see if there is > > anybody > > > > > > heading > > > > > > > in their direction in the road. > > > > > > > I also think that if AP did have a dedicated bike lane, and > > > > made an > > > > > > > attempt to educate the users on the rules, you'd actually > > teach > > > > > > people > > > > > > > something good as well as give them a good safe place to > > ride. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! 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