rick81721
Lothar
Hummm,
I got a ticket for disregarding an officer, he never got me because he was on foot and I was driving. He came to my house and left a ticket on my car.
Speed trap cameras - you get a ticket in the mail.
Hummm,
I got a ticket for disregarding an officer, he never got me because he was on foot and I was driving. He came to my house and left a ticket on my car.
Pretty sure they can't do that. Also pretty sure that in speed traps, the office that uses the radar gun has to be the one that writes the ticket. Could be urban legend (do these exist post internet?) but I recall it having something to do with showing up to court, and the judge asking the officer how he qualified the speed, and then the officer who wrote the ticket DIDN'T since his co-worker just told him over the radio, and they toss it out. Same with giving you a ticket in the mail. They can't prove YOU did the crime unless the cop sees your license. Which is why the speed cameras get nullified all over the country and they can never give you points using them.Hummm,
I got a ticket for disregarding an officer, he never got me because he was on foot and I was driving. He came to my house and left a ticket on my car.
Pro Tip:
Don't use Strava when riding bikes in the Wachtung Reservation.
So hypothetically speaking, if I were to ever ride in this place, I shouldn't review it in my blog as a new park and include strava link? Bummer!
but seriously, I've seen a lot more hikers smoking dope in the woods than people in biking gearThe lunatic fringe opposition doesn't "get jokes", monitors these boards and take things out of context.
But, whatever...
Directly east of Watchung Reservation. It's funny because at some of the early Freeholder/Opposition Meetings, the opposition proposed it as an alternative site to Watchung.Where is that?
Directly east of Watchung Reservation. It's funny because at some of the early Freeholder/Opposition Meetings, the opposition proposed it as an alternative site to Watchung.
We will post formal next steps soon, but the UC JORBA position is we have a window of goodwill with the Freeholders right now because they know damn well that they just screwed us with both the vote and the embarrassingly horrible mis-handling of the entire issue. Bergen is on record (as are the other Freeholders who voted no) saying they are not against MTB at other potential UC sites, they just don't feel Watchung is a good idea now. So UC JORBA (with some of your help) is scouting other potential sites now and surveying the stakeholders in these sites for cooperation/support of an alternative site. This is the mistake that the County made with Watchung: they proposed the bike trail in a vacuum and took all the stakeholders (neighbors, mayors, environmentalists, hikers) by surprise. Nobody likes surprises. We have a second chance and we can't blow it. IMHO a lot of these proposed protests have good intentions but I don't feel will get much of a result. I'd rather try to maintain good relations with UC Parks and the Freeholders and win an alternative site.
@thegock, the argument that the police can probably better spend their time on other things is a good one, but the ISIS comments detract from it.So -Union County has FOUR marked units and an ATV in the Watchung Res-er-va-tion this weekend.
Sunday a child on his bike was struck by a car on Springfield Ave between Nomahegan and Dreyer's Farm three miles away in Cranford. On Monday, ISIS killed over 22 people in Manchester England.
Please tell me that the Freeholders can reconsider their allocation of resources.
When this all first went down customer's were getting pulled over on road bikes and harassed. The cops definitely don't know the difference.I've heard some roadies have been stared down in the circle park area, cause the opposition can't even tell the difference between the two
When this all first went down customer's were getting pulled over on road bikes and harassed. The cops definitely don't know the difference.
Pro Tip:
Don't use Strava when riding bikes in the Wachtung Reservation.
We have done some preliminary scouting of Hidden Valley/Houdaille Quarry as potential alternatives. If anyone has any other alternative sites, please feel free to name them here.
Lenape could be a decent possibility not much elevation but enough milage there to work with. kinda like 6 mile run except a bit smallerthe only larger opened parcels of land in Union County I can recall are Ashbrook and Lenape.
Don't think there's much elevation in Ashbrook, but adding flowy mtb trails to the Oak Ridge county park may be interesting.
Lenape park is mostly surrounded by business, so there will be little residential opposition, though again not sure if ideal for mtbing
it really is Follow the moneyUnfortunately i think jim is right. The term can't fight city hall may be true
The Quarry is Decent but I'm sure someone will protest this idea.Where is that?