• Welcome to New Hampshire Underground.
 

News:

Please log in on the special "login" page, not on any of these normal pages. Thank you, The Procrastinating Management

"Let them march all they want, as long as they pay their taxes."  --Alexander Haig

Main Menu

Fort Lee, N.J. Cracking Down On ‘Dangerous Walking’ By Handing Out Summonses

Started by Silent_Bob, May 10, 2012, 11:06 PM NHFT

Previous topic - Next topic

Silent_Bob

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/10/fort-lee-nj-cracking-down-on-dangerous-walking-by-handing-out-summonses/

Problem Is There's Nothing Definitive On The Books Describing Such Offenses

FORT LEE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Forget dangerous driving, pedestrians are the new threat to street safety — phone calls, texting, music and wandering into traffic. Now, one New Jersey town is cracking down on the practice.

Fort Lee's police chief has seen his share of careless pedestrians texting or talking on the phone in his own town. He said he has counted 23 pedestrian accidents since January, ranging from minor bumps and bruises to three fatalities.

After trying pamphlets and brochures, he's ordering his officers to ticket careless pedestrians on the spot.

"They're not alert and they're not watching what they're doing," Police Chief Thomas Ripoli told CBS 2?s Derricke Dennis. "As of now, they are to give summonses to pedestrians who do not adhere to crosswalks and the lights."

Unlike careless driving, there's no specific charge for being a careless pedestrian, but Chief Ripoli said his officers are watching, adding they'll know it when they see it.

Mario Petris can certainly attest to the dangers. One of his personal training clients was hit and killed two months ago.

"She was on the cell phone and she got hit by a car, fatal accident," Petris said.

The problem has gotten so bad, careless pedestrians in Fort Lee could be committing a fatal offense. Fort Lee is also cracking down on careless drivers, who could face a $200 fine.

Jim Johnson

Where is Darwin when you need him?  Oh, right there.

Can someone get us some Roseanna Roseannadana?

Russell Kanning

so they just "summon" someone to court?
is that like when they had Ridley come to the Fed court and nothing happened?

people wandering on the road are annoying .... but I would think that often there are natural consequences

Tom Sawyer

Quote from: Jim Johnson on May 11, 2012, 12:45 AM NHFT
Where is Darwin when you need him?  Oh, right there.

Can someone get us some Roseanna Roseannadana?

I had too google Roseanne Roseannadanna to get your reference


Thanks for the laugh, I forgot about the whole
QuoteRoseannadanna's Saturday Night Live commentary would follow a strict formula. She would read a letter from the ever-curious Richard Fader of Fort Lee, New Jersey (although, on one occasion, she read a letter from a "Mrs." Richard Fader, and on another occasion the Faders had re-located to Mount St. Helens, Washington). The letter would ask a series of questions, usually about some current social issue, to which Roseannadanna would usually reply, "Mr. Fader, you sure do ask a lot of questions for a guy from New Jersey," or "You belong in New Jersey!" She then would sometimes make a derogatory comment about New Jersey before moving on to the question.