Bikers/law breakers on the OG Boardwalk on Thursday morning, 11 am. Sept. 6, 2018. Blogfinger photo. They are in violation of Neptune ordinance #1120. Click to enlarge this image. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
By Paul Goldfinger @Blogfinger.net
Personally, I wouldn’t care if the Tour de France came down our boardwalk today. It is a perfectly fine day to cycle, and the dangers of summer crowds are over. In fact, we should have a Lance Armstrong look-alike contest on the boards this Saturday to make sure that every inch of the Grove is filled on Giant Flea Market day.
The Neptune ordinance #1120 says no bicycles on the Boardwalk from 10 am to 3 am. from May 1 to October 1. But no one gives a rat’s tuchus about that law once Labor Day is over. Bicycles were all over the Boardwalk this morning. And that’s great. Why not petition Neptune Township to change the law to allow bikes 24/7 after Labor Day? Change it now and declare all today’s bikers as innocent.
In fact, all summer long the police specials on Segways were absent because no one would pay to hire them, so who would enforce the bike ordinance anyhow? Evidently the badge checkers were deputized for that. Shouldn’t Neptune pay to enforce their ordinances? How does that relationship work between the CMA and Neptune? Is there something in writing that spells out how ordinance #1120 should be enforced?
As for the criminal bike riders on the OG boards today, they are correct to assume that no one will enforce the law. So knock yourselves out.
And why not have a meeting of all the shore towns around here and settle on a time schedule for bikers that is consistent from town to town.
Here is a link to a popular BF post about cycling around this part of the Jersey Shore.
JUSTIN HURWITZ “Epilogue” from the movie soundtrack of La La Land. This soundtrack won a Grammy.
I was laughing they this whole article. So funny!