Ocean Grove July14, 2021. Blogfinger.net photo.
Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net.
Diagonal parking has been a mistake, and this row along Firemen’s Park should never have been approved. Look how dangerous it is. And the Groaners supported it. And the dopey consultants that the CMA sponsored suggested more diagonal parking for us.
And as for that truck, do you think that Neptune Township trains their people how to park in the Grove? Even that VW Beatle had to go over the center line to get by.
And we should have a sound system which plays this music whenever a Neptuner truck rolls into the town or whenever a car with NY plates does also. It’s the Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner: Played by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra—those Hungarian musicians know how to play loud. Crank up your volume:
Jean. This row of diagonal parking alongside of Firemens park was not necessary. It used to be a no parking zone where bus drivers could stop for a few minutes of respite–it was like an oasis.
Others would stop also such as visitors trying to plan a route through town, or contractors calling their next stop, or whoever would need a few moments to take a breath, look at the park, stretch their legs or whatever.
I could sit on my porch and watch the stoppers and goers over there and enjoy the knowledge that these travelers had a reason to pull over and experience the safety and solitude of a few moments in our town. Stokes had the right idea when he banned vehicles during a day of peace.
Governance is never good when it fails to consider the human side of its decisions.
—Paul @ Blogfinger.net
When insurance companies are evaluating the circumstances in an automobile accident, they add CONTRIBUTING FACTORS into the claim.
This truck is definitely a contributing factor.
I hope no one is ever seriously injured as a result of this obvious FLAW in putting diagonal parking on Main Avenue.
What really bothers me is how inconsiderate the owners of these vehicles are that stick out into the right of way.
I would never do that..I’d look for a safer spot…
Main Ave. was rebuilt with concrete in 1929 and Ocean Ave. in 1931. The shoulders in both cases were gravel that was eventually covered with asphalt.