Posted on 05/25/2019 7:04:00 PM PDT by Rebelbase
Full Title: Hoboken’s E-Scooter Program In Chaos After Just 3 Days, Streets Filled With Riders Breaking Traffic Laws
HOBOKEN, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Three days in and it’s already a disaster in the eyes of many New Jersey residents.
Hoboken’s e-scooter rental program kicked off on Monday after the state legalized the use of the electric vehicles.
Although they’re popular and eco-friendly, the e-scooters aren’t getting a friendly welcome from everyone forced to dodge users not following any traffic laws.
Hoboken residents told CBS2 riders are breaking traffic rules and making the roads even more dangerous.
CBS2 cameras caught people riding on the sidewalk, running red lights, and going the wrong way down one-way streets since the program started less than a week ago.
It was such a concern already, police have put out warning signs, warning the two-wheeled terrors to obey the laws.
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Hoboken, the armpit of the nation
HaHahaha....where I live there are no rules that anyone follows. They ride on sidewalks, through traffic, on the wrong side of the street, ride tandem, and even transport two or more scooters while riding. The problem? Human nature, once you solve that, everything will be fine. Don’t hold your breath.
Police put out WARNING SIGNS.
The sh*t just got serious.
The South is inundated with them.
Enjoy! d;^)
It’s just another form of the scourge known as mass transit.
I blame Frank Sinatra.
They’re saving the red, cut’em some slack.
Saving the ERF.
they are motorized vehicles and as such should require a drivers license/MC endorsement and subject to the same laws as other motor vehicles including loss of said license
In A Prominent Bar In Secaucus One Day
by X. J. Kennedy
In a prominent bar in Secaucus one day
Rose a lady in skunk with a top-heavy sway,
Raised a knobby red finger — all turned from their beer —
While with eyes bright as snowcrust she sang high and clear:
Now who of you’d think from an eyeload of me
That I once was a lady as proud as can be?
Oh I’d never sit down by a tumble-down drunk
If it wasn’t, my dears, for the high cost of junk.
All the gents used to swear that the white of my calf
Beat the down of a swan by a length and a half.
In the kerchief of linen I caught to my nose
Ah, there never fell snot, but a little gold rose.
I had seven gold teeth and a toothpick of gold;
My Virginia cheroot with a leaf it was rolled,
And I’d light it each time with a thousand in cash;
Why the bums used to fight if I flicked them an ash.
Once the toast of the Biltmore, the belle of the Taft,
I would drink bottle beer at the Drake (never draft!),
And dine at the Astor on Salisbury Steak
With a clean table cloth for each bite I would take.
In a car like the Roxy I’d roll to the track,
A steel-guitar trio and bar in the back,
And the wheels made no noise, they turned ever so fast;
Still it took you ten minutes to see me go past.
When the horses bowed down to me that I might choose,
I bet on them all for I hated to lose.
Now I’m saddled each night for my butter and eggs
And the broken threads race down the backs of my legs.
Let you hold in mind, girls, that your beauty must pass
Like a lovely white clover that rusts with its grass.
Keep your bottoms off bar stools and marry while young
Or be left, an old barrel with many a bung.
For when time takes you out for a spin in his car,
You’ll be hard-pressed to stop him from going too far
And be left by the roadside, for all your good deeds —
Two toadstools for tits and a face full of weeds.
All the house raised a cheer, but the man at the bar
Made a phone call and up pulled a red patrol car.
And she blew us a kiss as he copped her away
From that prominent bar in Secaucus, NJ.
Walking is eco-friendlier.
It’s actually Bayonne.
I think I see the road hazard.
All activities whole be licensed!
That is how they are treated here (though more lenient on the "losing license"). Riding one of those in traffic you'd attract attention from Law Enforcement about the same as you would in an F-1 car.
Of course, in my younger days I was known to ride dirt bikes on the street. Never above 4th gear, though. Even rode to the orthodontist. I'd never do that now /
Can’t confirm from the angle, but the one on the right is definitely leaning ‘not guilty’-ish............
i got busted for riding a dirt bike ACROSS a street once...
the cop was a real prick and hated me but this was the only thing he could ever get me on so he made the most of it
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