First off, I agree - no way is this video copyright protected. If public money went to it, there is no arguement to not let the public see/broadcast/etc it (except in a case of someone going on trial and/or police are searching for someone, the video is evidence and has something in it that would hinder finding the suspect or would "contanimate a jury pool", then it can be delayed, but still not kept from the public, but by court order only - with "maybe" an exception in a rape on video or something involving a child).
As for the guy (or gal) who drove head first into the toll booths - well, that one was an EZPass lane (as proved by that little purple strip above the lane they were attempting to go through at 65 miles an hour). EZPass people don't think they need to slow down (I forget the exact speed limit through those lanes, but it's pretty slow), so the idiot just decided he'd just fly through. As for the other cars - would YOU want to drive close to a car on fire that might blow up? - My only regret, since it was an EZPass lane, there wasn't an over paid politician's relative manning the booth. Harsh I know, but now to my final point...
The reason NJ doesn't want the video out, is they don't want everyone to know how dangerous and deadly the tolls are, because they enjoy stealing money from everyone, even when the tolls for the Parkway were suppose to be taken out sometime when I was 1 year old (and now I'm 30!). They don't want people to talk on cell phones, drink coffee and change radio stations - but they DO want us digging for change at 65 miles an hour while people fly in front of us to go several lanes over to the "appropriate" toll lane.
Yep, that's the real reason they are supressing the video. If the public has proof the tolls are dangerous, they might actually have to - *gasp* - get rid of them in the duty to public safety!!!
I agree with Red Flayer - and tomz (and others) if you aren't a native New Jerseyan, you can't understand. It is a true mental thing with us natives. The thing is us real true and PROUD natives actually KNOW the state, unlike you who proved it by naming two towns/cities (Newark and Madison and points "inbetween") when Madison and Newark are what.... 15 miles away from each other? That's the problem with people like you, NYers and people who've never been here, or been past the Pulaski - they just don't know NJ. I blame the NYer influx for totalling ruining the state, it use to be much different when I was I kid (I'm a central-east coast native).
Beyond the few tiny counties bordering Manhattan (and yes, I know - technically the Hudson River), which is over populated and over polluted - NJ is a very different place - and is very much a "Garden State". I believe it was the Travel Channel that listed Cape May as a top 10 beach in the US, up against Hawaiian, Floridian and Califorian beaches. There are peaceful and beautiful mountains up in the northwest - very PA actually there. And quite and peaceful plains in the north and south central. And truely creepy and deserted plains along the shore. No way is it over populated and polluted everywhere. You just need to explore.
It's like blaming and judging all of NY state for Manhattan and the other 4 boroughs.
Now the people are another story - but still is those areas, the people tend to be much nicer, and the bad ones seem to have moved here from NY. Like the annoying neighbors who moved in behind me, who steal things and don't understand there is a thing called a possum, as they think we are habouring "RATS" to get get back at their crimes - lol. And the worse drivers (outside of those annoying "NY" counties) usually are NYers and PAans - I even saw a bad "NJ plate" driver, I commented - they must be originally from NY and looked and saw the dealership the car was bought from... Manhattan - lol - no NJan buys a car in NY, much less MANHATTAN, so I was right on that account.
As for taxes and all, I looked at the facts (and I'm very familiar with PA, (the real PA, deep into the state), have been visiting all my life, since my parents are from PA, they moved back to PA and a brother lives there now also). Taxes are just called different things in PA and other states, different "fees" and such, property tax is the same (like you pay twice more for the house in CA or NY, evaulated at twice the amount of the NJ house, paying "half" the rate, but actually the same amount in taxes in the end AND more in mortgage) - and if you find the right town in NJ versus certain towns in PA (especially rural ones) it is CHEAPER in NJ. Of course there ARE completely afforadable ones too, but those ones are so far in and away from everything I enjoy, that the cost to be paid versus cost saved would inpact my quality of life and it's enjoyment (aka, the shore and such).
Oh and the Route 22 comment someone made, must not have gone the entire route, about a halfway west is starts to REALLY thin out, and where are all those 24 hour places? I know there are a few diners and such, but not much else - I'm a night person (and have traveled much of the state) I know where the late night stuff are, and there isn't much - at least not from Union county on.
The people who insult NJ are NYers, people who've never been here but have listened to NYers, and alleged NJans who are only from the "New York extension" counties that lie accross from Manhattan (aka Newark, Madison, etc), and transplants. They aren't "real" NJans anyway.
Yes we are over taxed, and our politicians are corrupted as hell, but the same thing goes at least in some areas of virtually any state, with some states actually WORSE (including the emminement domain) - so I prefer to stay and try and fight and change it, instead of cutting and running with my tail between my legs like some coward - and anyway, I'll just have to fight the same fight somewhere else. Hey, George Washington
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First off, I agree - no way is this video copyright protected. If public money went to it, there is no arguement to not let the public see/broadcast/etc it (except in a case of someone going on trial and/or police are searching for someone, the video is evidence and has something in it that would hinder finding the suspect or would "contanimate a jury pool", then it can be delayed, but still not kept from the public, but by court order only - with "maybe" an exception in a rape on video or something involving a child). As for the guy (or gal) who drove head first into the toll booths - well, that one was an EZPass lane (as proved by that little purple strip above the lane they were attempting to go through at 65 miles an hour). EZPass people don't think they need to slow down (I forget the exact speed limit through those lanes, but it's pretty slow), so the idiot just decided he'd just fly through. As for the other cars - would YOU want to drive close to a car on fire that might blow up? - My only regret, since it was an EZPass lane, there wasn't an over paid politician's relative manning the booth. Harsh I know, but now to my final point... The reason NJ doesn't want the video out, is they don't want everyone to know how dangerous and deadly the tolls are, because they enjoy stealing money from everyone, even when the tolls for the Parkway were suppose to be taken out sometime when I was 1 year old (and now I'm 30!). They don't want people to talk on cell phones, drink coffee and change radio stations - but they DO want us digging for change at 65 miles an hour while people fly in front of us to go several lanes over to the "appropriate" toll lane. Yep, that's the real reason they are supressing the video. If the public has proof the tolls are dangerous, they might actually have to - *gasp* - get rid of them in the duty to public safety!!!
I agree with Red Flayer - and tomz (and others) if you aren't a native New Jerseyan, you can't understand. It is a true mental thing with us natives. The thing is us real true and PROUD natives actually KNOW the state, unlike you who proved it by naming two towns/cities (Newark and Madison and points "inbetween") when Madison and Newark are what.... 15 miles away from each other? That's the problem with people like you, NYers and people who've never been here, or been past the Pulaski - they just don't know NJ. I blame the NYer influx for totalling ruining the state, it use to be much different when I was I kid (I'm a central-east coast native).
Beyond the few tiny counties bordering Manhattan (and yes, I know - technically the Hudson River), which is over populated and over polluted - NJ is a very different place - and is very much a "Garden State". I believe it was the Travel Channel that listed Cape May as a top 10 beach in the US, up against Hawaiian, Floridian and Califorian beaches. There are peaceful and beautiful mountains up in the northwest - very PA actually there. And quite and peaceful plains in the north and south central. And truely creepy and deserted plains along the shore. No way is it over populated and polluted everywhere. You just need to explore.
It's like blaming and judging all of NY state for Manhattan and the other 4 boroughs.
Now the people are another story - but still is those areas, the people tend to be much nicer, and the bad ones seem to have moved here from NY. Like the annoying neighbors who moved in behind me, who steal things and don't understand there is a thing called a possum, as they think we are habouring "RATS" to get get back at their crimes - lol. And the worse drivers (outside of those annoying "NY" counties) usually are NYers and PAans - I even saw a bad "NJ plate" driver, I commented - they must be originally from NY and looked and saw the dealership the car was bought from... Manhattan - lol - no NJan buys a car in NY, much less MANHATTAN, so I was right on that account.
As for taxes and all, I looked at the facts (and I'm very familiar with PA, (the real PA, deep into the state), have been visiting all my life, since my parents are from PA, they moved back to PA and a brother lives there now also). Taxes are just called different things in PA and other states, different "fees" and such, property tax is the same (like you pay twice more for the house in CA or NY, evaulated at twice the amount of the NJ house, paying "half" the rate, but actually the same amount in taxes in the end AND more in mortgage) - and if you find the right town in NJ versus certain towns in PA (especially rural ones) it is CHEAPER in NJ. Of course there ARE completely afforadable ones too, but those ones are so far in and away from everything I enjoy, that the cost to be paid versus cost saved would inpact my quality of life and it's enjoyment (aka, the shore and such).
Oh and the Route 22 comment someone made, must not have gone the entire route, about a halfway west is starts to REALLY thin out, and where are all those 24 hour places? I know there are a few diners and such, but not much else - I'm a night person (and have traveled much of the state) I know where the late night stuff are, and there isn't much - at least not from Union county on.
The people who insult NJ are NYers, people who've never been here but have listened to NYers, and alleged NJans who are only from the "New York extension" counties that lie accross from Manhattan (aka Newark, Madison, etc), and transplants. They aren't "real" NJans anyway.
Yes we are over taxed, and our politicians are corrupted as hell, but the same thing goes at least in some areas of virtually any state, with some states actually WORSE (including the emminement domain) - so I prefer to stay and try and fight and change it, instead of cutting and running with my tail between my legs like some coward - and anyway, I'll just have to fight the same fight somewhere else. Hey, George Washington