This plan delineates all required preparations and procedures in the event of lightning

Lightning cannot be prevented, but the vulnerability of employees and patrons near bodies of water shall be minimized to the greatest extent possible through this plan. The full plan is available on the Borough’s website.

Seaside Park has implemented a fully autonomous lightning detection system that does not require outside forces (internet or radar) or human interaction. This system detects lightning at 20, 10 and 5 miles. It cannot predict the first lightning strike. Therefore, it is important to watch the sky for storms developing overhead or nearby and get to a safe place prior to the first strike.

Since lightning can strike up to 10 miles from a storm, Seaside Park has implemented a 10-mile audible alarm setting. When lightning is within 10 miles the system automatically sets off audio horns with a “siren” sound at 158 decibels for 45 seconds. A strobe light is also triggered and stays on during the duration of the lightning event. The system automatically calculates the time and distance of lightning. Once there is no additional threat after 30 minutes from the last lightning strike within 10 miles, the system automatically triggers an “All Clear” horn sound lasting 45 seconds and turns off the strobe.

The three alarm devices are located on the boardwalk at the following streets – O, D and 9th. When the alarm sounds, it is audible at the bay as well. Signs with detailed information about days/hours of operation are at each beach entrance.

Section 39:4-36- Driver to yield to pedestrians, exceptions; violations, penalties

The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except at crosswalks when the movement of traffic is being regulated by police officers or traffic control signals, or where otherwise regulated by municipal, county, or State regulation, and except where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided:

(1) The driver of a vehicle shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the roadway within a marked crosswalk, when the pedestrian is upon, or within one lane of, the half of the roadway, upon which the vehicle is traveling or onto which is turning. As used in this paragraph, “half of the roadway” means all traffic lanes conveying traffic in one direction of travel, and includes the entire width of a one-way roadway.
(2) No pedestrian shall leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield or stop.
(3) Whenever any vehicle is stopped to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle.
(4) Every pedestrian upon a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(5) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a driver from the duty to exercise due care for the safety of any pedestrian upon a roadway. Nothing contained herein shall relieve a pedestrian from using due care for his safety.
b. A person violating any paragraph of subsection a. of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine to be imposed by the court in the amount of $200. The court may also impose upon a person violating any paragraph of subsection a. of this section, a penalty of community service not to exceed 15 days in such form and on such terms as the court shall deem appropriate. If the violation results in serious bodily injury to a pedestrian, the person convicted of the violation shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500, and may additionally be subject to a sentence of imprisonment not to exceed 25 days, or a license suspension not to exceed six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. As used in this section, “serious bodily injury” means serious bodily injury as defined in subsection b. of N.J.S.2C:11-1.
c. Of each fine imposed and collected pursuant to subsection b. of this section, $100 shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer who shall annually deposit the moneys into the “Pedestrian Safety Enforcement and Education Fund” created by section 1 of P.L.2005,c.86 (C.39:4-36.2).
d. In the event of a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian within a marked crosswalk, or at an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, there shall be a permissive inference that the driver did not exercise due care for the safety of the pedestrian.

Source: Neighborhood Watch - November 2024 – PTLM. Carl Del Conte

Section 39:4-14.2 – Keeping to right; exceptions; single file

Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction; provided, however, that any person may move to the left under any of the following situations:

(a) To make a left turn from a left-turn or pocket;
(b) To avoid debris, drains or other hazardous conditions that make it impracticable to ride at the right side of the roadway;
(c) To pass a slower moving vehicle;
(d) To occupy any available lane when traveling at the same speed as other traffic;
(e) To travel no more than two abreast when traffic is not impeded.

Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway may travel no more than two abreast when traffic is not impeded but otherwise shall ride in single file except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.

Section 39:4-14.1- Rights, duties of bicycle riders on roadways, exemptions

16 a. Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by chapter four of Title 39 of the Revised Statues and all supplements thereto except as to those provisions thereof which by their nature can have no application. Regulations applicable to bicycles shall apply whenever a bicycle is operated upon any highway or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles subject to those exceptions stated herein.
16 b. A law enforcement officer operating a bicycle while in the performance of his duty, and who is engaged in the apprehension of violators of the law or of persons charged with, or suspected of, a violation shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.

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