When the Lights Go Down in The City - Blame Jersey

It's bad enough when a Jersey driver enters New York City, but now they are destroying our light poles. Those light poles that our hard earned tax dollars paid for. If they're going to be knocked down, it damn well better be by a car with New York plates. And if you are going to run over a light pole, wouldn't you check your car for damage when you did it? Perhaps when doing that, you might notice that your freaking license plate is missing! Joe, who snapped the picture here (click it to enlarge), has an idea of what the conversation might have gone after the incident:

Passenger: Dude, you just backed into that light pole.
Driver: What?!
Passenger: You just knocked over the light pole.
Driver: Crap! Did anybody see us? I don't see anybody.
Passenger: I don't see anyone. Let's get out of here before anyone notices.
Driver: Yeah, let's get back to Hoboken.

Now, we're wondering two things. Did someone already steal the light off of the pole and can the DOT (or whoever is in charge of that pole) track down the owner of the car and make them pay for it?

Photo by Joe Schumacher

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kinda sorta looks like that license plate was placed there for comic effect...

i love the site, but stop hating on new jersey. it's so "i jest moved out of new york city for the first time to start college and need to let everybody know that i'm a cool new yorker".

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i think i'm entitled to hate on nj as much as i want. you know, as i didn't just move to new york or anything.

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Well the plate can be traced and if the car has damage, then that may be enough.
And why the New Jersey hate?
What has New Jersey ever done to you?

Tien just oozes wit. Sheer billiance.

What has New Jersey ever done to you?

We have given them the syrup smell of love..and a large dose of toxic chemical reactions :D

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New York drivers aren't much better. I mean, I give them tremendous amounts of credit for being able to drive in the city, but put them in Jersey and they sputter along in the middle lane of Route 80 doing 45 miles an hour.

Jen is a Jersey Girl, right?

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