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Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey • Page 45

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4 1 Cyclists Back on Parkway At Mi dniorli After 14 Years IT" 4 0 Mafor Wants Legal Advice BRADLEY BEACH -Mayor D. Philip Gerand said yesterday he will consult with his lawyer before deciding whether to resign as mayor or as Monmouth County superintendent of elections. State Atty. Gen. Wiliam F.

Hyland ruled that Gerand is violating conflict of interest laws There apparently is no time limit on when, he must resign one of the jobs, but Residents United for Continued Progress, a Bradley Beach group that initiated the investigation that led to Hyland 's ruling, has said that unless Gerand resigns a suit will be filed against him. SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC Geese making their continue their flight along the "Atlantic Flyway" to annual flight south land by thousands to feed in their ultimate destinations in Maryland and Virginia. -fields at Colts Neck Township. The birds will Hunting season runs from Nov. 7 to 26.

Creature in Ice9 Remains Mystery UK) 111 1 i mmmm due time the owner will turn the creature over to scientists to determine the Hansen said about 200,000 people saw the creature during exhibits in shopping centers last year with an estimated $50,000 being made in profit. Hansen said half of this money was turned over to various charities. "If they (Heuvelmans and Sanderson) had not created such big fuss and if Heuvelmans had kept his word, the owner would have probably turned it over to someone in 1908, and we would know whether it is real or not," Hansen said. The Mysterious creature in Ice" will continue in-exhibit at the Monmouth on tours of fairs and shopping centers throughout North America since 1968. Hansen does not own the creature, and he would not divulge the owner's name to The Press yesterday.

Hansen said the creature was found on a fishing trip in the Bering Straits, was thought to be a fish, and was sent to Hong Kong. From there it was sent to Long Beach, Calif, where its owner hired Hansen, a retired U.S. Air Force pilot and fair circuit, exhibitor, to take the hairy creature on tours of the country. A Belgian scientist heard of the exhibit and the mysr terious hairy figure in ice and came to the United States to examine it. 'Dr.

EATONTOWN Man or monster, illusion or real, these are two of the questions that surround "The Mysterious Creature in Ice." No, it is not a Halloween hoax. There is something frozen in ice resembling an oversized man covered with hair. The creature, exhibited in a glass-enclosed, refrigerated coffin on a platform at Monmouth Mall this week, has been the center of controversy between scientists who contend the creature is a missing link to man's past, and its owner and exhibitor, who contends it is an1 "ill- us'on." Frank D. Hansen, Rolling-stone, has taken the creature in its frigid coffin Bernard Heuvelmans of Belgium's Royal Institute of Natural Sciences, and Ivan Sanderson, science editor of Argosy magazine, after much pleading with Hansen, were allowed to examine the creature. In their examinations, the glass to the coffin was broken and the smell of rotting flesh filled the trailer where it was kept.

It was then that the scientists knew the creature was real. However, when stopped on a crossing of the U.S.-Cana-dian border by customs Hansen said the creature was actually a fabr ricated illusion made to seem real. Even yesterday Hansen said the creature on exhibit was not real, adding that "in Asbury Park Press Garden State Parkway maintenance men may soon be painting out the motorcycles on the prohibition list at the bottom of Parkway entrance signs. veto message that questions i. By GERALD KAREY Press Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE At mid-' night motorcycles will have the freedom of the road on the Garden State Parkway for the first time stnce March 1, i They are being permitted back on the 173-mile toll road for a one-year trial period, 'during which time.

their effect on the safety record of I the Parkway will be Mark B. Rosen," who represents district two in the state of the American Motorcycle Association, said if the weather is favorable, t' he expects numerous cyclists to be on the road this week- end. But an expected ride in "celebration" by hundreds df members of the Newark Policeman's Benevolent 5 Association has been can-' celed, at least officially. 1 After Salvatore Bontempo, chairman of the N.J. Highway Authority, which operates, the Parkway, heard of the planned ride, he warned Parkway state police would prevent any kind of massing, motorcade or parade by' bikers.

Detective Ron Gasparinet-ti, PBA president who was organizing the ride," subsequently withdrew his sup- port, although it is still possible and legal for PBA member motorcyclists to, ride the Parkway tomorrow in large numbers. Oasparinetti complained that' Bonlempo's response to bis plans destroyed the image of bikers. Motorcycles were banned by "the authority on the basis of studies which the author-, ity said showed motorcycles contributed disproportionately to the number of accidents on the Parkway. That study showed that during a six-year period beginning in 1954, when motorcycles were permitted on the road, they accounted for 4 per cent of the total accidents, .72 per cent of the total injuries, and 2.13 per cent of total fatalities, while 1 representing only .01 per cent of total Parkway traffic. The ban survived a court several administrations in Trenton, changes in the composition of the authority and subsequent studies.

Last year, however, the Legislature passed a bill amending the authority act to permit motorcycles back on the Parkway. It was vetoed by Gov. Brendan T. Byrne, because he said he didn't think the legislation was sufficient to overrule the authority's right to ban motorcycles. But Byrne also wrote in his ASBURY PARK, N.J., FRIDAY, OCT.

31, 1975 Dl THE CREATURE' Mall here from 10 a.m. to 9: 30 p.m. through Nov. 8. opposite the Rite-Aid Phar-: macy.

G0KDSG CaXSjDQD (0 sqqG regarding the safety of could be best resolved with a trial period, and requested the authority to allow it. It took a year, the expansion of the authority from five to seven commissioners, and the appointment by Byrne of several commissioners before there were enough votes to approve the trial period. On 28, four Byrne appointees, Bontempo and Commissioners Robert Jablonski, Charles Starkey and Julian Hoffman voted for the trial period. Four votes were needed for passage, Bontempo also noted that cycles are permitted on all other toll roads in the state and are licensed by the "It shouldn't be thrust upon me to discriminate against these vehicles," he said. -'Bontempo pointed out the safety- record of the Parkway, which is considered one of the nation's safest toll roads, and said motorcyclists should have an opportunity to use it, rather than less safe local and secondary roads.

The study of motorcycles on the Parkway' will be funded by the state Department of Transportation. In 1972, a study, was undertaken by the authority's engineers, Edward and Kelcey which recommended contin- u'ing the ban. The. study vfound that in terms of accidents per Multi-tone jac quard of nylon 199 wdll-to w.ill over er, is exposed to direct impact with guard rails and safety barriers. The Turnpike does not classify motorcycles' separately so it is difficult to determine what percentage of the traffic flow they comprise and what proportion of accidents they are involved But Trooper Robert Bars, of the Turnpike state police, said it never struck him that motorcycles are involved in an excessive number of accidents.

But recent statistics compiled by the National Safety Council indicate it is still relatively hazardous to ride a motorcycle, although the person in most jeopardy is, apparently, the motorcyclist ''When a motorcycle is involved in an accident, his chances of being injured or killed are greater than if he were riding in a vehicle," the Council reports. Concerning the risk from accidents, Mark Rosen said, "that's the nature of the thing. We pose a greater hazard to ourselves." And that is the choice motorcyclists make, Rosen said. pile hundred-million vehicle miles, the motorcycle Involvement rate was greater than the accident rate for all vehicles by a factor of 1.2 to 1, Based on the number of occupant fatalities, the motorcycle fatality rate was approximately twice' on 'a per-vehicle basis, and five to six times on a per-vehicle-mile basis," as that for all vehicles, i'- The report also cited special hazards motorcycles face on roads like the Garden State Parkway: High operating speed conditions result in particular hazards. Many motorcycles are, incapable of maintaining the sustained speed required for safe and efficient operation.

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The- turnpike is closed to motorcycles and, vans In bad weather, In addition, there is no size limit for motorcycles. The New Jersey Safety, Council and the National Safety Council have pub-j. lished several guides for the safe operation of motorcycles. They also encourage motorists to become familiar with the performance capabilities and limitations of motorcycles. 'J The state-Safety Council points out that "drivers often assume the cycle is like a jiot the case! have less stability than cars, and less maneuverability than -bicycles." Cyclists are urged to ride in the left tire track (Of cars' to be "better able, to see beyond the car in front to oncoming traffic and possible hazards, as well as the car behind when checking for cars moving up to pass." In the left track, cyclists also can avoid debris that tends to gather in the center of the lane and stay out of the blind spot of motorists in motorcycles return to the Parkway tonight, it will be with some restrictions.

They will be banned from the extreme left lane where the road has three lanes, banned from the express lanes between the Asbury Park and Raritan River toll plazas, and prohibited from "cars only" toll booths i. Because the Parkway is an open road, with numerous unmanned entrances, the authority will make1 no attempt to close the Parkway to motorcycles in bad Ban-Ion saxony of 100 nylon 1199 njU wdll-to-wall over I I Jllw rubber, padding IB yd Sculptured shag of 100 nylon 1199 nila wall-to-wall over I I sq-. JIIC rubber padding II yd Rugged mini-shag of 100 Acrilan- acrylic pile hi-lo 799 S3 II wall-to-wall over niflAn nlU over sq. nyiOil PMC rubber padding yd textured rubber padding Smooth velvet Although it is not required in the state, the National Safety Council urges motorcyclists to ride with the motorcycle headlight on at all times to Improve visibility, of the motorcycle. 'The council also urges cyclists to wear brightly colored, reflective clothing.

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