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This is something we all have to get involved in. I think its great that a R.I. university secured that grant and published it. Many times in Massachusetts people I know have been told to leave different areas. The parking issue seems to be the underlying means that officers use to get people out of certain areas. This is because at the end of many roads, even if they are public ways there is not much room to park. And any place in this commonwealth when an operator of a motor vehicle parks on a public way and there is not ten feet of lane left for vehicles to pass in the same direction then there is a violation. That means that after tagging, the vehicle in violation can be towed. But beyond this there are many rights of way that are obscured and overgrown and the law clearly states it is the property owners repsonsibilty to clear these rights of way, each owner giving an equal share of land to the right of way and clearing an equal share of that land, so that those who want may pass through to gain access to the beach. I think its about time that a study be propsed in that very same regard that was done in R.I. here in Massachusetts. I don't deny anybody with money the right to buy beach front property but I take offense when because of their money they think they can change the rules.
What it boils down to for everyone in Mass. is that if they want to fish someplace and their are signs prohibiting parking there they should go to the town clerks office in that town and ask if those signs were placed there after the town fathers voted in the affirmative when someone made application for no parking signs to be placed wherever there is a question as to the legality of any signage. Someone who lives on a street cannot place signs of any kind that direct anyone to do anything with regard to any law.
Check with each town that you fish in. Don't rely on word of mouth, rumor, or third hand information, because that as a defense to a parking ticket or worse is no defense.