Dissimilar signs confuse parking at lifeguard spots

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 23, 2012

~~<p>Question: I was at Ala Moana Beach Park after 5:30 p.m. the other day and was going to park in a lifeguard stall because they had all left for the day. A man in civilian board shorts, parked in a lifeguard stall, told me, “Eh, you cannot park here. This only for lifeguards,” as he took his surfboard off his vehicle, obviously going surfing. Why is it that the lifeguard parking stalls at Ala Moana are reserved 24/7, when other beach parks only reserve the lifeguard parking when they are on duty?</p>
<p>Answer: For most of the city’s lifeguard-reserved stalls, “there really is no reason” people cannot park in them when the lifeguards are off duty, acknowledged Ralph Goto, administrator of the Ocean Safety & Lifeguard Services Division.</p>
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Question: I was at Ala Moana Beach Park after 5:30 p.m. the other day and was going to park in a lifeguard stall because they had all left for the day. A man in civilian board shorts, parked in a lifeguard stall, told me, “Eh, you cannot park here. This only for lifeguards,” as he took his surfboard off his vehicle, obviously going surfing. Why is it that the lifeguard parking stalls at Ala Moana are reserved 24/7, when other beach parks only reserve the lifeguard parking when they are on duty?

Answer: For most of the city’s lifeguard-reserved stalls, “there really is no reason” people cannot park in them when the lifeguards are off duty, acknowledged Ralph Goto, administrator of the Ocean Safety & Lifeguard Services Division. Login for more...