Manhattan Pol Wants To Change State Law To Hold Reckless Drivers Accountable
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Substituting one word could eliminate the notion that prosecutors need to prove that a driver was aware of his or her misconduct.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Aggressive Driving
Firefighter Who Used His Car to Run Down a Cyclist is Still Driving Recklessly
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On Aug. 29, a speed camera caught De La Rosa's car speeding through a school zone in the Bronx.
City Workers Involved in More Injury-Causing Crashes: Report
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The increase in crashes that caused injuries or deaths is odd, considering that overall collisions decreased slightly, from 6,304 in 2018 to 6,061 in 2019.
STREETSBLOG INVESTIGATION: Hit-and-Run Drivers Injure Thousands — Why are So Few Ever Charged?
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Factors include badly worded state law, flawed NYPD investigations, juries comprised of drivers, and, let's face it, a general sense that vehicular crimes are not treated with the same level of seriousness as other crimes.
Psychotic Softee Driver Has Been Spoken To, Says Company Veep
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See any "stupid stuff" by a Mister Softee driver on the Addabbo Bridge? Call the company Vice President James Conway! Operators are standing by!
Queens’s Next Top Prosecutor Dodges Whether She’d Boot CB Member Who Said Pedestrians ‘Deserve’ to Die
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The Queens Beep still refuses to join her colleagues in condemning the community board member and city employee, who said at a public meeting that pedestrians “deserve” to die if they cross the street while looking at their phones.