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It’s Still Legal to Run Over a Child on a New York City Sidewalk [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Oct 27, 2014 | 28 Comments

An 8-year-old girl run over on the sidewalk outside her Bronx school Friday was one of at least two New York City pedestrians killed by motorists over the weekend. A woman struck while walking to work in Brooklyn Sunday morning was the second victim. No charges have been filed in either crash. NYPD and the […]

Maximum Penalty for Cab Driver Who Killed Cooper Stock: 15 Days and $750

By Brad Aaron | Oct 17, 2014 | 22 Comments

The cab driver who killed 9-year-old Cooper Stock last January was charged this month with failure to exercise due care, a traffic infraction that carries a maximum 15-day jail sentence and a small fine. According to court records and the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, an arrest warrant was issued for Koffi Komlani […]

Vision Zero Hasn’t Changed NYPD Practice of Blaming Deceased Crash Victims

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2014 | 11 Comments

Last week an MTA bus driver crushed a pedestrian to death in Mott Haven. By all accounts the victim, walking with a cane, was in the crosswalk at Willis Avenue and E. 147th Street when the driver ran him over while turning left. If reports are correct the bus driver should be subject to charges under […]

The Case for Driving as Fast as You Want in a School Zone

By Brad Aaron | Oct 7, 2014 | 47 Comments

If you’re wondering who complains about a wrist-tap fine for speeding through a school zone during school hours — the type of person who has Council Member Mark Weprin sweating bullets over the city’s new 25 mph speed limit — check out this Times Ledger op-ed from one Bob Friedrich, an Eastern Queens eminence who believes […]

No Charges for Bus Driver Who Killed Pedestrian Jennifer White-Estick

By Brad Aaron | Sep 29, 2014 | 12 Comments

Police filed no charges against the MTA bus driver who killed a pedestrian in Bedford-Stuyvesant two weeks ago. Instead, NYPD and the tabloids put the victim on trial. At around 1:30 in the afternoon on Wednesday, September 17, Jennifer White-Estick was run over while trying to retrieve her cell phone from underneath a B44 bus […]

Every NYC Traffic Death Should Be Investigated Like the Central Park Crash

By Brad Aaron | Sep 22, 2014 | 83 Comments

When the news broke last week that a cyclist had critically injured a pedestrian in Central Park, a number of things happened that you don’t normally see after a serious New York City traffic crash. First, unlike most instances when a motorist strikes a pedestrian or cyclist, the crash received extensive and sustained coverage from […]

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