Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

After NYPD Blamed the Victim, Brooklyn DA Will Reconstruct Lefevre Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 7, 2012 | 21 Comments

Months after NYPD blamed cyclist Mathieu Lefevre for his own death, prosecutors with the office of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes continue their investigation into the crash. Meanwhile, the Department of Motor Vehicles has suspended the license of the truck driver who police say fatally struck Lefevre, then left the scene. Hynes’s office has retained […]

Driver Cleared for Killing Manhattan Cyclist Says He Was “Probably” Speeding

By Brad Aaron | Jul 31, 2012 | 19 Comments

A driver who killed a Manhattan cyclist last summer and was not charged or ticketed for the crash later told authorities he was likely speeding at the time of the collision. Ray Deter, a popular and revered East Village bar owner, was riding east on Canal Street on the afternoon of June 27, 2011, when […]

Council Members Call on Ray Kelly to Reform NYPD Crash Investigations

By Ben Fried | Jul 25, 2012 | 7 Comments

Commissioner Ray Kelly and the New York City Police Department cannot continue to let thousands of serious injuries caused by dangerous driving go uninvestigated each year, said a group of City Council members, street safety advocates, and victims’ families on the steps of City Hall today. Council members are following up on a February hearing […]

DWAI Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer Not Charged for Death of Harlem Man

By Brad Aaron | Jul 18, 2012 | 6 Comments

A driver who left a trail of carnage through East Harlem, killing an innocent bystander, has been sentenced to as little as a year in jail after she escaped charges for taking a life. Simone Walters was driving down Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard on the night of July 21, 2011, when she struck Robert Bond […]

Two Dead in the Bronx as Killer Drivers Continue to Game NY Legal System

By Brad Aaron | Jul 16, 2012 | 8 Comments

Two people are dead and another is in critical condition after separate hit-and-run crashes in the Bronx this weekend. On Friday at around 11:20 p.m., David Ellis was riding a friend’s bike on Webster Avenue near East Gun Hill Road when he was struck by the driver of a Nissan Maxima traveling in the same […]

Succeeding Where Albany Failed, Pennsylvania Strengthens Hit-and-Run Law

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2012 | No Comments

Legislators in Pennsylvania this year did what Albany lawmakers could not: addressed a loophole in state law that gives hit-and-run drivers an incentive to leave the scene of a serious crash. But the arduous task of getting a bill to the desk of Governor Tom Corbett exemplifies the difficulty in holding reckless motorists accountable, even […]

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