Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Daily News: Is There a Person in Your Parking Spot? Kill Them.

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2009 | 28 Comments

Ke Hai Du. Photo: Daily News Checkmate. In the unofficial battle for the most irresponsible, over-the-top media endorsement of motorist entitlement, the Daily News took the trophy this morning, declaring that drivers are within their rights to run down human beings who stand between their vehicles and on-street parking. Under an arguably racist headline, News […]

Vance to Speak at Traffic Justice Symposium

By Brad Aaron | Oct 21, 2009 | 2 Comments

Photo: New York Times Next Tuesday’s legal symposium on vehicular homicide, presented by Transportation Alternatives, the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, will feature a prominent special guest: presumptive Manhattan DA-elect Cy Vance. Vance will deliver opening remarks at the symposium, set to convene at 9 a.m. at the Cardozo […]

Legal Minds Converge to Tackle Traffic Justice; Will Team Vance Attend?

By Brad Aaron | Oct 15, 2009 | 1 Comment

In the past 30 days, no fewer than seven pedestrians have been killed by motorists in New York City. True to form, the only drivers to face charges were those found to be intoxicated. The rest were granted instantaneous pardons by NYPD, several without as much as a blemish on their driving record. Diego Martinez […]

When It Comes to Vehicular Violence, NYPD Sees No Evil

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2009 | 29 Comments

See any victims here? Neither does NYPD. Photo: Daily News Wednesday morning in Douglaston, Queens, an out-of-control driver plowed into a small crowd of commuters waiting for a Q30 bus. Witnesses say the as-yet-unidentified motorist, 17, was attempting to pass another vehicle when he lost control on rain-slicked Douglaston Parkway and jumped the curb. Reports […]

Instant Justice on the Streets of Sacramento

By Brad Aaron | Sep 23, 2009 | 13 Comments

Here’s another installment in what could ideally become a series on how police departments are doing right by pedestrians and cyclists. We posted the Chicago bike video a couple of weeks back. We now present the Sacramento crosswalk sting. (Warning: Insufferable Geico commercial may precede video.) Back in April, TV station KCRA filmed a plainclothes […]

Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict in Rare Murder Trial of Sober Driver

By Brad Aaron | Sep 23, 2009 | 31 Comments

The garbage truck driver who struck and killed two British tourists in Manhattan last February was convicted on two counts of second-degree murder yesterday. Auvryn Scarlett was off his epilepsy medication the night he had a seizure behind the wheel on W. 35th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The truck jumped the curb and […]

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