Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Judge Clears Unlicensed Driver Who Left Doored Cyclist to Die in the Street

By Brad Aaron | May 30, 2012 | 15 Comments

An unlicensed driver who fatally doored a Brooklyn cyclist and left the scene has had the sole criminal charge against her thrown out of court. In September 2010, 23-year-old Jasmine Herron was run over by a city bus on Atlantic Avenue after Krystal Francis, of Staten Island, opened a car door in her path. According to reports, […]

Three Strikes Bill Would Terminate Licenses of Serial Dangerous Drivers

By Brad Aaron | May 30, 2012 | 20 Comments

One of the more pernicious shortcomings of New York State’s slapdash traffic justice system is its failure to keep dangerous drivers off the road. As long as repeat offenders pay their fines and don’t get caught driving drunk, they can for the most part count on holding on to a drivers license, no matter how […]

State Senate Passes Bill Eliminating Incentive to Leave Scene of Crashes

By Noah Kazis | May 24, 2012 | 7 Comments

If you get drunk, get behind the wheel of a car and get into a crash in New York State, you should flee the scene. Not morally, of course, but legally the repercussions will be less severe. A drunk driver who stays at the scene of a crash can be charged with a felony; sober […]

No More Excuses: Albany Bill Tells NYPD How to Enforce Careless Driving

By Brad Aaron | May 24, 2012 | 8 Comments

At the February City Council hearing on NYPD traffic enforcement, council members and the public learned that a driver who injures a pedestrian or cyclist in New York City is not normally cited under the state vulnerable user laws unless an officer witnesses the violation. NYPD officials said department protocol prohibits precinct officers from issuing tickets […]

Man Who Killed Sister Mary Celine Graham in NYPD Chase Pleads to Murder

By Brad Aaron | May 8, 2012 | 2 Comments

A man who plowed into a crowd of Harlem pedestrians while fleeing police, killing a nun, has pleaded guilty to murder. On the morning of June 22, 2010, police investigating a string of gunpoint robberies stopped a minivan occupied by Dyson Williams and William Robbins near W. 142nd Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, according to a […]

If Cars Were Cranes …

By Brad Aaron | May 2, 2012 | 6 Comments

Below is a statement from Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, issued last week after James Lomma was cleared of manslaughter for the deaths of two workers in a 2008 crane collapse: “Although we are disappointed with the Judge’s verdict, each case we have brought in this area has put increased scrutiny on the construction industry […]

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