Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Unlicensed Driver Who Backed Over and Killed Yolanda Casal Fined $500

By Brad Aaron | Nov 11, 2011 | 9 Comments

For at least the second time this year, an unlicensed driver will be punished with no more than a token fine for killing a Manhattan pedestrian.On June 30, Yolanda Casal, 78, and her 41-year-old daughter Anais Emmanuel were crossing Amsterdam Avenue near West 98th Street when Edwin Carrasco, 38, of Paterson, New Jersey, drove his […]

Jury Applies No Penalty to Speeding Driver For Killing Cyclist Jake McDonaugh

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2011 | 21 Comments

A Brooklyn jury has found defendant Michael Oxley not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2010 death of Jake McDonaugh, the Post reports. Oxley was speeding behind the wheel of a Dodge Caravan when he ran down cyclist McDonaugh at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Duryea Place last April. The investigation and prosecution […]

Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Crash Now Legal in New York City

By Brad Aaron | Oct 27, 2011 | 21 Comments

Time was, all a driver had to do to get away with killing someone with a car in New York City was prove sobriety and stay at the scene. But given the outcome of two recent cases it seems that, at least when the victim is a cyclist, police and prosecutors are flexible on the […]

Victim’s Family to NYPD: Tell Us What Happened to Our Son

By Brad Aaron | Oct 26, 2011 | 21 Comments

The family of Mathieu Lefevre, the 30-year-old artist killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike in East Williamsburg last week, was joined by dozens of supporters outside 1 Police Plaza today to demand that NYPD rein in deadly driving and end its policy of silence when it comes to fatal traffic crashes. Paul […]

Tomorrow: Rally at One Police Plaza Calling on NYPD to Uphold Traffic Laws

By Ben Fried | Oct 25, 2011 | 27 Comments

Last week, Mathieu Lefevre was biking south on Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg when he was killed by a truck driver turning right from Morgan onto Meserole Street. The driver parked a short distance away and left the scene. After trying to locate the driver for days, the NYPD finally tracked him down, but as […]

One Year After Taking Effect, State’s Vulnerable User Laws Gathering Dust

By Brad Aaron | Oct 13, 2011 | 9 Comments

Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the adoption of Hayley and Diego’s Law, which established the charge of “careless driving” in New York State and gave police and prosecutors a new tool to hold motorists who injure pedestrians and cyclists accountable. Unfortunately, says Transportation Alternatives, over the past 12 months the law has gone largely […]

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