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Weak State Law Protects Unlicensed Drivers Who Kill
“It’s part of our giant blindspot for the dangers of driving," a lawyer said.
October 9, 2019
WTF? Mayor Says ‘Reckless Driver’ Bill Is Not ‘Most Urgent’
The mayor said he was unfamiliar with the 15-month-old bill, even though he has been asked about it many times. Then he said other bills are more urgent.
September 23, 2019
UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED: NYS Is About to Make it Even Easier for Untrained Drivers to Get Licenses
State lawmakers are making it easier for bad drivers to get licenses by allowing student drivers to take a questionable online safety course rather than the previously mandated five-hour, instructor-taught classroom session.
August 23, 2019
CYCLE OF RAGE: Forget Your Vanity Plates, Andrew, And Make Drivers Use These
Cuomo is right that license plates are a symbol — but he's willfully blinded himself to the symbolism embodied by the cars to which they're attached. So I decided to help with my own proposals for more realistic designs.
August 20, 2019
How Many Bad Drivers Are There in New York State? DMV Doesn’t Know — And Doesn’t Seem to Care!
DMV "does not have a way to know which records in our possession might answer the questions you have asked," the agency's Freedom of Information Law and Subpoena Unit told Streetsblog.
August 6, 2019
Ask the Candidates: Which District Attorney Will Make Queens Streets Safer?
Mostly, the seven Democrats vying for the Democratic nomination on June 25 have been focusing on what many believe are traditional law-and-order issues. But Streetsblog grilled them all on the most basic quality-of-life issues facing our community: street safety.
June 13, 2019
Police Arrest Maniac Who Tried to Drive Over a Cyclist — And He Should Never Have Been on the Road!
New York's Finest had initially let firefighter Brauley De La Rosa drive away without charges.
June 10, 2019
Senate Bill by Gounardes Would Seize Licenses from Reckless Drivers
Speed cameras are not enough, the mayor admitted. Now, we have to go after recidivist scofflaws.
May 24, 2019
Drivers Would Learn About Sharing the Road, Thanks to Senate Bill
The state Department of Motor Vehicles will have to do a better job of instructing would-be drivers that they're not the only vehicles on the road, and that their fellow motorists aren't the only thing to watch out for, thanks to a long-stalled Senate bill that finally passed on Tuesday.
May 16, 2019
Cops Finally Arrest Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed a Man Last Year
Law enforcement has finally arrested the hit-and-run driver they say killed a Queens man on a Manhattan sidewalk in October — but only for fleeing, not for the reckless driving that killed the victim in the first place.
March 6, 2019
