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After hearing about the terrible car accident that made a teenager walking outside his high school lose his right leg, a NJ prosthetic limb company offered their services. Nouveau Prosthetics and Orthotics's director told the news, "I would like to be able to get Andrew [Tsai] walking again. When I heard about this particular child, I felt strongly that I wanted to help out." Doctors were able to save his left leg, which is amazing, given that early reports of the accident said that the accident, caused when a woman tried to flee ANOTHER accident crashed into a minivan, had severed both of Tsai's legs. Tsai is still unconscious, and his family is still very angry at the driver, Zongling Zhu, who was charge with a variety of offenses. One of our commenters who attended Francis Lewis High School said that cars rarely slow down outside the school, which makes Gothamist wonder if the city will better regulate areas that are pedstrian heavy - like shopping and school districts. Even a traffic camera that would lead to finding speeding drivers might help scare people into being more cautious.
Why Can't Drivers Slow Down?
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the street outside the school is a pretty fast moving street. Once you have a green, you're pretty much golden until you hit northern blvd. I've found myself going at least 40mph on that street sometimes...
That part of Queens is notorious for people driving recklessly. People come off the Grand Central, Clearview, or the LIE and act like it's the highway...
It may sounds simplistic, but those signs above the middle of the street that tell you how fast you are going are really good. Not only do they freak you out because you realize you are being watched on some level, but sometimes you simply don't realize how fast you are going if you are just going with the flow of traffic or are on a street by yourself. Most of us are not intentional speed demons and don't mind being pit in check on occasion if necessary.
For a city so desperate for money, you would think they would have more police on the road enforcing traffic violations and issuing tickets. The highest Speed Limit is 35mph on city streets, but that is too much around schools and heavy pedestrian areas. I'm not sure why the police for the most part ignore simple traffic laws. Other cities use unmarked cars to patrol the streets with speeding violations as their only job. The city needs more of these officers, and it seems like they would make money doing it. I don't understand.
Just this morning I watched as several cars and a large truck ran a red light on Canal and 6th Ave. (this happens all the time at this intersections). There was a police car sitting at the light on the opposite side of the street. The police car made an illegal U-turn, which I thought was to pursue the guilty parties, but instead the police officer pulled over to the curb and sat.
Go figure.
Bring back RoboCop!
To add to the last couple of posts, how feasible is it to install red light cameras at intersections? I know we're talking in the thousands, but seeing how often drivers blatantly run red lights, they could either be an easy revenue generator or make the streets safer for pedestrians.
Plus, don't major intersections already have cameras?
How about we take those cops off the Critical Mass beat and put them out to make sure crazy drivers don't run over school children?
I agree with Cyclist and Sensible. I'd also like to add, SPEED BUMPS. I too live directly across the street from an elementary school, and the cars buzz by regularly at 40 mph. There is also a deadly intersection at Calyer and Lorimer with a pedestrian sign (ha!) plus a walkway. Guess how many times I've almost been flattened by speeding vehicles with the MPPH-MPPH-MPPH of Euro Disco vibrating through closed windows?
The 94th Precinct is a mere 2 blocks away from many dangerous intersections and residential streets. They could totally make their ticket quota by just hanging out anywhere. I'd like to see this, just chilling in an unmarked vehicle with a speed gun, state trooper style!
Just a reminder - once you clock 'em, you gotta go pull them over. Seems like it would be a pain in the ass in most neighborhoods.
Not that I wouldn't also be in favor of it.