Gothamist: Blogger Hit and Run on the LES

Bob

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:05:40 -0500

"And as long as we want (or believe we need) vengence more than solutions it will continue to be that way." Yeah, we need to ban all cars. Oh, I know, lets ban dodgeball, and then, using abortion, we can breed the aggressiveness out everyone (except the social engineering czars like you who will lead us to paradise). It is not wrong to punish appropriately for mistakes or for intentional law-breaking. Sort of like you being verbally slapped around for not using a spell-checker. (It's VENGEANCE). See, you are more likely to use one next time.

Renee

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:41:47 -0500

There are hit and runs in Manhattan all the time, FYI. I was run over by a truck in Chinatown three months ago and only just got off of my crutches. When ten bones in your foot are broken when you were crossing with the light, in the crosswalk, your number one concern is not plate number. It's getting out of the street before another driver runs over you and drives off too.

D

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:14:20 -0500

In Bloomberg NYC this is all entirely acceptable. There is no penalty for driving like a sociopath. There is no attempt made to make people stop. The guiding directive is "keep the traffic moving." Nothing more.

true for you

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:58:27 -0500

wisdom or sadism, which are we? hit and run drivers run for the same reason kids in trouble run from angry adults: we are a punitive society not a problem-solving society. And as long as we want (or believe we need) vengence more than solutions it will continue to be that way.

Jeff

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:44:28 -0500

Doesn't matter where you cross Delancey. If westbound traffic is turning right onto any of the intersecting streets, 3 out of 5 cars will come blazing through the turns as if there is no pedestrian right-of-way. The number of times I've almost been run down at Delancey and Bowery is appalling, and it's a shame that you can't bust people for driving poorly and almost hitting people...

Larry

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:02:54 -0500

Anyone who knows this area should know better. You need to be very careful, or better yet, don't cross there!

Gwin

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:45:33 -0500

I live on Allen below Delancey and have almost been hit so many times at that intersection (particularly crossing Delancey on the East side of the street). What's even more amazing is that there are now one or two traffic cops guiding traffic at that intersection during the morning and evening rushes, but even then they do nothing to stop reckless driving.

GM

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:44:17 -0500

Yawn. Old News. This story broke on WordHumper yesterday.

GM

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:38:16 -0500

Yawn. Old News. This story broke on WordHumper yesterday.

robin.g

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:40:37 -0500

Tumbleweed it sounds like he hit you on purpose.

nick

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:58:25 -0500

i'd say crossing a street not in the crosswalk is more of a liability. but still, that intersection can get pretty gnarly.

edEx

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:51:33 -0500

I think people need to be more aware of license plate numbers. i saw a car take off after hitting someone and the first thing i thought of was the plate number.

Tumbleweed

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:53:14 -0500

Two Fridays ago I was crossing Allen at Delancey whe a driver turned off Delancey and slipped between some crossing pedestrians. I had been crossing a little ways down from the painted white lines of the pedestrian crosswalk and he slowed his car down as he approached me and then hit the gas, gunning the car and braking just in time to hit me and knock me over but not run me over. It was a frightening experience - that intersection is a liability.

Tumbleweed

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:51:52 -0500