Gothamist: Car Crashes into Flatiron Subway Restaurant

Kingpin

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:45:10 -0500

Thank goodness nobody was killed because it could have so easily happened. Makes you wonder though in this CNN/Fox news world, does the absense of a serious injury remove the seriousness of the incident?

Steven

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:17:59 -0500

There goes a macbook and the information it carried unless the owner did a backup. Wonder if Jobs will give the owner a new one?

jchez

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:14:52 -0500

This reminds me of the "accident/murder" at the Starbucks on Route 4 in Bergen County (no longer there). A college professor sat down by the window in one of those comfy chairs that some Starbusck have and just at that moment a drunk driver crashed through the window killing him. After the Restaurant reopened, they put up barriers in front to prevent this from happening again. Kind'a late, if you asked me. Whenever I went to that Starbucks, I used to get a perverse sense of pleasure by pointing to the new chair in the same spot and retelling that story to whoever was with me. Invariably the person in the chair would move to another spot.

interlard

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:10:32 -0500

Looks like the sleeper agents have been activated. This is how it ends. Either we all get mown down by drivers having seizures or we can't use the sidewalks any more because they're all blocked with planters. Manhattan doesn't need cars. It's tiny. Turn the avenues into parks and we'll all just ride bikes.

nivek

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:07:18 -0500

It did enter it, first of all. Faster normal combustion engine cars (above 30mph) also waste less fuel...not everyone is driving a hybrid/electric car which is efficient at low speeds.

babyhitler

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:59:13 -0500

3- I disagree. If there was congestion pricing then there would be less cars on the road and more cars going faster. Faster cars = bigger crashes.That car would have entered that subway instead of merely ramming it. Congestion pricing saves lives Note to self - whenever you are in a big accident, just pretend to have seizure and get off scot free.

MFer

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:30:18 -0500

MFers Against Epileptic Drivers.

Think twice

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:22:15 -0500

We're gonna need frickin' bollards and planters up and down the sidewalk so that these seizure prone drivers can smash themselves up at leisure and leave us pedestrians alone!

MidCFrank

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:06:03 -0500

See -- we need congestion pricing!

gothamistgal

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:37:29 -0500

How does one plummet without falling?

MFer

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:26:15 -0500

I'm sad for the MacBook.