A grand jury declined to indict an off-duty police officer who fatally killed another driver in a road rage shooting last year. Officer Sean Sawyer waited 19 hours before turning himself in for the October 2007 shooting of Jayson Tirado. An accident on the FDR forced cars to exit, and Tirado had apparently refused to let him merge in a lane off the FDR (closed due to an accident) and later cut him off on......

One teenager has been arrested and police are seeking a second suspect in the murder of a 25-year-old man shot to death following a minor traffic accident in the Bronx. Adolfo Gonzalez was shot twice in the chest early Saturday morning, after he got into a fender bender with two other vehicles. Two cars were reportedly simultaneously making u-turns around 5 a.m. Saturday morning near White Plains Road and Morris Park Ave. in the Bronx.......

Yesterday, the Post reported about a strange and disturbing road rage incident in Red Hook last week. A woman was ultimately repeatedly hit by the driver of a Land Rover. According to police sources, on Thursday afternoon, the woman got out of her car to speak with 63-year-old Jeffrey Klempner, who was in his SUV at Columbia Street and Atlantic Avenue, "to talk to him about an earlier collision." Klempner "denied any wrongdoing," but when......

A taxi driver was fatally run over by another driver at Madison and East 65th Street shortly after midnight. Police believe that the taxi got into an accident with a black Nissan Altima, and then two drivers got into an argument. After the taxi driver got out of the cab, the Nissan's driver hit him. The Nissan's driver and passenger, a man and a woman, fled the scene, and witnesses say the taxi driver was......

City officials are warning drivers that they should expect to spend more time sitting in traffic than waiting in line while holiday shopping. Today is the first of nine designated holiday gridlock days, when the city tries to head off street-clogging traffic that can frustrate even a seasoned city driver. NY1 quotes some professional drivers and visitors on how bad traffic can be around Thanksgiving and the holidays in New York. “Oh man, traffic is......

Jose Rivera, who shot at a car full of undercover cops, hitting one of them, was sentenced to 16 years in jail. In February, while driving in Park Slope-Prospect Heights, Rivera thought that the cops were giving him a dirty looks and yelled at them, "You got a beef?" and then fired. The police fired back and later, Rivera's police officer wife seemed to try to cover up the shooting by parking their bullet-ridden car......

An off-duty police officer turned himself in for Sunday's fatal road rage-related shooting in Harlem. Sean Sawyer, who joined the NYPD and worked as an undercover officer, approached a police cruiser yesterday morning, "I think you guys are looking for me for the shooting last night on the FDR [Drive]...This is the gun I used...I thought the guy was armed - make a sign like a gun. I think I'm having a heart attack; please......

A 25-year-old driver was shot and killed at First Avenue and East 117th Street. Police believe that Jayson Tirado and the driver of an SUV got into an argument when an accident on the FDR (a motorcyclist hit a light pole after trying to switch lanes and died) prompted them to exit onto the streets. The Sun reports that the two drivers started arguing before turning onto First Avenue and the SUV's driver started shooting......

When it comes to road rage, New York City ranks second, after Miami, according to a survey from an automobile club. We don't know if we should be proud or ashamed that we moved up from the three position! We assume that we can credit drivers from other states, as well as resident NYers in helping us reach #2. The rest of the cities with rudest drivers: Boston at 3, LA at 4, and DC......

Whether it's road rage or simply being stupid or both, this story is really ridiculous. When 25-year-old and 9 months pregnant Michelle Hagler called the police to complain that Shlomo Fine's car was blocking her driveway in Midwood, Fine struck back. Literally. The Post reports that he "drove into" Hagler a total of three times before leaving. Three times! And not just any person - a pregnant lady! Fine came back 45 minutes later and......

The intersection of 94th Street and Ditmars Boulevard in Queens became the scene of a violent confrontation last night. An off-duty corrections officer shot another man during a struggle that stemmed from road rage. Officer Emilio Maldonado, who works at a correctional facility in Bedford Hills, honked his car's horn when the SUV in front of him didn't move during the green light. The SUV's driver and passenger, brothers Chris and Leroy Kenner, got out......

In the otherwise bucolic Brooklyn neighborhood of Dyker Heights (especially at Christmas with all the elaborate Christmas setups), a man was beaten and shot yesterday afternoon in what police believe was a road rage incident. George Fattakhov and a friend were driving around in their Lexus around 66th Street and 10th Avenue when the incident occurred. The passenger told the NY Times what happened:As the two were driving through Dyker Heights, a shiny white Cadillac......

-- Phillip McKelvey of Riverside Drive was arrested on suspicion of committing a series of rapes in Harlem-- the victims were homeless women. -- Mary Kate Olsen doesn't wash her hands after using the bathroom. Isn't she supposed to be the good one? -- The first lawsuit in the Bartha explosion case has been filed. -- Here's a big pile of kittens. Not cute enough? Check out Pepper! -- Bruno Kirby, the famous character......

An off-duty police officer riding his motorcycle was run over by an SUV driven by a drunk volunteer firefighter from NJ yesterday morning. Eric Concepcion, a Bronx native who worked the Yankee Stadium detail, had been riding on the West Side Highway with a friend when Robert Derian put a blue emergency light on his Jeep Cherokee, possibly trying to pull them over. Then Dorian crashed his car into Concepcion's bike; Derian ended up "pushing......

We've heard of 'roid rage and road rage, but who knew there was a rooster rage (outside of a farm, at least). The ASPCA responded to a call about a headless rooster on the fire escape of an Inwood apartment building, and found out that 52 year old Humberto Rodriguez had bit his pet rooster's head and broke its wings. Rodriguez said he got mad because the rooster attacked his pet baby pigeons. OF COURSE......

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They're biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That's right, Mapquest says "Houston had the......

An auto club, AutoVantage, found the NYC ranks third out of major U.S. cities for road rage. Considering that L.A. is fourth (number 1 is Miami, followed by Phoenix; Boston is 5th), that is quite an accomplishment. Yet it makes perfect sense. Roads are narrow, there's double-parking galore, pedestrians are pretty aggressive, out-of-towners try to turn on red - and throw in all the buses and taxis. So, who knew people were so angry in......

During broad daylight, a gunman shot at a livery cab in Harlem at least 10 times, killing its passenger. Bullets hit the passenger side window and door as the car was on East 129th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues. The NY Times reports that a witness tried to follow the shooter's car, a beige, gray or gold Honda Accord, but "lost track of it on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens." The vicitim, Reginald......

Yesterday's SUV-jumping-a-Midtown-curb incident was actually more than an incident of just a driver losing control. It all started when the drivers of two cars got into a fight. A police lieutenant decided to intervene to "avoid a road rage" incident and asked the driver of a Honda SUV for his license. As Hugo Palamino took his license out of his wallet, a small bag with a white, drug-like substance fell out. And at that,......

- Whole Foods doesn't want you taking pictures. It seems like it's time for everyone with a camera to swarm Whole Foods with cameras. - An off-duty cop shot the driver of a car that kept ramming him on the Bruckner Expressway. The other car's driver was annoyed when the cop cut him off, so road rage took over. - The City is trying to make sure that price gouging does not occur with the......