If the state police stop you and tell you that you were going at least 150 mph on the NY State Thruway while on your Suzuki motorcycle, would you tell the troopers that your ride can go easily top 190 mph? Well, that's allegedly what Nikkolaus V. McCarthy did yesterday. more ›

You know how a livery cab crashed into a Bronx home's garage on Monday morning? Well, according to the homeowner, Steve Campbell, this is the second time it's happened (the previous time, the car went THROUGH THE HOUSE into an adjoining apartment). However, he told the NY Times, "Why should I move? You could go anywhere and get hit by a car." more ›

A Tennessee state representative with the friendly name Frank Niceley is upset that New York City takes its gun laws seriously. He's so upset, he's writing resolutions about it! In the wake of the incident involving a woman who brought her loaded gun to the 9/11 Memorial, Niceley has gone and introduced a resolution in his state that gently threatens New Yorkers driving there. But only gently! more ›

Injecting anti-semitism into a traffic stop didn't work too well for Mel Gibson, and one Queens lawyer who pulled a "reverse Gibson" on a New Jersey state trooper has been suspended from practicing law. Elliot Dear, an orthodox Jew, was pulled over for driving 84 mph in a 55 zone in 2007. The Post reports that several days later, Dear sent the traffic court a letter claiming that the trooper called him a "Jew kike," and said "this prejudice obviously was the cause for the ticket." But Dear didn't expect the conversation to be recorded. more ›

An investigator for the city's Business Integrity Commission was charged with DUI early this morning after his Camry collided with a minivan in a high-speed crash under the FDR. Witnesses tell the Post that 29-year-old Jesse Strauss was going at least 100 mph down South Street around 4:45 a.m. when he hit a minivan as it was turning onto Clinton Street. "I heard two blowing horns and tires screeching simultaneously, then I heard a huge smash," another witness tells the Daily News. Sanitation workers helped Strauss flee from the wreckage despite a broken leg, and the driver of the minivan was in stable condition at Bellevue. more ›

The Claremont neighborhood of the Bronx has become the first neighborhood in NYC to be transformed into an idyllic "Slow Zone" by the DOT. While the department already has many 20 mph reduced speed zones on streets around schools, the Claremont slow zone is the first to cover a large swath of a neighborhood, with "gateway" signs that clearly indicate the entrance of the slow zone, and 28 new signs marking the 20 mph speed limit in and around the zone. And the zone itself is "self-enforcing," because the quarter-square-mile area comes complete with 14 speed bumps that will force maniac drivers to take it easy. more ›

Did you know that a Staten Island Assemblyman co-sponsored legislation that would have cameras capture drivers who go 5 miles over the speed limit? According to the State Island Advance, "Violators convicted of traveling between five and 10 miles per hour more than the posted speed limit will be charged a $50 fine. Driving between 10 and 30 mph above the limit will result in a $75 fine that doubles to $150 for speeders who exceed 30 mph." more ›

A passenger of the SUV that was reportedly going 112 mph before careening off the FDR at E. 23rd street in Kips Bay early Saturday morning has had a leg amputated, and the driver, 38-year-old Eric Bryant lost an ear. Miraculously, all 8 people involved survived, including the 23-year-old cabbie, Atif Raza, whose car broke the Land Rover's fall. "It felt like an earthquake," Raza tells the Post, "I'm happy to be alive. I'm getting a second chance…I'm really going to be going to the mosque now." more ›

The Land Rover SUV carrying 7 people that flew off the FDR and onto a taxi cab at E. 23rd street in Kips Bay may have been "doing about 112 mph." According to the Daily News' police sources, the driver was speeding and lost control, sending the vehicle over the elevated roadway and onto cabbie Atif Raza, who has only been driving a taxi for three months. "I couldn't believe it," a witness tells the paper, "I was actually seeing a car come off the divider and flip. It was flying." All eight people involved in the accident were injured, but only two critically, and one woman even "walked away" from the wreckage. more ›

Drivers clocked going over 30 mph as they zoom past the city's new digital "Slow Down" signs will soon get an added bonus: a skeleton image, intended to remind them of the potential consequences of speeding. It's a good start, but couldn't the DOT at least give the skeleton a top hat, or throw some dancing bears on there? We guess we'll take what we can get. The signs are intended to reduce speeding, and NY1 asserts that "one way to slow down traffic is simply to give more tickets, but Mayor Bloomberg said today that because of the city's tight budget, that's not going to happen." Besides, the NYPD is already maxed out ticketing all these speeding cyclists. more ›

There's speeding, and then there's speeding. Early Sunday morning, Nassau County Police arrested Joseph Melendez after he was caught speeding on the Long Island Expressway at speeds of 122 mph and 126 mph. The police said, "During the process of following and bringing Melendez to a stop, other motorists on the road were observed being forced to take evasive action in order to avoid becoming involved in a collision." more ›

The DOT is doing whatever it takes to try to get drivers to slow down—public service announcements, eliminating lanes of traffic to "calm it," and even lowering the speed limit to 20 mph in some neighborhoods. Now they're turning your children against you, as part of an educational initiative in schools that aims to transform your kids into li'l backseat traffic cops. more ›

Early yesterday morning, a car careened off an Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge ramp and into a Long Island City building, resulting in injuries for the driver and passenger. This was the second accident off the ramp in nine days—and the car hit the same store, a beauty salon. Business owners declared the recently-renovated ramp a "death trap" as cops arrested the driver for aggravated unlicensed driving. more ›

National Transportation Safety Board chairman Deborah Hersman testified at a U.S. Senate committee hearing that the tour bus that crashed on I-95 in the Bronx earlier this month, killing 15 passengers, was going near 78 mph. The speed limit for commercial vehicles is 55 mph. The bus, operated by World Wide Tours, overturned, slid 500 feet, and then crashed into a highway sign pole, while sheared the bus in half. more ›

In a shocking turn of events on par with the fall of the Berlin Wall or the Black Eyed Peas' popularity, the NYPD went to the homes of cyclists last night and apologized for handing out speeding tickets early yesterday morning in Central Park (video). Yes, we have confirmed at this hour that cops have personally apologized to bicycle riders. Let's just let that sink in a minute... Getting a little misty-eyed over here! Okay, now back to reality: The NYPD apology was not for ticketing "speeding" cyclists per se, but for "erroneously" ticketing cyclists. Nine out of ten cyclists have had their tickets voided, but a tenth cyclist still faces a $275 speeding ticket because he was busted "correctly." more ›

The Department of Transportation is greatly expanding the number of reduced speed zones around the city, and Boerum Hill wants to get in on the slowdown. This year, the department will triple its 20 mph reduced speed zones around schools, and is also trying out a pilot 20 mph zone program that would slow traffic on an area-wide, rather than individual street, basis. The plan calls for at least 75 reduced speed zones, if a pilot zone in the Bronx is deemed a success. CBS 2 reports that in Boerum Hill, community leaders are already calling for the DOT to include them. more ›

The 16-year-old driver who crashed into a car, tree, fence and house, killing a 13-year-old passenger will be charged as an adult. Eric Hakimisefat only had a junior license, which does not allow him to drive without an adult, when he was driving in the Midwood section of Brooklyn on Sunday. It's believed he was going around 63 mph in the 30 mph zone. more ›

Two men were killed and the rest of the passengers were injured when a Nissan Altima crashed into a wooden pole in the Greenridge neighborhood of Staten Island early this morning. And according to a witness, the car was speeding. "I could see the car flying down [the road] at 75 or 80 miles an hour," the witness told the Daily News. "They lost control and he swerved. He hit the curb and the car flipped over twice before it landed on the pole." more ›

Queens Village resident Kashaun Iqbal was charged with reckless endangerment, unlawfully fleeing an officer, reckless driving and several traffic violations for allegedly driving around 110 MPH on the Southern State Parkway earlier today. The Long Island Press reports, "A Trooper on patrol near Exit 14, Fletcher Avenue, spotted a black Acura driving at 110 mph and continuously changing lanes unsafely at 11:52 a.m. The driver...almost caused several collisions and as he attempted to elude the Trooper, police said." While the trooper couldn't stop Iqbal, guess what did? Yes, the bad traffic further ahead forced him to slow down. more ›

Taxi driver shenanigans are certainly no new phenomena, but that won't stop some intrepid reporters from heading undercover to expose the secret world of cabbie trickery. And what they discovered is that many taxi drivers are ignoring their required E-Z pass tags at tolls and bridges to instead use cash lanes that cost riders more. more ›

Yesterday morning, an out-of-control car crashed into a Queens bus shelter in Douglaston, injuring seven people, not to mention the shelter. One person had two broken legs, while four other also suffered broken bones. And the apparent explanation for the havoc? The Post reports, "Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the car hit a puddle and hydroplaned into the shelter." more ›

Three people were injured when a cab driver somehow drove his SUV into one of the West 72nd Street subway entrances—after jumping the curb and driving through the wrought iron gates— yesterday afternoon. The injured included the driver, his passenger and a pedestrian. The police say no charges are going to be filed in the incident, but one witness told NY1, "The driver was sitting on the floor and he was asked if his breaks failed. And he said yes. But there was no way his [brakes] failed." more ›

Just before 3 a.m. this morning, a Honda Civic crashed into a tree off the Wangtagh Parkway, south of the Sunrise Highway, killing the driver and passengers, one who had been sitting in front and one who had been sitting in the back. A fourth person, a woman who had been sitting in the backseat, was taken to Nassau University Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. 1010 WINS reports, "Police believe that the car was speeding and lost control as it went around a curve in the road, slamming into a tree. Open and unopened beer cans were found inside the car, but it is unclear if alcohol consumption played a role in the crash, police said." The parkway may be partly closed due to the investigation. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, a pedestrian crossing 14th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues was struck by an SUV. The Daily News reports that witnesses said the pedestrian, who was taken to St. Vincent's with "massive head injuries," was jaywalking. However, the SUV—a Range Rover—may have been traveling at a very fast speed. One witness told the News, "[The driver] was turning the corner. He had to be doing 60. He swerved to avoid the pedestrian, who was running for his life. He didn't make it. He just flew and was bleeding from the head." more ›

A new study conducted in all five boroughs determined that 39% of drivers observed were traveling in excess of the 30 mph speed limit, some with fatal speeds of 60 mph and higher in school zones and other high-traffic pedestrian areas. Transportation Alternatives researchers recorded motorist speeds at 13 locations in 2008; the spots were chosen based on community complaints, as well as crash records compiled on Crashstat. more ›

A 45-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run incident in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. WABC 7 reports that Stacey Blount, "a long-time customer at a hair salon at Mother Gaston Boulevard and Sutter Avenue," "had taken her two children in to wish everyone a happy 2009 and then walked out around 7:00 p.m." When she stepped into the street, a van (which seemed to be going ) hit her. The police had apparently been "following" (but not chasing) the van, which was later found abandoned. Blount was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital. Two other people died in vehicle-related incidents: A woman in Queens was fatally struck by an allegedly drunk driver while a man in Brooklyn was dead after an accident on Third Avenue. more ›

The family of Judy Bucherri are wondering why she threw herself from a speeding SUV to her death on Friday night. Bucherri had been in the car with her boyfriend Sandy Levine, who was later charged with DUI and marijuana possession (the cops found a pound of pot in the car), and inexplicably, she jumped out. more ›

A high-speed boat race in Great South Bay turned deadly when two men died after their boat overturned. The men were pronounced dead at the hospital, and the incident occurred during the "Battle of the Bay," for the second event of the MIss Geico Triple Crown. An investigation is being conducted, but Newsday reports witnesses said "the boat appeared to overturn while it made a southeastern turn on the race course." Patchogue Mayor Paul Pontieri, who witnessed the race, said the boat was going 90-100 mph, "It's just tragic ... It doesn't get any worse than this. It's a dangerous sport." more ›

NJ Attorney General Anne Milgram was issued a ticket for driving 69 mph in a 50 mph zone on Route 1 in New Brunswick. Milgram, in a 1994 Honda, didn't identify herself as AG and the officer only realized who she was when he returned to the department. Milgram won't fight the $176 fine (also 4 points on her license), "I made a mistake and know what I did was wrong. I take responsibility for driving too fast." (When her boss--NJ Governor Jon Corzine--was critically injured in his speeding state trooper-driven SUV, Corzine paid a fine for not wearing a seat belt.) The Star-Ledger noted that Senate President Richard Codey said, "The fact that the attorney general drives a '94 Honda proves without question she is a woman of great integrity and frugality." more ›