Posted on 02/15/2014 3:58:08 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
The announcement was bold, if somewhat quixotic: Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose campaign was focused on reforming the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactics, would commit his administration to reducing traffic deaths “literally” to zero.
In his administration’s first 40 days, that pledge translated into a series of ticket blitzes against drivers — and, in unusually large numbers, jaywalkers.
Jaywalking tickets are up nearly eightfold this year, despite the mayor’s insistence that his plan for safer streets did not include singling out pedestrians. Through Feb. 9, there were 215 jaywalking summonses issued, compared with 27 over the same period last year; tickets issued to drivers were down slightly. . .
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If the threat of getting run over by a car or truck doesn’t deter jaywalking, I seriously doubt a ticket will.
In Bangkok with its notoriously bad drivers and traffic jams, the city built “walk over” pedestrian bridges at all the bad intersections. No one is willing to climb up the stairs. Only the elevated walkway near Siam Paragon is used. The others are bypassed in favor of darting through traffic at extreme risk to life and limb. They frequently make it. ;-)
Everybody hates Bill de Blasio. What kind of guy makes up his own name and puts “de” in it?
Hey De Blasio,,,, while your doing your magic stuff can you rid us of Obama, Reid and the rest of the criminals plaguing us.
Jaywalking tix? Just revenue generation. NYC, most of you deserve the misery you elected.
He’ll need to have the cops writing the tickets at city limits, to catch people as they leave for good. Thanks Brad from Tennessee.
Good Lord no, I don't want 'em here.
we must be getting closer to new york
how can you tell
we are hitting more people
Ban pedestrians.
Its because liberal politians think everyone is too dumb to care for themselves.
This is getting really good, hope I don’t run out of popcorn.
I’ve blamed New Yorkers on their choice for mayor, but that choice has turned out to be the best comedy I’ve ever seen.
I did also go, a week later, to Yellowstone. That is ALSO a FABULOUS place, as different from New York as two places could be but I loved it THERE too.
We DO live in a wonderful country, don't we?
This year I am going on a trip down the Mississippi River on a paddle wheeler, from Memphis to New Orleans, two more places I don't know.
Then, this fall, to Boston to see the changing of the leaves. I know my husband is looking down at me and happy that I am doing the things he and I had always wanted to do.
Pyongyang on the Hudson.
I visited NYC back in 1983.
And I live within shouting distance of Yellowstone but I don’t go there. Too damn many people.
I have only traveled half the world. Never been to the far east.
I took my wife on a drive for 10 days along the Oregon coast for our 20th five years ago.
And they say Columbus discovered a new world. Ha ha ha
Good on you CM.
Good on you.
Well. aren’t all these jaywalking tickets adding to the public coffers? This communist is what they wanted, so there ya go.
Close the streets off to vehicular traffic...
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