Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/29/todays-headlines-231/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: steve http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/29/todays-headlines-231/comment-page-1/#comment-36343 steve Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:16:02 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/29/todays-headlines-231/#comment-36343 Skitching not mentioned NYT account of the 12 y/o killed yesterday in Queens. But the eyewitness accounts of skitching in the other coverage seem credible. Skitching not mentioned NYT account of the 12 y/o killed yesterday in Queens. But the eyewitness accounts of skitching in the other coverage seem credible.

]]> By: Rusticumjudicium http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/29/todays-headlines-231/comment-page-1/#comment-36333 Rusticumjudicium Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:46:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/08/29/todays-headlines-231/#comment-36333 I am very sad to read of more people killed and injured by cars. But I can't help but notice the glaring differences in how the NYPD and the press reported the collision last night where the police officer was hit by the side view mirror and injured, as compared to the incident last December where the female bicyclist was hit by a side view mirror and killed, recently covered in StreetsBlog. Was the officer standing in the roadway outside the crosswalk, where pedestrians are not supposed to be? Sure, the officer was investigating a possible crime when he was struck, but shouldn't he take safety precautions if he's going to be walking around in the road? Was the officer wearing reflective clothing, an irrelevant fact the NYPD volunteered in the case of the bicyclist? Why are the facts that the motorist was speeding and left the scene reported in the story about last night's collision, but not the WABC story involving the collision with the bicyclist? This is not intended as a swipe at the officer, who deserves our thanks, but food for thought about how we interpret roadway collisions. I am very sad to read of more people killed and injured by cars. But I can’t help but notice the glaring differences in how the NYPD and the press reported the collision last night where the police officer was hit by the side view mirror and injured, as compared to the incident last December where the female bicyclist was hit by a side view mirror and killed, recently covered in StreetsBlog.

Was the officer standing in the roadway outside the crosswalk, where pedestrians are not supposed to be? Sure, the officer was investigating a possible crime when he was struck, but shouldn’t he take safety precautions if he’s going to be walking around in the road? Was the officer wearing reflective clothing, an irrelevant fact the NYPD volunteered in the case of the bicyclist? Why are the facts that the motorist was speeding and left the scene reported in the story about last night’s collision, but not the WABC story involving the collision with the bicyclist?

This is not intended as a swipe at the officer, who deserves our thanks, but food for thought about how we interpret roadway collisions.

]]>