Comments on: Testify Tomorrow for Stronger Laws to Deter Deadly Driving http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/12/testify-tomorrow-for-stronger-laws-to-deter-dangerous-driving/ 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: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/12/testify-tomorrow-for-stronger-laws-to-deter-dangerous-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-61621 ddartley Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:33:08 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5252#comment-61621 I ran down on my lunch hour thinking I might have time to make some remarks but didn't. However Mary Beth Kelly was in the chamber, planning on speaking (had the pleasure of meeting her briefly outside) and another woman (whom she seemed to know) who looked like she was planning on speaking was holding a copy of Tom Vanderbilt's "Traffic." I ran down on my lunch hour thinking I might have time to make some remarks but didn’t. However Mary Beth Kelly was in the chamber, planning on speaking (had the pleasure of meeting her briefly outside) and another woman (whom she seemed to know) who looked like she was planning on speaking was holding a copy of Tom Vanderbilt’s “Traffic.”

]]> By: james http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/12/testify-tomorrow-for-stronger-laws-to-deter-dangerous-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-61608 james Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:13:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5252#comment-61608 sure, not all folks driving on suspended or revoked licenses should be prejudged as dangerous and deadly. same goes for drunk or high drivers. the same could just as easily be said about completely unlicensed drivers. a more legitimate complaint, less susceptible to the good ol reductio ad absurdem critique, is that not all dangerous and deadly drivers are either intoxicated or have compromised driving privileges. that's the real problem yo. sure, not all folks driving on suspended or revoked licenses should be prejudged as dangerous and deadly. same goes for drunk or high drivers. the same could just as easily be said about completely unlicensed drivers. a more legitimate complaint, less susceptible to the good ol reductio ad absurdem critique, is that not all dangerous and deadly drivers are either intoxicated or have compromised driving privileges. that’s the real problem yo.

]]> By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/12/testify-tomorrow-for-stronger-laws-to-deter-dangerous-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-61598 Josh Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:25:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5252#comment-61598 I hate to be a contrarian, but: That resolution can be misleading; "address the legal loopholes that allow dangerous and deadly drivers to drive under the influence of drugs or to drive with a suspended or revoked license" implies that all drivers who are driving "with a suspended or revoked license" should be presupposed to be "dangerous and deadly," which is not the case. I hate to be a contrarian, but:

That resolution can be misleading; “address the legal loopholes that allow dangerous and deadly drivers to drive under the influence of drugs or to drive with a suspended or revoked license” implies that all drivers who are driving “with a suspended or revoked license” should be presupposed to be “dangerous and deadly,” which is not the case.

]]> By: Ian Turner http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/01/12/testify-tomorrow-for-stronger-laws-to-deter-dangerous-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-61565 Ian Turner Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:26:35 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5252#comment-61565 Let's get this on the Streetsblog calendar. Let’s get this on the Streetsblog calendar.

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