Comments on: Wednesday: Public Meeting With NYPD About Upper Manhattan Lawless Driving

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:26:49 +0000

Does anyone know what the outcome of the meeting was? The gypsy cabs near w. 171st and Broadway are completely out of control. The beep at each other to say hello, they beep at every corner all day and night. Community Board 12 has done nothing to educate the drivers that horn honking is against the law. The taxi and Limo commission doesn’t even require livery-cab drivers have any kind of training. Many of the islands these drivers come from it is common to beep the horn at each other and say hello. The TLC needs to enforce that this isn’t allowed in NYC. We live too close together. The liver-cabs “run” Washington Heights. They seem to have no awareness of how much they contribute to noise pollution. The TLC has a responsibility to train these drivers and then penalize them if they do not comply. They deteriorate the quality of life for residents here in Washington Heights.

By: Brad Aaron

Brad Aaron — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:53:03 +0000

Jonathan — It’s my understanding from folks who know better than I that the motorcyclists mostly come in from outside of Manhattan, if not outside the city (i.e. Jersey). Hard to believe they’re traveling from as far as Florida, or even PA, with any regularity, so I wouldn’t rule out insurance fraud in those cases.

By: C. Darland

C. Darland — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:35:46 +0000

I live on Seaman Avenue – I have long considered mobilizing my neighbors for a late night “speedbump-a-thon” in which we build DIY speedbumps along Seaman Avenue to stop the traffic from reckless speeding (the worst villains – car service drivers).
Frankly, a big part of the problem is the breakdown of driving skills and disintegration of driving civility – the “me first” attitude of most NYC drivers make the streets throughout the city more dangerous.
What I would REALLY like to see are parking permits for the neighborhood in order to reduce the “out of neighborhood” parkers who drive in from Bronx, Jersey, etc. and then take the subway to points downtown. And designated “loading zones” in front of each building that allow deliveries and legitimate drop-offs.
Finally, start punishing double-parkers!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:45:58 +0000

Of the five motorcycles parked last Saturday night in the taxi stand at 190th and St. Nicholas, one was licensed in Florida and one was licensed in Pennsylvania. Brad, do these folks hail from elsewhere or are they just scamming their insurance companies?

By: James

James — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:34:57 +0000

I’m glad to see this. I don’t live in Upper Manhattan but find myself in the neighborhood on a regular basis for shopping since it’s just a few stops south of me on the 1 train. The reckless driving (the kamikaze gypsy cabs in particular) along Broadway and Dyckman is out of control and makes for an anxiety-filled experience as a pedestrian to say the least.