Comments on: The Weekly Carnage

By: teresa

teresa — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:59:20 +0000

Thanks for bringing this back. I'm sure it's depressing to compile.

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:36:35 +0000

Yes, thanks.

By: Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:33:40 +0000

Thank you for breathing life back into this feature.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:15:41 +0000

If only we had a grade-separated transit option that was more appealing to people than cars...

By: Ace

Ace — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:37:25 +0000

Do police routinely pull the cell phone records of the drivers? I know it is difficult to establish the exact time of an incident, but in some cases this could establish that the driver was at the very least breaking the law and at most could establish the probable cause.

The public as potential witnesses, let's hope not victims should be encouraged to note the time of incidents. Traffic cameras also.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:51:31 +0000

Reading one story, I came upon Newsday's auto accident photo gallery.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liacci-pg,0,5210574.photogallery

Flip through it and you practically get post traumatic stress disorder.

By: Mark Walker

Mark Walker — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:21:54 +0000

In addition to criminal prosecutions and civil suits, it might be a good idea to track license suspensions and revocations as well. To me, what's amazing is not that deadly drivers escape prosecution (with lack of intent as the excuse) but that they're allowed to go on driving.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:51:48 +0000

I realize this is a lot of work and I'm not footing the bill, but thanks for bringing this back.