Comments on: Hundreds of Neighbors Press NYPD for Justice for Slain Mother of Three http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/07/19/hundreds-of-neighbors-press-nypd-for-justice-for-slain-mother-of-three/ 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: Hildagirl http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/07/19/hundreds-of-neighbors-press-nypd-for-justice-for-slain-mother-of-three/comment-page-1/#comment-274566 Hildagirl Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:58:43 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=242406#comment-274566 I am absolutely aghast at everything surrounding this accident. This is my neighborhood and my neighbor. I am so sorry that this has happened, and my heart goes out to her family and friends. With that said, I will be very bittersweetly pleased if any changes may come from this tragedy. I wish that I had had the opportunity to be at the vigil last week, change needs to happen. Traffic collisions, injuries and deaths are called accidents immediately. These are our streets too. Any change has to be pushed though. Urge your friends and family to sign the petition. Think of the changes that you are so used to now that were 'never gonna happen"... I am absolutely aghast at everything surrounding this accident. This is my neighborhood and my neighbor. I am so sorry that this has happened, and my heart goes out to her family and friends.

With that said, I will be very bittersweetly pleased if any changes may come from this tragedy. I wish that I had had the opportunity to be at the vigil last week, change needs to happen. Traffic collisions, injuries and deaths are called accidents immediately. These are our streets too. Any change has to be pushed though. Urge your friends and family to sign the petition. Think of the changes that you are so used to now that were ‘never gonna happen”…

]]> By: dporpentine http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/07/19/hundreds-of-neighbors-press-nypd-for-justice-for-slain-mother-of-three/comment-page-1/#comment-274562 dporpentine Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:56:05 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=242406#comment-274562 True story: the only time my spouse or I have been pulled over by a cop in five years of driving in the city was when she drove her car through a green light. I swear: a green light. It was an unmarked police car full of cops who, without turning its lights on or anything, wanted to blow the red light they were waiting at but my spouse kept going--in part because there were a ton of cars behind her. And so once she passed they blew the light, pulled her over, and searched the car like crazy trying to find something wrong. I'm always amazed when I see a police vehicle of any sort obeying traffic laws. True story: the only time my spouse or I have been pulled over by a cop in five years of driving in the city was when she drove her car through a green light.

I swear: a green light.

It was an unmarked police car full of cops who, without turning its lights on or anything, wanted to blow the red light they were waiting at but my spouse kept going–in part because there were a ton of cars behind her. And so once she passed they blew the light, pulled her over, and searched the car like crazy trying to find something wrong.

I’m always amazed when I see a police vehicle of any sort obeying traffic laws.

]]> By: Jeffrey J. Early http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/07/19/hundreds-of-neighbors-press-nypd-for-justice-for-slain-mother-of-three/comment-page-1/#comment-274558 Jeffrey J. Early Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:39:46 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=242406#comment-274558 I'm really sorry to hear about Aileen McKay-Dalton. I moved from the Pacific Northwest to the Bronx about nine months ago and have found the car culture here to be sickening and scary. On the west coast and the cities in Germany where I lived, I never witnessed so many blatant traffic violations. I find it bizarre that a city dominant by pedestrians is ruled by drivers. The NYPD needs to help change the driving culture here, but they have to start by fixing their own driving habits. I watch the NYPD commit more traffic violations themselves than I've seen them enforce (my anecdotal observations should probably actually be skewed the other way given that I live across from a police station). Just last week a police officer failed to stop for me on a marked crosswalk. That would NEVER happen in the Pacific Northwest, and is exactly the kind of moving violation that leads to deaths. I can't even count the number of blown stop lights and stop signs. I guess I'm more cynical having lived here nine months now too, because given the NYPDs diving habits, I'm not encouraged that they could even help change. I’m really sorry to hear about Aileen McKay-Dalton.

I moved from the Pacific Northwest to the Bronx about nine months ago and have found the car culture here to be sickening and scary. On the west coast and the cities in Germany where I lived, I never witnessed so many blatant traffic violations. I find it bizarre that a city dominant by pedestrians is ruled by drivers.

The NYPD needs to help change the driving culture here, but they have to start by fixing their own driving habits. I watch the NYPD commit more traffic violations themselves than I’ve seen them enforce (my anecdotal observations should probably actually be skewed the other way given that I live across from a police station). Just last week a police officer failed to stop for me on a marked crosswalk. That would NEVER happen in the Pacific Northwest, and is exactly the kind of moving violation that leads to deaths. I can’t even count the number of blown stop lights and stop signs. I guess I’m more cynical having lived here nine months now too, because given the NYPDs diving habits, I’m not encouraged that they could even help change.

]]> By: Sarah Eaton http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/07/19/hundreds-of-neighbors-press-nypd-for-justice-for-slain-mother-of-three/comment-page-1/#comment-274553 Sarah Eaton Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:55:33 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=242406#comment-274553 The NYPD must be strongly encouraged to better monitor and penalize moving violations. I live near Atlantic Avenue which is treated by motorists like a major highway. The number of speeding vehicles is shocking. The number of times my husband and I have feared for our children's lives as cars go through stop signs, red lights, and whip around corners is shocking. There are more and more families, more bikes, more dogs every year -- these are neighborhoods not highways and need to be treated as such. It does not seem to be a priority of the city. Frankly at this point I'd be in favor of speed bumps since signs and laws do not seem to work. The NYPD must be strongly encouraged to better monitor and penalize moving violations. I live near Atlantic Avenue which is treated by motorists like a major highway. The number of speeding vehicles is shocking. The number of times my husband and I have feared for our children’s lives as cars go through stop signs, red lights, and whip around corners is shocking. There are more and more families, more bikes, more dogs every year — these are neighborhoods not highways and need to be treated as such. It does not seem to be a priority of the city. Frankly at this point I’d be in favor of speed bumps since signs and laws do not seem to work.

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