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Traffic Justice

February 2010
Tue 9: Strict Liability: Civil Law for Civil Streets 5
Mon 8: Mionske: Vulnerable User Laws a First Step Toward True Traffic Justice 5
Fri 5: DA Begins Inquiry Into NYPD-Involved Pedestrian Fatality 2
Wed 3: Slap on the Wrist for Staten Island Pedestrian Killer 3
January 2010
Thu 28: Miami DWI Death Galvanizes Cyclists in South Florida 12
Wed 20: Killer DWI Cop's Defense: Victim Shouldn't Have Been Drinking and Walking 7
Thu 14: One Month After Fatal Bike Crash, NYPD Hasn't Answered Key Questions 6
Wed 13: Bill to Protect Pedestrians and Cyclists Will Resurface in Albany 6
Wed 13: DA Offers Plea to Road Rager Gonzalez 7
Mon 11: Vance "Reviewing" Safir Hit-and-Run, Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths 14
Fri 8: The $290,000 Speeding Ticket 8
Thu 7: NYPD on Fatal Delancey Street Crash: "Looks Like It Was Just an Accident" 15
Mon 4: Remembering Cyclists and Pedestrians Lost in 2009 9
December 2009
Mon 7: Victims, Electeds: Time for Action Against Driving While Unlicensed 4
Fri 4: Sunday: Rally at City Hall for Traffic Justice 0
Fri 4: Council Members: If Only There Was Some Way to Deter Reckless Driving 6
Thu 3: What Does It Take to Keep a Reckless New York Driver Off the Road? 27
November 2009
Mon 30: Unlicensed Drivers, Coddled By the Law, Kill Three More New Yorkers 19
Wed 25: Ninth Ave Road Rage Case: Bengen Cleared; Gonzalez Files to Dismiss 5
Tue 24: Post-Leandra's Law, New York Needs to Protect All Reckless Driving Victims 0
Mon 23: Charles Diez Gets 120 Days for Shooting Cyclist in the Head 38
Mon 16: City Takes Small Step Toward Traffic Justice as Silver Continues to Obstruct 1
Wed 4: Even When the Killer Driver Is Drunk, Obstacles to Justice Abound 7
Tue 3: LA Road Rage Doc Convicted for Horrific 2008 Cyclist Assault 11
October 2009
Wed 28: Top to Bottom, NY Legal System Fails the Vulnerable on Our Streets 2
Tue 27: Vance Renews Traffic Safety Pledge at Meeting of Legal Minds 5
Thu 22: Daily News: Is There a Person in Your Parking Spot? Kill Them. 28
Wed 21: Vance to Speak at Traffic Justice Symposium 2
Thu 15: Legal Minds Converge to Tackle Traffic Justice; Will Team Vance Attend? 1
Thu 8: When It Comes to Vehicular Violence, NYPD Sees No Evil 27
September 2009
Wed 23: Instant Justice on the Streets of Sacramento 13
Wed 23: Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict in Rare Murder Trial of Sober Driver 31
Thu 17: Cy Vance Wasn't the Only Winner in the Race for Manhattan DA 2
Mon 14: Manhattan's Next Top Prosecutor: This Is It 3
Tue 8: Strange Twist in Protracted Ordeal of Arrested Queens Pedestrian 5
August 2009
Wed 26: DA Candidate Snyder Releases Traffic Safety Plan 5
Tue 25: DA Candidate Cy Vance Outlines Traffic Safety Platform 1
Wed 19: When Dodging Death Becomes a Fact of Life 36
Tue 18: Victims Arrested, Assailants Walk Free: Dark Days for Traffic Justice 6
Mon 17: Road Rage Victim's Reputation Smeared Until Proven Innocent 8
Fri 14: DA Candidate Aborn Unveils Transportation Safety Plank 4
Thu 13: NYPD Arrests Pedestrian After Near-Death Brush With Raging Motorist 34
Tue 4: DA Candidate Aborn: Traffic Deaths Not Just "Accidents" 10
Tue 4: 1.2 Million Traffic Summonses Is Nothing to Be Proud Of 5
July 2009
Fri 31: Want to Reduce Pedestrian Deaths? Stop Letting Their Killers Walk. 17
Tue 21: You Can Get Away With Anything in Traffic Court, With a Little Patience 12
Wed 15: Streetfilms: Manhattan DA Candidates Debate Traffic Justice 1
Tue 14: Legal Ordeal Continues for Driver Assault Victim Ray Bengen 12
Tue 14: TA Report: Reckless Driving Casualties Rising as NYPD Enforcement Lags 12
Mon 13: Transpo Bills Gummed Up By State Senate Dysfunction 3
Mon 13: Status Report: Ninth Avenue Road Rage Case 2
Thu 9: NYPD Crash Info Normally Released in a "Timely Fashion"? News to Us. 2
Wed 8: Traffic Justice Q&A With Bronx Prosecutor Joseph A. McCormack 7
Wed 1: NYPD Cruiser Carnage: Move Along, Nothing to See Here 15
June 2009
Thu 25: Meet the (Alleged) Road Rage Thug of Ninth Avenue: Gus Gonzalez 30
Wed 24: State Senate Bill Would Wipe Bad Driving Records Clean 12
Tue 23: DA Files Charge Against Cyclist Attacked by SUV Driver in 9th Ave Bike Lane 96
Mon 15: Fallen Pedestrians Memorialized in Hell's Kitchen 1
Fri 12: Saturday: Hell's Kitchen to March for Pedestrian Safety 0
Wed 3: DA Candidates Pledge Tougher Stance on Vehicular Crime 20
Tue 2: Tomorrow Morning, an NYC First: DA Candidates Debate Traffic Justice 1
Mon 1: If Texting-While-Driving Ban Fails, Blame Albany's "Democracy of One" 10
May 2009
Fri 29: NYPD Won't Acknowledge Eyewitness Accounts in Death of Greenpoint Mom 0
Tue 26: Will NYPD's Next Transpo Chief Make Safety Priority #1? 7
Fri 22: New Bill Would Strengthen Penalties for Dangerous Driving 12
Tue 19: Is Death an Appropriate Penalty for "Jaywalking"? 22
Wed 13: Manhattan DA Candidates to Debate Traffic Justice 7
Wed 6: Revolving Door Keeps Spinning for City's Drunk Drivers 4
April 2009
Thu 23: Anatomy of a (Legal) Hit-and-Run 7
Mon 20: Another Pedestrian Dies, Another Killer Driver Walks 15
Thu 2: Maureen McCormick: How Nassau Got Serious About Traffic Crime 11
March 2009
Tue 31: Maureen McCormick: On the Cutting Edge of Traffic Justice 11
Mon 30: No Charges for Taxi Driver Who Plowed Into UWS Restaurant, Injuring Seven 5
Mon 16: Talking Traffic Justice With Leslie Crocker Snyder 17
Thu 12: Morgenthau: Negligent Crane Riggers, Beware. Negligent Drivers, Carry On. 14
Wed 11: LaHood to Bike Advocates: U.S. DOT Will Be Your "Full Partner" 6
Mon 9: Victims' Families to Morgenthau: Prosecute Driver for Deadly Negligence 4
Fri 6: Monday: Rally for Traffic Justice at Manhattan DA's Office 2
Sun 1: Rally at DA's Office Postponed 0
February 2009
Fri 27: No More Years: 89-Year-Old Robert Morgenthau to Step Down 5
Wed 11: An Open Letter to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly 27
Thu 5: Grieving Chinatown Families to Morgenthau: We're Not Going Away 6
January 2009
Mon 26: Many Questions Remain Unanswered in Aftermath of Chinatown Deaths 25
Fri 23: What Do We Do Now? 18
Wed 21: Midtown Police Refuse to Help Hit-and-Run Pedicab Victim 9
Fri 16: Queens DA Files Misdemeanor Charge Against Ibrihim Ahmed's Killer 17
Thu 15: NYC Prosecutors Lag Behind Nassau on Traffic Justice 2
Wed 14: Council Committee Gives Short Shrift to Deterring Traffic Violence 3
Tue 13: Big Day for NYC Livable Streets Activism 8
Mon 12: Testify Tomorrow for Stronger Laws to Deter Deadly Driving 4
Thu 8: No Justice for Killing of Ibrihim Ahmed 12