Those "beat cops" are most certainly not doing traffic enforcement. At best you'll see a handful of parking citations. I have a pet theory that they don't both

Those "beat cops" are most certainly not doing traffic enforcement. At best you'll see a handful of parking citations. I have a pet theory that they don't bother controlling bad drivers, simply because there's nowhere to pull them over; stop anyone in the middle of the street and you've created an instant traffic jam. But really our mayor and DA set the agenda and they think traffic is just dandy. [edit] A prominent NYC cycling blogger made a similar point just a minute ago. In the wake of news that NYC issues more traffic violations to cyclists (responsible for two deaths last year) than truck drivers (400+), he said, "I suspect NYPD ticketing stats are a meaningful measure of only one thing: how easy it is to stop the vehicle."