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For folks outside NYC, there are a ton of cars that do this here and it generally never results in a ticket regardless of reports directly to the police or 311.
by JohnTHaller 4y ago
For folks outside NYC, there are a ton of cars that do this here and it generally never results in a ticket regardless of reports directly to the police or 311. It's done to dodge speed cameras, red light cameras, and tolls as well as to avoid being reported for reckless driving and accidents. The drivers who do this are generally the more dangerous ones. In NYC, under 15% of drivers who kill cyclists are arrested. Only 3% of hit and run cases are solved. 124 pedestrians, 50 motorcyclists, 19 cyclists and 15 people on mopeds and ebikes were killed in NYC last year.
- chimeracoder 4y ago> The drivers who do this are generally the more dangerous ones. Let's call a spade a spade: the NYPD are the single worst offenders in almost all type of traffic and parking offenses (including obscured license plates). There are entire watchdog groups dedicated to documenting traffic-related NYPD abuses of power. This is also why it's pointless to report violations, because 311 just sends it to the police, who take no action.
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- pclmulqdq 4y agoAnecdotally, members of the NYPD, celebrities, and politicians are all among the classes of people who are the most dangerous drivers in the city. It wouldn't surprise me if most of the "unsolved" fatalities have one of them on the other end.
- ZoomerCretin 4y agoAnd yet the United States ranks highly on public corruption indices because the data is primarily "perception" rather than reality.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> And yet the United States ranks highly on public corruption indices because the data is primarily "perception" rather than reality. The US actually scores very poorly for a major developed democracy, I don’t know why you’d say it ranks highly.
- david38 4y agoYou literally changed what that person said ENTIRELY.
- dragonwriter 4y agoNo, I didn’t, though I suppose if you hadn’t looked at how ratings work on the indexes and made a particular wrong assumption about what “rank highly” indicated in this context, you might think that.
- m_ke 4y ago99% of them are cops, NYPD is full of manchildren who live with their parents on long island or staten island. Most of them believe they're above the law and that they don't need to pay the tolls to get into the city.
- throwawaylinux 4y agoSounds like an atrociously governed city. Not surprising really, when you think about it.