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The last seconds in the life of Aaron Padwee in 2018.

Trucker With Suspended License Killed a Cyclist — And Got Only Another Suspended License

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 28, 2019 | No Comments

The father of the slain cyclist, 45-year-old Aaron Padwee, called it “a joke,” that will clearly do nothing to keep driver Agustin Osorio-Torres off the road.

Who is going to teach new drivers what to do in this situation? A human or a computer? Photo: U.S. Army

UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED: NYS Is About to Make it Even Easier for Untrained Drivers to Get Licenses

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 23, 2019 | 28 Comments

State lawmakers are making it easier for bad drivers to get licenses by allowing student drivers to take a questionable online safety course rather than the previously mandated five-hour, instructor-taught classroom session.

Vigil for Abigail Blumenstein and Joshua Lew. Video still: WCBS

Charting a New Course to Street Safety

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 9, 2018 | 6 Comments

Calming one dangerous street at a time, as NYC DOT promised this week, too late, for 9th Street, is just part of the task before us.

When We Treat Driving as a Fundamental Right, People Lose Their Lives

By Brad Aaron | Mar 7, 2018 | 15 Comments

Officials and the media are questioning how Dorothy Bruns, who posed such an obvious and significant threat to public safety, was allowed to drive.

Gov. Cuomo. Photo: Governor’s Office/Flickr

People Are Dying Because Cuomo’s Leaderless DMV Is Failing to Regulate Dangerous Motorists

By Brad Aaron | Sep 20, 2017 | 5 Comments

The New York State DMV, which has been without a commissioner for years, is refusing to answer questions about this week's deadly Queens bus crash.

Lauren Davis was killed by a turning driver on Classon Avenue last April. Photo: Family of Lauren Davis

Instead of a Classon Avenue Bike Lane, Bed-Stuy Electeds Want a Street Where No One Rides Bikes

By David Meyer | Jun 20, 2017 | 19 Comments

On Thursday, DOT announced plans to paint a bike lane on Classon Avenue, the northbound one-way street where a left-turning driver killed Lauren Davis as she rode her bike to work last April. As bicycle infrastructure goes, it's the bare minimum -- some stripes and stencils to designate space for biking, with no changes to moving lanes or parking. But that hasn't stopped a group of local officials from coming out against it.

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