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88-Year-Old Driver Runs Red, Kills Madeline Sershen, 17, in Utopia Parkway Crosswalk
Other than vision tests, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles does nothing to monitor the driving abilities of license-holders as they age.
June 26, 2018
Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Indicts Driver Who Killed Two Kids on 9th Street for Manslaughter
The DA says Dorothy Bruns ignored doctors' instructions to stop driving months before she hit Joshua Lew and Abigail Blumenstein.
May 3, 2018
Has DMV Relapsed Into Its Old Habit of Ripping Off Cyclists?
Four years after the Department of Motor Vehicles was caught systematically overcharging cyclists who received traffic tickets, the attorney who brought the scandal to light thinks the agency might be making the same mistakes again.
April 30, 2018
86-Year-Old Driver Kills Giovanni Ampuero, 9, in Queens Crosswalk
Motorists have killed five children walking or biking on NYC streets this year, compared to one such fatality in the first four months of 2017.
April 30, 2018
When We Treat Driving as a Fundamental Right, People Lose Their Lives
Officials and the media are questioning how Dorothy Bruns, who posed such an obvious and significant threat to public safety, was allowed to drive.
March 7, 2018
People Are Dying Because Cuomo’s Leaderless DMV Is Failing to Regulate Dangerous Motorists
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.
September 20, 2017
Driver Who Challenged Right of Way Law Pleads Guilty, Is Fined $50 for Killing Queens Senior
Ana Urena hit Jao Lin Zhu, 80, in a crosswalk. She ultimately pled guilty to violating Zhu's right of way, but there is no indication that her license was suspended or revoked.
June 21, 2017
Instead of a Classon Avenue Bike Lane, Bed-Stuy Electeds Want a Street Where No One Rides Bikes
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.
June 20, 2017
Citing Erroneous NYPD Report, State DMV Judge Declines to Take Action Against Driver Who Killed Lauren Davis
The family of Lauren Davis is reeling after a judge at the state Department of Motor Vehicles declined to take action against the motorist who struck and killed her on Classon Avenue last year. Davis's mother, sister, and brother traveled from California to attend the hearing, and said they had been told by the NYPD Highway Patrol detective investigating the crash that he would also be there. He never showed up.
April 28, 2017
DMV: 90-Day License Suspension for Driver Who Killed Brooklyn Senior
Terrible policies that Andrew Cuomo's DMV refuses to reform are keeping deadly drivers on the roads.
March 28, 2017
