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‘Wire’ Creator (and NYC Camera Foe) David Simon Has Received 16 School Zone Speeding Tickets in His Beloved Baltimore
"The Wire" creator David Simon's Lexus picked up 16 speed camera tickets in the last five years in his hometown of Baltimore.
August 11, 2023
‘Maliciously Obstructed’ License Plates Surge on MTA Bridges and Tunnels
MTA toll gantries snapped 32,313 "maliciously obstructed" plates in November 2022 — a nearly 200-fold increase from 2017
July 24, 2023
Data: Unreadable Plates Soared Last Year, Foiling Speed and Red-Light Cameras
The problem of cars evading speed, red-light and bus-lane cameras with defaced or covered plates has gotten markedly worse — with more than 7 percent of plates that triggered automated enforcement cameras last summer proving to be unreadable.
February 13, 2023
Highways to Hell: Now Mayor Adams Needs to Advocate for Speed Cameras on Expressways
The only part of New York's traffic system that has lately gotten more deadly instead of less is highway driving. The solution is simple, but prohibited. Mayor Adams needs to work to change that.
January 26, 2023
Speed Camera Update: More People Being Caught (But Fewer During the Day)
Overall tickets are up about 67 percent thanks to those overnight and weekend hours, but they're down about 15 percent in the 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. hours, evidence that drivers do indeed stop speeding after getting one or two automated tickets.
November 14, 2022
OPINION: Use Speed Cameras to Change Drivers’ Behavior
Combined with other interventions, the devices could have an even greater role in traffic calming post-pandemic.
October 25, 2022
CM Bottcher: City Must Publicly Report on Plate-Covering Perps
The Council member wants to require the Department of Transportation to issue monthly reports detailing how many times a city speed or red-light camera was foiled because a driver had defaced or covered his or her plate.
September 29, 2022
Trump-Loving Anti-Camera Pol Has 23 School-Zone Speeding Tickets!
Council Member Inna Vernikov's car has been slapped with 23 camera-issued tickets since mid-2020, including nine this year, which may explain why she voted against speed cameras.
September 15, 2022
Queens Pol Voted Against Speed Cameras — And Has 27 Speeding Tickets!
Council Member Joann Ariola has racked up 48 violations on her SUV since 2017, including a whopping 27 for speeding in school zones and two for blowing through red lights.
September 9, 2022
Long-Ignored Far Rockaway Speedway Finally Getting Safety Redesign
Finally, the city will do more than just install speed cameras.
September 6, 2022
