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Thursday morning speed trap on Second Avenue between East Seventh Street and East Sixth Street...





Photos by Derek Berg

Report: The 9th Precinct issued 11 speeding tickets in 2012

[Photo via @WPIX]

In its coverage of this morning's probably drunken drag-racing crash on Second Avenue at East Fourth Street, Streetsblog reports the following. I wanted to highlight this here:

This crash occurred in the 9th Precinct, where officers issued 11 speeding tickets in all of 2012. To voice your concerns about neighborhood traffic safety directly to Deputy Inspector John G. Cappelmann, the commanding officer, go to the next precinct community council meeting. The 9th Precinct council meetings happen on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the precinct, 321 E. 5th Street. Call 212-477-7805 for information.

The City Council district where this crash occurred is represented by Rosie Mendez. Since March 2012, at least seven pedestrians and cyclists have been killed by motorists in Mendez’s district, including three people in 2013. To encourage Mendez to take action to improve street safety in her district and citywide, contact her at 212-677-1077 or @RosieMendez.

And this doesn't even including filming "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

From CBS 2:

A report released today by Transportation Alternatives noted the folowing:

* Every day more than 2.7 million New York City drivers speed.

* Only 1 in 12,698 get caught.

* A driver could speed every day in NYC and get ticketed only once in 35 years.

The group claims that the speeding and other traffic violators make the streets unsafe, but city records show that in the last two years traffic deaths in the city have been the lowest since 191