Hey, Brooklyn — Learn to Drive!
You want a wild ride? Come to Brooklyn! Borough motorists are wildly violating the city’s vehicular traffic rules, according to stunning traffic data released by the NYPD this week.
Statistics show that cops have written 121,241 moving violations in Brooklyn this year — the most in the city.
Queens came in second with 107,781 violations, Manhattan was third with 97,507, followed by the Bronx (62,652) and Staten Island (23,652).
Well over 30,000 of the tickets were given out in Brownstone Brooklyn, North Brooklyn and Bay Ridge. The biggest offenders were motorists who talk on their cellphones without hands-free devices, but that’s no surprise since the city has held several crack-downs on such gabby drivers.
You can review the original NYPD data here.
declasse intellectual
Could it be as well that it takes so long to go from one place to another with all the traffic and the inconsiderate people on the road.
awacs
Dig in to the 71 pct data, and you find that they’ve given four tickets for driving in a bus lane this year, all in May. In fact, they were the *only* precinct to give bus lane tickets in the entire PBBS.
The only question is: where are the bus lanes in the 71st precinct?
statistics
Crime is down and traffic violations are up…
Any chance it’s because the city doesn’t collect money when they catch criminals?
Big yes!!
driver
Try 5 towns. I don’t know how people get licenses there. Pretty bad!!!!!!