Pedestrian Deaths & Car Crashes Increased in Andrew Gounardes Senate District From 2020 to 2021
Andrew Gounardes keeps telling us that red light cameras are working.
While other politicians in NYC shared the Vision Zero map below, Senator Gounardes did not. Bay Ridge is in purple because there were over ten fatalities in our area in 2021.
If the red light cameras worked, we would see a decrease in pedestrian deaths and car accidents in our community.
Senate District 22 Crashes
You can see these statistics here: NY Crashmaper
On the right hand side, select senate district and choose 22 (Shown in pink). That will show you the whole district (before Andrew voted to gerrymander Brooklyn). On the top, (by the blue arrow) choose the months and years (make sure you have one year at a time)
2020 Street Fatalities and Crashes in District 22:
2021 Street Fatalities and Crashes in District 22: :
Pedestrian deaths increased from 2020 to 2021. And there were a lot more car crashes. It says cyclist injuries are down, but it seems like their are more. Also some cyclists aren’t reporting injuries.
Now let’s look at just Bay Ridge (without the rest of the Senate District)
Bay Ridge Crashes
2020 Street Fatalities and Crashes in Bay Ridge:
2021 Street Fatalities and Crashes in Bay Ridge:
The red lights cameras aren’t intended to make the roads safer. If they were, there would be additional penalties used to stop repeat offenders.
The ticket from the red light camera is $50. People continue to get tickets repeatedly. (See here) If NYC increased the fines to $250 for repeat offenders, then the lights might be effective.
If repeat offenders received points, they would be more careful because they don’t want high insurance rates. NYC has not done this because sometimes the driver is not the owner. The owner should be responsible if he allows someone to use his/her car. Car insurance rates are increased when any driver of the car is in a collision.
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Our district isn’t improving with Andrew Gounardes as Senator. Gounardes is a Twitter politician. While he likes to tweet a lot, this district is hurting. Gounardes doesn’t student problems and come up with real solutions. He just wants to take photos and tweet.
It’s time for new leadership and a fresh set of eyes on our streets:
Hugs,
marlene
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