Recent Streetsblog LA posts about “Accidents”

Times Columnist Absolutely Loses It Over “Crash Fees” in Sacramento

By Damien Newton | Feb 14, 2011 | 11 Comments

George Skelton, the Los Angeles Times’ columnist in the state Capital generally writes about politics and policy in the Governor’s office or the legislature. However, in today’s edition he changed courses and went on a full-throated attack against the idea that the people who cause car crashes should repay the city for the cost of […]

Seatbelts and Tickets Alone Won’t Cure America’s Traffic Death Epidemic

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 17, 2010 | No Comments

Motor vehicle crashes caused 28 percent of all deaths among people 24 and under in the United States in 2006. In 2009, nearly 34,000 people died on America’s roads, and that was considered a big improvement over previous years. More and more, it seems, Americans are wondering why our country is so far behind on […]

Driver Convicted of Manslaughter Sues Parents of Slain Teen

By Damien Newton | Nov 16, 2010 | 9 Comments

There’s callous, there’s heartless, and then there’s this. Via former Streetsblog.net writer Sarah Goodyear, now at GRIST, comes the surreal story of a driver who was convicted of manslaughter for running down Matthew Kenney from behind. From his jail cell, David Weaving, who has been found guilty of drunk driving four times and was traveling […]

When Is Enough, Enough?

By Damien Newton | Nov 9, 2010 | 24 Comments

As I worked on the daily “Today’s Headlines” roundup for this morning, there were three items I wanted to pull because they paint an ugly picture about what’s going on in our streets. Ed Magos is left bleeding in the street next to his mangled bicycle as Angelina Everett speeds off. Emely Aleman and Angela […]

If You Ever Want to Maim Someone With Your Car, Get a Job at Morgan Stanley

By Ben Fried | Nov 9, 2010 | 6 Comments

In most of the United States, the general rule about harming people with automobiles goes like this: Stay at the scene, and if you’re sober, you probably won’t be looking at anything more substantial than a moving violation. Recent laws passed in Oregon, New York, and Delaware promise to hold motorists to a higher standard […]

When a Car Runs a Light and Kills Someone, It’s Not an Accident (Updated, 8:05 A.M.)

By Damien Newton | Oct 26, 2010 | 4 Comments

Maybe the message that calling fatal crashes “accidents” that are caused by negligence, distracted driving, DUI or some other form of negligence is finally catching on. If you missed the news, yesterday three youths in a speeding BMW ran a red light, killed a pedestrian, caused a school bus to flip over and fled the […]

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