"There was an outpouring of outrage last week when Yarimi was "only" sentenced to three-to-nine years - but not so much outrage that any of the law-and-order local electeds demanded that Ocean Parkway be tamed with a safety redesign (let's not get crazy here!). Until it's made safe for all road users, crashes like the one depicted below are going to keep happening. Remember, there are no "accidents"; there are only results. This time, at least, there were only injuries:"
"The Yeshiva World video came as we were all digesting the second-day coverage of the crazy car-culture violence in Whitestone over the weekend. Gothamist did the straight write-thru (as we used to say on the rewrite desk), the Post got the NYPD to apologize and promise swifter response, while our own J.K. Trotter found an angle that poked holes in Council Member Vickie Paladino's notion of street safety."
Exclusive video captured a driver impatiently running a red light on Ocean Parkway, a badly designed, overly wide roadway that encourages reckless, high-speed driving. The crash occurred a few blocks from a previous high-speed collision in which Miriam Yarimi reached 68 mph, crashed into another car, and killed a mother and two children; Yarimi received a three-to-nine year sentence that prompted public outrage but no substantive calls for roadway redesign. Until Ocean Parkway and similar streets are made safe, similar crashes will continue. Other incidents include violent car-culture confrontations in Whitestone and a fatal Grand Concourse hit-and-run. Mayor-elect Mamdani named members to transportation and infrastructure transition teams.
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