""This seems completely ridiculous," posted visuallyblind. "I didn't personally witness the crash, but my friend who was coming over at the time did. Biker was in bike lane and Tesla came flying down the street at 50+mph and ran straight through the [cyclist]. NYPD will pull out all the stops around here to ticket bikers, but it's a completely law free zone for cars.""
""Bicycle violation summonses ... make up only 1.6 percent of the summons total. The 90th Precinct has had a notable increase in bicycle injuries year-to-date. Bicycle injuries rose 14.1 percent (113 vs. 99), the highest in the city. When addressing bicycles, the 90th Precinct targets the most egregious violations and focuses activity on high-volume corridors where conflicts between cyclists, motorists, and pedestrians are greatest.""
NYPD officers issued a ticket to a cyclist at Meserole and Leonard streets in Williamsburg days after cyclist Allie Huggins was killed in a hit-and-run. Cyclists criticized the enforcement as insensitive and recalled a 2019 promise by Chief of Department Terence Monahan to stop ticketing cyclists. A Reddit user posted a photo and an eyewitness account describing a Tesla striking a cyclist in the bike lane at high speed. The NYPD said motor vehicle violations account for 98.4 percent of summonses while bicycle violations make up 1.6 percent, and the 90th Precinct is prioritizing dangerous vehicle violations and targeting high-volume corridors due to increased bicycle injuries.
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