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_Maxolotl OP t1_iujdj48 wrote

The number of children killed by cars spikes higher on Halloween than on any other day of the year.

If you want to keep you kids safe, NYC has some car-free streets set up for trick-or-treating this year.

If you want to keep your kids even safer, reach out to your local community board and police precinct and see if you can create more car-free streets for trick-or-treating next year.

And if you're out driving tonight, please drive with the level of caution you'd use if you were in an elementary school parking lot after dark, because you'll be pretty close to being in that situation.

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elizabeth-cooper t1_iujhhm5 wrote

>The number of children killed by cars spikes higher on Halloween than on any other day of the year.

Streetblog says this is not true in NYC.

>The city bucks the national trend for the increase in fatalities, but not necessarily crashes.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2022/10/24/no-trick-all-treat-city-to-ban-cars-on-some-streets-for-halloween/

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chug84 t1_iuk3zge wrote

>To combat a rise in traffic violence

The article lost me here.

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miraculum_one t1_iujp214 wrote

make sure your children are supervised and not walking in the street

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RockNRollMama t1_iukal34 wrote

We just got back from walking the streets in Forest Hills - a VERY family friendly neighborhood in queens where for years the locals organize formal trick or treating (signs on doors, social media presence, etc…)

The amount asshole drivers we saw was so upsetting, and SO dangerous. No need for anyone to be driving faster than 20 mph on residential streets period but on Halloween? It’s just cruel..

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thereia t1_iujjj7b wrote

This is a very #GoodNYC idea!

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jgalt5042 t1_iuk5yi6 wrote

Now imagine this every day

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