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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.
VanillaSkittlez t1_iujo4f8 wrote
Is that due to low speeds in NYC on residential streets?
chug84 t1_iuk3zge wrote
>To combat a rise in traffic violence
The article lost me here.
bluethroughsunshine t1_iujo8ev wrote
You know cars are the devil in this subreddit
BobanForThree t1_iujq490 wrote
on a night when children are on the streets en masse, cars are in fact a pretty big danger!
bluethroughsunshine t1_iujw6wy wrote
That's fine but the point is its factually not a true statement
miraculum_one t1_iujp214 wrote
make sure your children are supervised and not walking in the street
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..
thereia t1_iujjj7b wrote
This is a very #GoodNYC idea!
jgalt5042 t1_iuk5yi6 wrote
Now imagine this every day
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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.