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FYI: Vision Zero and You!
In 2014 Mayor DeBlasio instituted his “Vision Zero” initiative. The overall aim of the program is to eliminate all traffic deaths and serious injuries on NYC streets by 2024.
Today in NYC, approximately 4000 people are injured and more than 250 are killed each year in traffic crashes. On average, vehicles serious injure or kill a person in NYC every two hours according to the official Vision Zero website.
There have been many different policies enacted as part of Vision Zero, including the reduction of the unposted speed limit from 30mph to 25mph, and the implementation of speed cameras in many of the boroughs.
Perhaps one of the most noticeable Vision Zero policy has been the increased enforcement of offenses for failure to yield to pedestrians.
Failure to yield to pedestrian offenses are sometimes charged as “Failure to yield right of way” or “Failure to yield at turn” tickets. These are all being treated very seriously by both the NYPD and the NYS DMV traffic courts. Any motorist involved in a pedestrian knock-down incident will also have to attend a civil OATH (Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings) hearing in addition to possible traffic violations summons.