NYPD Steps Up Enforcement To Crack Down On Dangerous Driving
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The NYPD is stepping up enforcement of dangerous driving through November 22.
The police department has committed more than 1,000 officers to different traffic-enforcement related bureaus, including 230 more highway police officers and 1,185 traffic enforcement agents, according to a statement released by the NYPD.
The NYPD is looking to crack down on speeding, distracted driving, parking in traffic lanes, and failure to yield to pedestrians, according to the release.
Last week, two pedestrians were killed by drivers in separate incidents in New York City. Lusia Rosario, 88, was killed after being struck by a cab driver who later said he had been driving for 16 hours straight -- four hours over the city's 12-hour per day limit.
Mayor de Blasio spoke publicly about the alarming number of traffic deaths in wake of the incident. He said his Vision Zero program was succeeding, but he also acknowledged more needed to be done.
The mayor's office says 104 pedestrians have been killed so far this year compared to 117 deaths this time last year.