Brooks-Powers asks DOT what steps reduce dangerous driver crashes
Brooks-Powers asks what steps reduce crashes by dangerous drivers. DOT describes infrastructure first, automated enforcement, super speeder devices, and ghost plate enforcement. Brooks-Powers then asks NYPD about suspended/revoked license stops and reckless driving arrests; NYPD reports VTL 511 arrests up 9% and reckless driving arrest and summons numbers.
Intro 113 also asks relevant agencies to report on the steps taken to reduce accidents caused by dangerous drivers.
What steps are already in place to reduce those accidents, and what more do you feel can be done?
Thank you.
Yeah, it's really, it's sort of all of the above approach.
Infrastructure, you know, I think in our ideal world, all drivers would behave safely, right?
And you wouldn't even necessarily need enforcement and folks could spend their violation money on better things, right?
So we like to start with infrastructure and engineering and redesigning our streets.
I love that.
Thank you for that.
Of course.
No, of course.
You know what I mean?
Like that's, that's, that's.
It's the most sustainable, right?
It's the most sort of legible and elegant in a way.
And so that's always our starting point.
And so that's obviously following the data and innovating with new approaches to street design.
Sometimes that's not enough.
And so that's where we start to look at some of the other tools.
You know, we think that automated enforcement has been really effective and the stats are very compelling.
And we could talk more about that, but that's certainly a key piece.
And then there's sort of, you know, the question of, well, what happens with really the...
The folks for whom even that isn't a deterrent, right?
The folks who are just racking up speeding tickets and red light.
violations and that's where something like the super speeder program can be a great tool and things like we talked about earlier about looking at ghost plates and some of the other more systemic challenges.
I appreciate that and my last question is for NYPD.
Hi Chief Obey.
Two questions for you.
How many vehicles registered to people with suspended or revoked licenses does NYPD stop each year, and how many are caught on camera?
And in the past year, how many reckless driving and right-of-way law arrests were made, and how many led to convictions?
I don't have the whole universe of what you're talking about, but I do have VTL 511 arrest.
We are up 9%.
Year-to-date 2026 through 1018, 22,663 versus 20,799 from year-end 2025.
Reckless driving arrest, which is VTL 1212, 1815 versus 1784 from last year.
And reckless driving C summons is issued 5819 versus 5290.
Thank you.
Thank you, Chair.