Posted on 04/21/2025 12:35:57 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Long Island Rep. Laura Gillen is urging the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to hold an emergency hearing on the nationwide “surge” in deadly traffic accidents — after an unsettling investigation revealed that a serious car crash occurs every seven minutes on Long Island.
“The failure to secure our roads has led to thousands of lives being cut short, families being ripped apart, and a terrible void being left in too many communities,” Gillen wrote in her letter compelling the committee to take action.
The Democratic lawmaker’s campaign comes after an investigation by Newsday revealed that Long Island drivers get into a serious accident every seven minutes — killing more than 2,100 people and injuring 16,000 others on the roads between 2014 and 2023.
Long Island Rep. Laura Gillen is urging the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to hold an emergency hearing on the nationwide “surge” in deadly traffic accidents — after an unsettling investigation revealed that a serious car crash occurs every seven minutes on Long Island.
“The failure to secure our roads has led to thousands of lives being cut short, families being ripped apart, and a terrible void being left in too many communities,” Gillen wrote in her letter compelling the committee to take action.
The Democratic lawmaker’s campaign comes after an investigation by Newsday revealed that Long Island drivers get into a serious accident every seven minutes — killing more than 2,100 people and injuring 16,000 others on the roads between 2014 and 2023.
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There is no test to determine the degree of impairment from marijuana and other street drugs. The Democrats liberalized the drug laws and more accidents are the result.
It’s not a federal issue, but we are seeing an uptick down here with non-English readers driving, but that fact is ignored because it hurts feelings.
Every 7 minutes from 2014 to 2023 would be a total of over 675,000 accidents.
So 2100 deaths is only a 0.3% mortality rate, which doesn’t sound surprising.
This is just another politician using a stat to get more money and impose more control over your life.
Yes, see #20
She only discovered it was a problem when Duffy became Secretary of Transportation. Before that - NO PROBLEM!
National crisis - baloney!
Take the train when you can! The LIRR is pretty reliable and gets you most places you need to go. They also run out of Grand Central these days as well as Penn Station.
Harry Chapin died on the LIE back around 1981. I still hear his songs on the radio now and then. Traffic accidents out there are an old problem.
Police don’t want to pull drivers over. Who can blame them? They don’t want to be the next Derek Chauvin.
Interesting
I second the motion.
Sure we all want to see highway safety. But is this really an issue for the Congress in Washington DC to deal with?
Ban vehicles! There is no Second Amendment for them.
Also, a rise in DWI related wrecks. Mucho borracho.
“The failure to secure our roads” — huh? Were they getting up and walking away?
Illegals
“Long Island drivers get into a serious accident every seven minutes “
The same ones, every seven minutes? They should suspend these drivers’ licenses then.
Why should I give a crap about any New York City inhabitants?
They probably think it’s 11 1/2 meters.
They don't think, they blindly follow google maps.
Sounds like New York’s problem...
Good point.
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