The article discusses the disappointment felt by the family of Sammy, a victim of reckless driving, over Mayor Adams's recent actions regarding speed limits in New York City. Although Sammy's Law enables lower speed limits to enhance safety, the administration has failed to effectively implement these measures, focusing instead on e-bikes. Comparisons are drawn to London’s successful reduction in traffic fatalities, emphasizing the need for more comprehensive changes to protect pedestrians and cyclists from deadly accidents caused by motor vehicles.
Last year, Sammy's Law was passed and signed by the governor - a victory a decade in the making. But over the past 12 months, we've seen the Adams administration do far too little to implement its new powers.
Somehow, a New Yorker being struck and killed nearly every day by a motor vehicle, and 35 cyclists and pedestrians injured by car drivers every single day, is not enough to warrant a citywide lowering of speed limits for car drivers.
On Wednesday, Mayor Adams announced his intention to mandate a citywide 15 mph speed limit - not for cars, just for e-bikes - claiming he has authorization to do so under the legislation named for my son.
But Sammy's Law has never been intended to be used in this way, and it was written to apply first-and-foremost to the vehicles that are killing hundreds and injuring tens of thousands of New Yorkers every year: cars and trucks.
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