"I received this e-mail from a resident of West Maspeth over the weekend:
"Do you know that now that they have made Maurice Avenue a one-way going to the L.I.E. that they have made a raceway for the kids? They have already been racing here. The lanes are super wide and they don't have to worry about vehicles going the other way. It's only a matter of time before someone gets killed."
Earlier this year, DOT installed speed humps on the part of Maurice Avenue north of the expressway to stop the drag racing that was going on there and it worked like a charm. But they can't do that on this stretch of road because they rerouted the Q39 bus to make stops along Maurice, and we were told that DOT cannot install speed humps on bus routes. I'm not sure what the solution is to this problem other than to change Maurice Avenue back to a two-way street. The NYPD has been informed about the drag racing and said they will monitor the situation, but they can't be down there every night." - Christina Wilkinson
11 comments:
Create a new traffic law making the penalties for drag racing a class 2 misdemeanor + 6 point $5000 fine and impound the cars.
The drag racing bums will stop or take it to the track.
Street drag racing is one of the stupidest things on the planet !
Why spent $20,0000+ on a car only to beat the hell out of it ?
I have a 69 Hemi Charger the will blow all them away but I don't drag race it.
It unreal how many aO's in the new Corvetts & Mustangs pull up to me at red lights and rev it up.
These jerks also kill people and don't deserve drivers licenses or cars.
These drag racing operations are sophisticated these days and are money making machines. They use social media to gather people from all over the country to places like Maspeth, no joke. There are thousands of dollars spent on betting.
Where's your city councilperson on this, your community board. We sympathize with your predicament but you need to bring these people out of the woodwork. They are non-functioning.
Where's your city councilperson on this, your community board. We sympathize with your predicament but you need to bring these people out of the woodwork. They are non-functioning.
City wide, Community boards need to be abolished. This would then bring out the councilmembers from hiding and hold their feet a little closer to the fire.
When the NYPD says that "they will monitor the situation" they're just blowing you off and have no intention of actually doing anything.
Where's your city councilperson on this, your community board. We sympathize with your predicament but you need to bring these people out of the woodwork. They are non-functioning.
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Wrong. Processing requests from developers is a full time job.
I like Joe's idea.
If we deport young male guidos, this problem will solve itself.
Guidos? Think again. The drag racing is not done by locals as it had been in the past. They come from all over the northeast and converge on places like Maspeth. No joke.
I saw a nasty accident right over by the Clinton Diner on Saturday.... This is just the start!
Speed bumps on a truck route will only create earthquakes every time an 80,000lb truck bounces over it. Maurice Ave should be a 2 way street.
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