Ingozi phambili kubahambi ngeenyawo eNew York

Kwi-2017 kwakukho ngaphezu kwe-450,000 yohambo lwebhayisikili yemihla ngemihla kwisixeko saseNew York, ukusuka kwi-170,000 kwi-2005. Ngelixa inani elonyukayo labahamba ngeebhayisikile kwizitrato zaseManhattan libonelela nge-PR elungileyo kuSodolophu, inkcubeko eyandisiweyo yebhayisekile icaphukisa abahamba ngeenyawo, ikhankanya abahamba ngebhayisikile abakhawulezayo. , baleka izibane ezibomvu, khwaza amagama amane oonobumba, umbhalo ngelixa ukhwele ibhayisekile, uchasene nezithuthi, kwaye uwise abantu abakhulileyo ngeentonga kunye neentonga. Ukongeza, iindlela zebhayisekile kunye nezikhululo zokumisa i-Citi Bike, ezidityaniswe neendawo zokupaka ibhayisekile ezisecaleni kwendlela ethatha indawo yabahambi ngeenyawo, ukuhamba ngeendlela zaseNew York kuye kwaba yinto eyothusayo kunye nomceli mngeni.

Ukuhamba ngebhayisekile ayisiyonto intsha kwi Inew york. Indlela yokuqala yebhayisekile eMelika yavulwa eBrooklyn (1894). Bangaphezu kwama-500,000 XNUMX abantu abadala baseNew York abasebenzisa iibhayisekile zabo ngaphezu kwezihlandlo ezibini ngenyanga, ukwenza umthambo nokuhamba.

Ngaba uhamba ngeenyawo eManhattan? Sebenzisa Isilumkiso!

Ngenxa yokwanda kwamanani eebhayisekile, ukuhamba ecaleni kwendlela yeSixeko saseNew York kunokuba yingozi empilweni yakho. EManhattan, ngo-2017 bekukho iingozi ezingama-207 phakathi kwabahambi ngebhayisekile nabahambi ngeenyawo, okukhokelele kumonzakalo wabahambi ngeenyawo abali-172. Ngo-2018, bekukho iingozi ezili-155 phakathi kwabahambi ngeenyawo nabahambi ngebhayisekile, okukhokelele kumonzakalo wabahambi ngeenyawo abali-134.

Ezona ndawo ziyingozi ziquka: iFlatiron/Gramercy Park's 13th Precinct; I-Chinatown / i-Italiya encinci kunye ne-Lower Manhattan kunye ne-Upper West Side. I-Central Park ikwayingozi kwimpilo yakho, njengoko iibhayisekile zomdyarho zilima kwizibane ezibomvu zibeka abahambi ngeenyawo emngciphekweni wokufuna nje ukuwela indlela.

NgokukaBrad Hamilton (i-NY Post, nge-31 ka-Agasti ka-2019), i-NYPD ikhuphe i-19,949 yolwaphulo-mthetho oluhambahambayo kubakhweli beebhayisikile ngo-2019, ukusuka kwi-18,148 kwangelo xesha linye ngo-2018.

Abahambi ngeenyawo Abanatyala

Ichanekile ngokwenyani kwaye kufuneka yamkelwe ngamagosa anyuliweyo aseNew York, ukuba abahambi ngeenyawo basengozini. Nokuba ngabantu aba-2 bonzakeleyo okanye abantu abangama-200, akukho nzakala yamkelekileyo njengeSixeko esinemithombo engachazwanga.

ISixeko sinokuba ngcono kwaye senze ngcono. USodolophu kunye nesixeko, amadoda kunye nabasetyhini abanyulwe ngurhulumente banezixhobo zokwenza iindledlana zeNew York zikhuseleke kakhulu. Akufanele kube yingozi ukuba abantu bahambe-hamba. UJared Evans (umhlalutyi wezopolitiko weLizwe lamaJuda) ubuze ukunqongophala komdla kuSodolophu u-de Blasio malunga nalo mbuzo wokufumanisa ukuba, "... ujike amehlo kubakhweli beebhayisekile abangakhathaliyo ...

Nokuba abahlali okanye abakhenkethi bahambahamba kunye nabahlobo babo kunye nosapho lwabo, behamba nenja, bedlala nabantwana babo, bezulazula kancinane ngeentonga zabo okanye abahambi, okanye bezama ukulawula amaqhuma, iithayile ezisecaleni kwendlela okanye imingxuma ngezitulo zabo ezinamavili, iindledlana zeendlela zeSixeko. kufuneka ibe yindawo ekhuselekileyo.

Ngokutsho kukaJonathan Adkins, uMlawuli oyiNtloko we-Governor Highway Safety Association (GHSA), "Iintsimbi ze-alarm ziyaqhubeka zivakala kulo mbandela. Kuyacaca ukuba kufuneka siqinise iinzame zethu ezidibeneyo zokukhusela abahambi ngeenyawo. ” …

IiBhayisikile ziThatha i-Manhattan SidewalkNgelixa abanini-ndawo zokutyela kufuneka bafumane ilayisenisi kwisiXeko ukuze bandise iindlela zabo zokuhlala kwiindledlana zeNew York, kubonakala ngathi imithetho ayinwenweli kubanini bevenkile zokutyela abathatha iindlela zokuhamba zikawonke-wonke ngeshishini - iibhayisekile. Zininzi kakhulu ezi bhayisekile zikhokela indawo yendlela esecaleni kunangaphambili, zishiya abahambi ngeenyawo ukuba balawule indlela yabo bejikeleza imiqobo, rhoqo besengozini.

Abakhweli beebhayisikile Abanamthetho

Abantu abakhwele iibhayisekile bakholelwa ukuba akufuneki bathobele nawuphi na umthetho, kwaye amalungelo abo athatha indawo yamalungelo abahambi ngeenyawo. Le nkolelo ayichananga. Umthetho ufuna ukuba abakhweli beebhayisekile bakhwele netrafikhi njengoko ukukhwela ibhayisekile ngokuchasene netrafikhi kungunobangela ophambili wokutshayisa kweebhayisekile. Ukuhamba ngetrafikhi kwenza ukuba iibhayisekile zibonakale ngakumbi kwaye iintshukumo zazo ziqikelelwe ngakumbi.

Abaqhubi beebhayisikile kufuneka bathobele zonke iirobhothi kunye nemiqondiso kwaye kufuneka babonise ukujika nokuba bakhwele kwindlela yebhayisekile, indlela okanye enye indlela esetyenziswa ekwabelwana ngayo nabahambi ngeenyawo.

Umthetho ukwafuna ukuba umqhubi webhayisekile asebenzise indlela eyenzelwe indlela yakhe yothutho. Ukongeza, iibhayisekile azivumelekanga ukuba zithathe iindledlana zokuhamba. Ukwahlulwa-hlulwa “b” (iCandelo le-19-176) lekhowudi yolawulo yeSixeko ihlawulisa esona sohlwayo siphezulu se-$100 ngokukhwela ibhayisekile ecaleni kwendlela. Ulwahlulo “c” luchaza umahluko ongalunganga xa umntu ebhayisekile ecaleni kwendlela “ngendlela ebeka emngciphekweni nawuphi na omnye umntu okanye ipropathi”, kwaye loo nto inesohlwayo esikhulu seentsuku ezingama-20 entolongweni. Xa umkhweli webhayisekile ekhwela ecaleni kwendlela (indawo emiselwe abahambi ngeenyawo), ungquzulwano lunyanzelekile ukuba lwenzeke, kuqukwa iingozi…kuba zingumqobo ongalindelekanga endleleni. Kukwafuneka ukuba abakhweli beebhayisekile, njengabaqhubi, banike ilungelo lendlela kubahambi ngeenyawo.

Ngokuka-Eben Weis, “…ukuba isixeko sakho sithwaxwa ngabo bakhweli-bhayisekile bayingozi, ayithethi ukuba abakhweli beebhayisikile babi. Kuthetha eyesixeko sakho Iziseko zebhayisekile ziyalambatha kwaphela. Yeyona ngxaki”

Ithemba Lemvisiswano?

“Sonke thina esihlala okanye esisebenza kwisiXeko saseNew York sikwenza oko ngokubeka ubomi bethu esichengeni ngenxa yabakhweli beebhayisekile abahamba ngesantya esiphezulu kwiziphambuka yaye ngokufuthi behamba ngokuchasene neenqwelo-mafutha kwizitrato eziya kwicala elinye. Iibhayisekile kufuneka zibe nepleyiti yelayisensi ukwenza ukuba abakhweli baphendule…” Ward Landrigan, CEO Verduna.

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