Comments on: Help Roadblock Find the Driver Who Hit Him and Fled http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/05/20/help-roadblock-find-the-driver-who-hit-him-and-fled/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stylee http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/05/20/help-roadblock-find-the-driver-who-hit-him-and-fled/comment-page-1/#comment-63091 stylee Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:59:30 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=2176#comment-63091 On Saturday I was hit by the mirror of a Hummer that had no license plate. The driver didnt stop, and I wasnt badly injured. That kept me from becoming another stat in the growing number of bike-car hit & runs. The vehicle was one of dozens I see everyday without a license plate, and without a paper "temporary plate"... nor any indication that it was even newly purchased... To me, it seems like the law requiring 2 license plates is simply not enforced. I wondered if there is there any effort underway to enforce vehicle license plate regulations? As I looked into it, I learned about all the hit & runs.. and how its a lesser crime to leave a scene that it would be to get a DUI... easy choice! Then I was reminded about the hummer-bike incident that happened downtown this summer. That car had no plate, and the incident escalated because the bike had to try and stop the driver from fleeing. I havent seen anything about this issue except a few blog posts, but it seems like an important one to me... I would have loved to noted the plate of the vehicle that nearly ran me over this weekend. On Saturday I was hit by the mirror of a Hummer that had no license plate.

The driver didnt stop, and I wasnt badly injured. That kept me from becoming another stat in the growing number of bike-car hit & runs.

The vehicle was one of dozens I see everyday without a license plate, and without a paper “temporary plate”… nor any indication that it was even newly purchased…

To me, it seems like the law requiring 2 license plates is simply not enforced. I wondered if there is there any effort underway to enforce vehicle license plate regulations?

As I looked into it, I learned about all the hit & runs.. and how its a lesser crime to leave a scene that it would be to get a DUI… easy choice!

Then I was reminded about the hummer-bike incident that happened downtown this summer. That car had no plate, and the incident escalated because the bike had to try and stop the driver from fleeing.

I havent seen anything about this issue except a few blog posts, but it seems like an important one to me… I would have loved to noted the plate of the vehicle that nearly ran me over this weekend.

]]> By: ubrayj02 http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/05/20/help-roadblock-find-the-driver-who-hit-him-and-fled/comment-page-1/#comment-5855 ubrayj02 Wed, 20 May 2009 20:44:20 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=2176#comment-5855 Catch up on the craziness at Midnight Ridazz.com's discussion of the crash: http://midnightridazz.com/forums.php?topicId=9540&pgnum=1 Catch up on the craziness at Midnight Ridazz.com’s discussion of the crash:

http://midnightridazz.com/forums.php?topicId=9540&pgnum=1

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