By Senator Dora Drake This past week, Milwaukee has once again showcased a culture of reckless driving with the continuation of street takeovers and traffic accidents, including in my district that cost the life of one of our community members. One instance showed an individual driving nearly 70 MPH before causing a deadly crash last […]
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Assembly Bill 78: A Crucial Step Forward in Curbing Milwaukee’s Reckless Driving Crisis
By LaKeshia N. Myers As a resident of the city of Milwaukee, one concern rises above all others in conversations with neighbors and friends: the dangerous epidemic of reckless driving plaguing our streets. For too long, our communities have suffered while dangerous drivers cause accidents, take lives, and create an atmosphere of fear on roads […]
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Enough is Enough: Reckless Driving Needs to be Reined In
By LaKeshia N. Myers I have dedicated a good portion of my legislative career to fighting reckless driving. From introducing bills to allow red light and speed enforcement cameras, to seeking enhanced penalties for repeat offenders. At each step, legislative Republicans looked the other way and chose not to move forward with the legislation. Even […]
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The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back: It’s Time to Crack Down on Reckless Driving
By LaKeshia N. Myers A little girl died last week. Four-year-old Zekani Hymes-Wilson was struck and killed by a speeding vehicle. She and her mother had walked to a local store and Zekani didn’t make it back home. Her mother, Gloria, sustained life-threatening injuries. I was saddened to hear of the hit-and-run death, but even […]
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Check Yo’ Self, Before You Wreck Yo’ Self
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor If you are of a certain age, musical genre, or social network, you are familiar with the saying “Check yo’ self, before you wreck yo’ self”. While it didn’t originate with the rapper Ice Cube, his 1993 “Check Yo Self” song became anthem and cautionary tale for making […]
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Red Light Camera Enforcement Deserves the Green Light
By LaKeshia N. Myers Street racing, “red light roulette”, and driving on sidewalks—all of these things are reckless driving realities across the state of Wisconsin and especially in the city of Milwaukee. These are the reasons I support a holistic approach to curb reckless driving and the first step in this process would be changing […]
Milwaukee Sees Sharp Rise in Motor Vehicle Thefts
By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. When Lisette Ruiz-Ruiz, 29, parked her Audi Q5 in the street for the night, she fully expected it to be there in the […]
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Reckless Driving has Gone too Far Action is Needed Now
By: Milwaukee Courier Staff Now, more than ever, residents are fed up with the reckless driving happening on Milwaukee County streets. It doesn’t matter where you are driving in the county, you’ll see motorists running red lights, passing in turn lanes, swerving through traffic and sometimes worse. What’s the result? Over the last five years, […]