This is precisely why we need the city to actually enforce its laws! Traffic fatalities in the district are the highest they’ve been since 2007, despite the fact we have so many traffic calming measures that weren’t present in years prior. Enforcing the law doesn’t equate to sending the cops out. It just means recognizing that a law that goes unenforced is a mere suggestion, not a law.

Unfortunately, Metro PD doesn’t give a rat’s ass about tackling crime; they just care about preserving their already tarnished reputation. They’ll interrogate felons and let them walk around our city with guns. They’ll race each other and total their squad cars in Ward 6, but they sure as hell won’t take a hit and run seriously—I say that from my own experience as a cyclist in a hit and run earlier this summer that learned this the hard way. I even had a photo of the license plate and face of the perp.

If you really care about the safety of cyclists, write or email your councilmember and tell them the city needs a photo-submission enforcement program. I’ve got a template if anyone would like!