driving dangerously

Thanks to M. for sending from 16th and P Street, NW last night: “Trying to imagine how it got that way.”

Well it was nice while it lasted.

Incidentally, got more info about that car driving dangerously around Logan Circle the other night and, uh, it’s exactly what you imagined, and more: (more…)

Update from K.

“the car, which did nearly two dozen laps around the circle.

After popping all 4 tires while circling the statue, he made his way down the pedestrian sidewalk west of the circle headed towards P Street and turned on Kingman. He was detained on Q Street by police, who said he was very intoxicated and believed he had done nothing wrong. According to Park Police, he said there was nothing wrong with “driving around the circle…!” He didn’t realize though that the circle he was driving around was the one surrounding the Statue and not actually the street surrounding Logan Circle.”

“A driver drove a car into Logan Circle last night around 9:30pm. Circled around the inner part of the circle at least 5 times before turning and driving off. The bumper of the car is still out there!”

Thanks to all who sent in photos. Another reader writes:

Aftermath photos of yet another car crash last night in Logan Circle. Eyewitnesses told me a car was driving in circles around the Logan statue and narrowly missed some people. (more…)

Thanks to FQF for sharing: “Practicing GTA stunts on Florida Ave”

I’ve probably seen dozens of these if ot a hundred by now but it’s always, always, always, how they hell did they manage to do this on a straightaway…

25th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Thanks to Danielle for sending around 2pm:

“Didn’t see what caused it but heard the crash… unclear how the black car is turned in that direction! #staysafeDC”

“Dear PoPville,

Me and my dog were hit by a car while running in a marked crosswalk on upper Ct Ave this morning (Tuesday). We are both okay, $300 in vet checkups later, but the guy who hit us had out of state plates and the DC police told me it wasn’t worth pursuing the matter. This in spite of the fact that we were already in the crosswalk when the car began moving towards us, and in spite of the fact that it accelerated towards us while I screamed so loudly that my Apple Watch registered a noise level alert.

Last year, a close friend of mine was hit by a car, also in a marked DC crosswalk, after she recalls “making eye contact” with a driver who then proceeded to hit her anyway. In October, another close friend was hospitalized and left with permanent nerve damage and vision loss when a young woman plowed into her and her dog in a marked crosswalk with a walk signal on Bradley Boulevard. And not even a month ago, my best friend rushed her dog to the ER after she was hit by a car in Takoma Park.

Why aren’t we holding drivers accountable for these incidents?! (more…)