NICK’S VIEW – I have previously written about Los Angeles’s grim paradox: a city that promises safer streets while being infested by a sustained and deadly traffic‑violence crisis.
I have been dismayed by the commitments made by our elected officials only to see fatalities rise, critical safety projects stalled, and a city failing to deploy proven interventions.
Now I am mad as hell! On Saturday, whether by luck or providence, I narrowly avoided being T-boned by a driver who ran a red light. My reaction is the same one any resident would have after experiencing such a close call…