Agreed.

Anonymous wrote:This could happen anytime and anywhere but thread makes it sound like its Capitol Hill's exclusive issue.

It's definitely not exclusive to Capitol Hill but this incident happened on the Hill and there have been MANY similar incidents on the Hill. Also as someone who lives here, the number of times every week I see a near miss like this is alarming. I and all other parents I know are super vigilant about crossing streets but as this incident shows, even being vigilant doesn't help when someone comes screaming down a street and blows through a sign or a light, which happens a lot.

I know Brookland has had similar issues and is also a neighborhood with a lot of families with young kids. But the combination of tons of families, little kids, lots of intersections with just stop signs or even crosswalks without stop signs (which should be yielded to but we all know in DC drivers don't care), and a lot of drivers using the neighborhood as a commuter route from suburbs into the city and back out, means we just deal with a lot of incidents like this. The recent streetscape of Maryland NE helped but what are we supposed to do -- install traffic calming measures on every inch of Ward 6 roads? We need stiffer penalties for speeders, people who blow through lights and stop signs, more speed and red light cams, etc.

I hope the current work on Florida Avenue helps slow people down as well, though I haven't seen what that's supposed to look like in the end. Though I saw they are widening sidewalks which is a good start -- I know they've had problems there with cars speeding, losing control, and crashing into houses or the wall around the Gallaudet campus. So pedestrians aren't even safe on the sidewalk.

It's out of control.

Anonymous wrote:These signs shouldn't be confusing, makes it dangerous for pedestrians and drivers.

Do we need a sign saying "Do not hit pedestrians"

This could happen anytime and anywhere but thread makes it sound like its Capitol Hill's exclusive issue.

These signs shouldn't be confusing, makes it dangerous for pedestrians and drivers.

Wow! They actually made an arrest. Probably when its not a stolen car and driver isn't masked. Traffic sign issue needs to be addressed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Link? Please understand some of us actually live in these neighborhoods and when you post things like this with no further info, we worry about our friends and neighbors. What intersection? Are they okay? What the hell?

Oct. 4 on C and 12th streets Northeast. There is video of it here, and no it wasn't a teen car jacker. You can see the driver.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/northeast-dc-hit-and-run-caught-on-camera/65-1feec93e-6f3d-4e7a-9cf1-8742ba537440

He was arrested: https://www.instagram.com/p/CylQG8du7pa/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Driver was probably 14, driving a car that they took from someone at gunpoint.

This. Parents, teachers, coaches, council, police and whole community needs to do better to solve teen crime. Its not only dangerous for the community but its not going to end well for these kids and their parents. Instead of victim and perpetrator mentality, teach kids responsibility, resilience, discipline, conscientiousness and compassion.

You mean like spend the most per student in the country? We already do this. What else did you have in mind.

Anonymous wrote:Link? Please understand some of us actually live in these neighborhoods and when you post things like this with no further info, we worry about our friends and neighbors. What intersection? Are they okay? What the hell?

Oct. 4 on C and 12th streets Northeast. There is video of it here, and no it wasn't a teen car jacker. You can see the driver.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/northeast-dc-hit-and-run-caught-on-camera/65-1feec93e-6f3d-4e7a-9cf1-8742ba537440

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Driver was probably 14, driving a car that they took from someone at gunpoint.

This. Parents, teachers, coaches, council, police and whole community needs to do better to solve teen crime. Its not only dangerous for the community but its not going to end well for these kids and their parents. Instead of victim and perpetrator mentality, teach kids responsibility, resilience, discipline, conscientiousness and compassion.

At least one person is working on it as we saw from the incident in Judiciary Square last night.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Driver was probably 14, driving a car that they took from someone at gunpoint.

This. Parents, teachers, coaches, council, police and whole community needs to do better to solve teen crime. Its not only dangerous for the community but its not going to end well for these kids and their parents. Instead of victim and perpetrator mentality, teach kids responsibility, resilience, discipline, conscientiousness and compassion.

+ 1 million

Anonymous wrote:Driver was probably 14, driving a car that they took from someone at gunpoint.

This. Parents, teachers, coaches, council, police and whole community needs to do better to solve teen crime. Its not only dangerous for the community but its not going to end well for these kids and their parents. Instead of victim and perpetrator mentality, teach kids responsibility, resilience, discipline, conscientiousness and compassion.

Link? Please understand some of us actually live in these neighborhoods and when you post things like this with no further info, we worry about our friends and neighbors. What intersection? Are they okay? What the hell?

Driver was probably 14, driving a car that they took from someone at gunpoint.

Guy hits son, mom and dog (and barely misses daughter but only bc son pushed her out of the way) and then takes off…did this happen recently? What was the driver thinking?