Possibility

In practice no one is getting 30 days in jail. They're getting a $250 fine and a misdemeanor charge. For killing people. When they had the clear right of way in a crosswalk with the light.

The NYPD last week arrested Alexander Smotritsky of Brooklyn after he fatally bowled over 61-year-old Xiali Yue on a right turn, as she attempted to cross with the light.

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The new law criminalized failures to yield, with the possible 30-day imprisonment for a collision with a pedestrian. That’s wrong because:

-It misuses criminal law as a tool for changing driving habits that are generally tolerated.

"driving habits that are generally tolerated." Well then.