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Council Member Holden shares personal experience with 53-foot trucks
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Council Member Robert F. Holden relates his personal experience with 53-foot trucks in his neighborhood, drawing parallels to Gloria Boyce-Charles's testimony. He describes the damage and danger these trucks cause, including infrastructure damage and fatalities.
- Holden became a council member due to issues with 53-foot trucks in his neighborhood
- He mentions trucks knocking down fences, signs, and traffic lights
- Holden emphasizes the lethal danger these trucks pose to pedestrians
Robert F. Holden
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you for the testimony.
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Gloria, I I I don't know how long have you been battling the 53 footers.
2:45:56
Oh my goodness.
2:45:57
So we have similar backgrounds.
2:45:59
I wouldn't be sitting here as a council member if it wasn't for the 53 foot trucks coming through my neighborhood at one and two in the morning, getting stuck on narrow streets, knocking down fences, knocking down signs, knocking down traffic lights.
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We had we had one corner, we had at least two traffic lights knocked down twice a month, and it was going on for five years.
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We couldn't solve it.
2:46:26
We put up no truck signs, but the 53 footers do more than just knock down infrastructure and fences.
2:46:35
They kill.
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They kill people because they have their their turns are much wider and then they have to go up on the sidewalk.
2:46:42
And they don't see a pedestrian who's standing on the corner and it's happened in my neighborhood, it's happened everywhere in the city of New York.
2:46:49
Yet, but I love your Gloria, I love your idea of putting it both, putting it in the legislation that we have to control this.
2:46:57
You can't have these trucks coming in.
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It's there is already a law.
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It's not enforced.
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But I I thank you for your suggestions.
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I'd like to Gloria, I'd like to talk to you about it because we could share notes and maybe we could do something.
Gloria Boyce-Charles
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Yeah.
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I would love it.
Robert F. Holden
2:47:12
Yeah.
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I'd love it.
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Thank you so much.
UNKNOWN
2:47:13
May may I ask a question, please?