Slap on wrist for speed demons

THEY’RE serial speed demons who never catch hell for their bad driving.

City records show 50 cars have each racked up 45 or more speed or red-light camera violations in the city since 2014 — yet the owners of the vehicles have faced nothing but a $50 slap on the wrist.

The worst of the worst is a Gray 2008 Hyundai, which has been hit with 75 violations between June 2, 2016, and Jan. 11, 2018 — 74 of them for going 11 miles per hour or higher than the speed limit in school zones, which is typically between 15 and 20 mph.

A Daily News analysis that looked at the 50 worst cars found that in total they have been caught on camera blowing 214 red lights and have been snapped speeding in a school zone 2,438 times.

The second-worst vehicle — a white 2007 Ford van with a commercial license plate — has been slapped with 66 violations for tearing through Queens and Brooklyn.

City records only identify cars by their license plates — not by the owners of the vehicles. None of the violations led to a suspended license — just a $50 ticket.

That’s because the speed or red-light cameras take a picture of the license plate and mail a fine to the owner of the car.

“Just mailing them a fine, I don’t think it’s the answer,” Assemblyman Michael DenDekker (D-Queens) said. “It won’t stop people that have money and can afford to pay the fines.”

Under state law, the city-run camera program collects fines but doesn’t log the violations with the state Department of Motor Vehicles or put points on a license.

In contrast, motorists who receive a moving violation from a police officer could get points on their license and could have their license suspended by the DMV after two or three tickets.

DenDekker introduced a bill in the Assembly in 2017 that would suspend the registration of a vehicle for six months if a car received five photo violations in a year. He wants to hold vehicle owners accountable for their driving and for those who use their rides.

“I think at least the people that own the cars will take more responsibility,” DenDekker said.

Transit advocates said the lack of accountability allowed Dorothy Bruns — the driver who killed two young children in Park Slope, Brooklyn, last week — to remain on the road.

Authorities said she suffered a seizure before running a red light and crashing into the children and their mothers.

Before the crash, her car had been cited for blowing four red lights and speeding through a school zone in a 15-month period ending in October 2017. Since