City Hall Left Speed Demon on Road

If anyone needed to lose his car, it was Tyrik Mott — before the hit-and-run crash that killed a 3-month-old girl. His vehicle had racked up 160 traffic violations.

Mott allegedly ran a red light before crashing his gray Honda into a black one, killing the baby being pushed in a stroller by her mother on the sidewalk. The collision also injured the mom and another pedestrian.

Yet this speed demon had run red lights 14 times since 2017, five times this year. Cameras caught the car speeding in school zones 35 times in 2021 alone.

So why was he still on the road? A city law that took effect this year could’ve taken the car away (and any vehicle with five redlight-camera or 15 speed-camera violations) — but Mayor de Blasio’s team never set up the safe-driving classes that this law also requires.

Blas on Monday blamed Albany, insisting the Crash Victims Rights and Safety Act would’ve stopped Mott. Yet it does nothing to boost penalties for reckless drivers. Anyway, tough laws mean nothing if not enforced.

It’s an old, sorry story: City Hall knows who the chronically bad drivers are, but even when given the tools to do something about them, still nothing gets done. Nor do most judges take dangerous driving seriously.

Mott’s being held on $100,000 bail, and can expect a one-way ticket to state prison. But no one will pay for the failures that left him cruising without a care in the world.