China News Service, April 19. According to the US "Overseas Chinese News" report, the Brooklyn community in New York, the United States held a road festival for Ms. Rong, a Chinese woman who was killed by a motorcycle, on the 17th, and called for the legislation to strengthen the management of motorcycles as soon as possible. , it must be registered and insured when it is on the road to avoid such tragedies from happening again.
Sponsored by more than ten Chinese associations, including Taishan Overseas Chinese Women's Federation in New York and Asian American Human Rights Defence League, and received responses from a number of elected officials and candidates for multiple positions this year, the festival was held on the 17th at a 43-year-old Chinese woman. Ms. Rong was hit by a motorcycle and died at the intersection of Nineteenth Avenue and 76th Street in Brooklyn.
On the table at the scene were Ms. Rong's posthumous photo and lit candles. Participants held white flowers and laid flowers for her to express their condolences and remembrance.
Although 40 days have passed since the accident, Mrs. Rong's husband, Mr. Tan, still has tears in his eyes when he talks about his deceased wife.
When he and his son thanked all walks of life for their concern and support to his family, he also said that this was the first time he went to the place where his wife was killed after the car accident, because he had never had the courage to come here again.
Mr. Tan also said that Mayor Adams said that to maintain public safety, which should also include road safety, he hoped that lawmakers would propose legislation to regulate unlicensed and unlicensed electric vehicles to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.
Chen Shanzhuang, the general convener of the Asian American Rights Protection Alliance, called on the current mayors, governors, elected officials and candidates to fully understand the importance of public safety, and to promote legislation as soon as possible to ensure public safety.
State Rep. Peter Abbate said he thought it was a bad idea when the de Blasio administration decided to put motorcycles on the road two years ago, and now it's proven.
He will not forget the tragedy of Ms. Rong, and is working to promote three pieces of legislation, including the need to ensure that motorcycles are licensed on the road to determine the identity information of the cyclists; electric vehicles must be equipped with insurance to ensure that after an accident occurs Victims get some compensation; enforcement is stepped up to ensure that any car with an engine is as regulated as a car.
(Cui Guoqi)