#Eric Adams calls for reckless drivers to get lifetime suspension

Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams said extremely reckless drivers like the one charged with killing an infant in a Brooklyn hit-and-run over the weekend should have their licenses revoked — permanently.

“We should really think differently about those who have real records of abuse,” said Adams, currently the Brooklyn borough president, at a press conference Monday.

“I think our suspension of licenses can be longer and I believe we can put in place a rule after a certain amount of time of predetermined reckless driving, we can do lifetime suspension,” he said at the site of the fatal crash in Clinton Hill.

Tyrik Mott — who’s accused of going the wrong way down Gates Avenue before crashing into another car that hit a mother and her 3-month-old — still had his license even after his car racked up 160 traffic violations, including more than 90 for speeding in city school zones.

If he’s elected mayor, Adams pledged to increase enforcement of traffic rules by both NYPD officers and automated systems like red light and speed cameras

He cited statistics that show a 51 percent decrease in moving violation tickets written by cops in June 2021 compared to the same time in 2019.

At the same time this year is on track to be one of the deadliest on record with 124 people killed in car accidents so far.

“You can’t see crashes and fatalities increase yet enforcement decreases. That’s a bad match,” he said.

“I want my police officers doing the appropriate car stops, doing the visual inspections. A speed camera can’t tell you if someone’s intoxicated,” Adams said.

Adams also called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to “immediately” implement the Dangerous Vehicle Abatement Law that forces reckless drivers to attend a safe driving class and would potentially impound their cars.

The program’s rollout was delayed after the mayor cut funding from the budget due to the coronavirus pandemic last year. It’s now been funded but classes still haven’t started, according to a City Hall spokesman.

On Monday, the mayor blamed Albany lawmakers for not doing more to make city streets safer.

But Danny Harris, head of the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives, said de Blasio should take more responsibly for protecting pedestrians.

“Our mayor may say this is COVID, he may try to blame Albany, he may try to blame somebody else, let me remind you these are Mayor de Blasio’s streets,” Harris said at the press conference with Adams.