'You shouldn't be able to hide behind the fact that a car is registered to you but maybe someone else was driving,' de Blasio said. Officials previously said that since the violations were issued to the license plate it's impossible to tell who was behind the wheel, but Mayor Bill de Blasio later announced a push for a new law to close that loophole. Almost immediately afterwards, advocates found records showing Bruns' car had 12 violations issued to the license plate in the past two years, including four for running red-lights and four for speeding in school zones.
