Brookfield, Massachusetts officials posted a fake bridge closed sign to keep nonresidents from using an open bridge. MassDOT said they should take the sign down. That was unusual. The DOT hates to tell towns “no”, even though policing sign use is part of its job. Maybe there’s one guy in the Worcester office who let […]
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Another crime to classify
I’m betting this one lands in the “speed-related” file. It was like a classic movie car chase, with the car speeding downhill until it hits a flat cross street and launches into the air. Except this was in Massachusetts instead of San Francisco, and there wasn’t a stunt driver behind the wheel so the car […]
An overgrown system
The reporter who called me seemed to have an exposé in mind. How could it be that so many people are found not guilty of traffic violations? Police in Massachusetts write nearly a million tickets per year. That’s about $150 million for government and more than that for the insurance industry. But hundreds of thousands […]
You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry
Let me tell you about two men in the news recently. One drove under the influence and crashed into a car full of teenagers who died in the flaming wreck. The other ran low on the medical marijuana he used for his temper, snapped, and killed five people in a fit of anger. They are […]
It takes two
It often happens that two careless drivers combine to create an accident either could have avoided. A police officer turned on emergency lights, opened the car door, and a passing car hit the door. The police department used the opportunity to write about the “move over” law. The law does not specifically prohibit hitting a […]
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