John Basler was going double the speed limit at more than double the BAC limit when he hit another car head on. Both women in the other car died. Why isn’t he serving five years for manslaughter? Because officers from the Massachusetts State Police crash unit said he was sober and the other driver was […]
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What “25” really means
“Boston drivers will have to slow down a little,” wrote the Patch reporter. No, we won’t. That’s one of the stock phrases reporters use that gets on my nerves, because it reflects a basic misunderstanding of how speed limits work. Ben Parker from WBZ got the lead right — “drivers will be told to slow […]
The Elk State
She asked if I wanted to hike into the Grand Canyon next fall, a quick trip to the bottom and back. You mean what the Park Service specifically says not to do? I’m not sure if I’m fit or crazy enough to go down and up in a day. I did drive to the rim […]
Five for fining
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh pulled a Trump — he said something outrageous and the media ate it up. He claimed that changing “30” to “25” in the ordinance books would save pedestrians by slowing traffic. New York City tried that and it didn’t save pedestrians. It raised revenue. Long before the failure of “Vision Zero,” […]
What $10 million per mile buys you
The steep slope with projecting rocks bothered me at first when I learned to drive. In time I understood they were not going to jump out and hit me. They got somebody. A drunk driver killed herself and her kids. The road got new warning signs for people who can see yellow signs but can’t […]
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