The driver asked me why there was a sign “SLOW BAD INTERSECTION.” On the spur of the moment all I could say is the town hadn’t paid attention to the last 50 years of traffic control standards. “SLOW” signs have been obsolete since the 1960s, and the “bad intersection” got a stop sign a long […]
345 Blog Posts From the John Carr Tag
Talk is cheap
With traffic signs costing about as much as fancy toys, they get used like fancy toys. When I see “RADAR ENFORCED” in California, I think “it’s safe to exceed this speed limit.” There’s no apparent correlation with actual use of radar, but they seem to be used more often where the speed limit is too […]
Who am I? Why am I here?
I just deleted my draft on President Clinton’s likely transportation policy. We’re not getting a return to 55 like she called for a decade ago. We’re not getting Obama 2.0. What, then, can drivers expect in the aftermath of the surprise ending of the world’s biggest reality TV event? Neither Trump nor Pence is eager […]
A peaceful, easy feeling
The Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts showed his contempt for the people recently. Faced with overwhelming evidence that everybody thinks the speed limit too low — “It’s not just teenagers. It’s moms, it’s dads, it’s senior citizens.” — he asked police to write more tickets and is working with the City Council to create even more […]
Pot makes police paranoid
As I predicted last spring, the campaign against recreational marijuana in Massachusetts is warning of the danger to police running speed traps. It’s an emotional plea from people who have no idea what they are talking about. In Colorado, where pot is legal de jure, and California, where it is legal de facto, fatalities track […]
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