One of New York City’s Mayor de Blasio’s early acts was a law jailing drivers who don’t yield to pedestrians. One of the judiciary’s most recent acts was to declare that law unconstitutional. From my vantage point in Massachusetts this seems like a silly controversy. It was long ago settled here that if you run […]
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Driving 560 in a 660 zone
One Sunday morning I went for an early walk through the land of bad traffic signals. I reluctantly pressed the button to request the computer’s permission to cross Trapelo Road, was granted permission, started walking, and a car passed about 10 feet behind me even though the photon energy was totally in my favor. We’re […]
Offsetting fouls
The car dealer broke my brakes trying to fix them. Giving the benefit of the doubt, after 12 New England winters and more dirt roads than the average sports sedan sees the bleeder valve could have been rusted. My loaner was a newish CTS, a nice car aside from the automatic transmission. I accelerated quickly […]
It’s tourist season
It’s tourist season in New Hampshire. The bag limit is 68. Saturday mornings in summer people from southern New England drive north on I-93 to visit the White Mountains. Near Ashland where the scenery becomes interesting and drivers are tempted to stop watching the median crossovers, State Police are waiting on the ground and in […]
Relax and wait your turn
Cambridge, Massachusetts designated part of Winthrop Street in Harvard Square as a “shared street” where pedestrians have right of way and the unposted speed limit is 10 mph. Since this little street functions like an alley, the designation wouldn’t cause trouble if it really existed. But it doesn’t really exist. Right of way and speed […]
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