From the people who brought us “drivers don’t know how many kilometers per hour they go through a work zone” comes “drivers don’t know how many kilometers per hour a train a kilometer away is moving.” Once again, they missed the point. I don’t need to know how fast a train is moving. I need […]
345 Blog Posts From the John Carr Tag
Time to wait
The “Greater Greater Washington” blog has a pair of posts arguing that walk signals are bad for pedestrians. “Walk signals are bad for walking” raises an issue I like to point out. When the pedestrian countdown timer starts counting to say how long you have to cross, it is illegal to use that information. If […]
Watch who you hit
The star of next fall’s ad campaign against legal marijuana is going to prison for at least five years because he hit a cop running a speed trap. If he had killed a civilian, the minimum would be one year. Without a referendum on the ballot he could get probation. A common complaint about modern […]
States of denial
In one of the memorable scenes of the James Bond franchise, Bond is strapped to a table while a laser beam moves towards his double-0s. He defiantly asks, “Do you expect me to talk?” The villain replies, “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die.” I remembered this scene recently while reading yet another story […]
Do as I say
A report and accompanying press release from Down Under shows how our prescriptive attitude towards speed limits is backwards. Australian researchers asked drivers how fast they thought it was safe to go. They also measured how fast drivers actually went. They rediscovered a phenomenon I have frequently commented on. In America people drive 70 but […]
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