Last week in Wyoming a new law went into effect increasing the speed limit on most two lane state highways to 70. This week, WYDOT revealed the agency’s “big fear”: people might start driving 70 before crews had changed signs to match the new speed limit. This is a ridiculous statement. The requirement that WYDOT […]
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Speed limit roundup, March 2016
• March 23, 2016 • 0 Comments • HAWAII, IOWA, John Carr, KANSAS, MICHIGAN, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, Speed Limits, WYOMING
There’s a good amount of speed limit legislative activity this year. Here’s a summary of the major changes and failures to change. I’ll go from east to west. A New Jersey politician wants to raise the speed limit to 70 or 75. The police union responded maybe 70 on a few roads would be OK. […]
Math is hard. Let’s go shopping.
I got an email about my recent implication that move over laws are dangerous. As they say on Wikipedia, citation needed. “Move over” laws, if you’ve been doing real work instead of reading news for the past 20 years, allow police to ticket drivers who don’t slow down and/or move over when passing stationary vehicles […]
Stirring up a hornets’ nest
The marketing messages on MassDOT’s electronic signs changed to show a long essay nobody would read. I knew what it meant anyway. Drivers beware. Last week a driver in the left lane of the Massachusetts Turnpike swerved across the highway and killed a police officer running a speed trap. We don’t know the cause, which […]
Trust me, I’m a traffic control device
I almost witnessed a front page news story last night, if news was still printed on pages. It could have been “the 427 train derailed in Waltham.” In fact it was, “drivers jumped a red light and got away with it.” And I’m the only one printing it. When the red lights at the railroad […]
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