A new police chief in Georgia is pleased to learn that the department he took over has been cleared of running a speed trap. A local TV station reports. (Warning: autoplay video. Why isn’t that illegal?) Despite not running a speed trap, he may still be running a speed trap. Jacksonville is a dot on […]
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Trendy traps
I returned from vacation last summer to find I was supposed to pay for a plastic bag in the supermarket. My city had banned single use plastic bags. Now there aren’t any plastic bags blowing around my neighborhood. There weren’t any before, either, but the motive wasn’t really to stop a nonexistent litter problem. The […]
The cash gauge just hit empty
Texas’ experiment with setting highway speed limits to maximize revenue has failed. I’m not talking about speed traps. Those are coming back. The company that bought the 85 mph speed limit on the Austin bypass just declared bankruptcy. Why can’t you buy an 85 mph speed limit? You don’t have $100 million. Private toll roads […]
This week’s success in regulating award
I just read another story of a successful program that’s supposed to be a model for the nation, but in fact accomplished nothing that anybody can see. It reminded me of many stories advocating increased traffic enforcement, and suffered the same flaws, but this one was about drinking and learning. The newspaper article was about […]
More excuses
Engineering judgment… factors not apparent… curves… driveways… transition… because we want to. Reading speed limit studies for California cities reminded me of the excuses engineers use when they don’t want to do their job. Based on an unscientific survey, about two-thirds of California municipal traffic engineers and consultants aren’t doing their job. Or they consider […]
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