Knowing something about how speed limits are set (in theory and in practice) I read stories about speed limits differently from most people. Usually that means digging through piles of emotion to find a few poorly-reported facts. A story from Columbus, Minnesota was unusually informative. We get the background facts: road posted 45, two pets […]
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Where did that stop sign come from?
Somewhere between the Blue Hills and the best supply of winter blueberries I’ve found near Boston, I drove through a series of “nuisance” stop signs. If you look on a map you’ll see Dana Avenue, Hyde Park, Boston is a line from point A to point B, one of only two crossings over 3 miles […]
Why blanket speed limits are wrong (continued)
I wrote about Boston police being told to ticket anybody going over 30 within city limits, which is not the law. More recently Lawrence County, Indiana, told police to ticket anybody going over 35 within the county, which is also not the law. (A legal blog also reported this story.) In Indiana the speed limit […]
Don’t shoot the messenger?
Police in Georgia want angry residents to know that their speed cameras aren’t really speed cameras. People have been shooting radar trailers to stop them from issuing tickets. Up here we don’t shoot them. We steal them. North and South agree, the only good ticket machine is a dead ticket machine. I know those radar […]
The passing of passing
What’s the fastest road in Massachusetts? There’s a tie between several Interstates you’d guess and one road you probably wouldn’t guess. According to MassDOT sensors, traffic on US 20 east of Russell is as fast as traffic on the Massachusetts Turnpike a mile to the south. Has the sensor gone rogue, or is there something […]
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