By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Price elasticity of demand — the change in demand for a product caused by a change in its price One thing I noticed driving around America is how cheap littering fines are. I didn’t learn this by reading law books. States advertised their low fines on signs. They were […]
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Where Did That Car Come From?
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “Say… what’s a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud bank?” — Gary Larson, “Far Side” The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issues an annual report reminding us that most accidents could not be prevented by driving slower. A recent police log from my area backs that […]
The Good Old Days of Speed Limits
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Remember when towns wanted speed limits set for safety? Not me. I’m not that old. But they used to.
Two Wrongs Make a Conviction
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three lefts do.” There is a lot of ranting against speed limits, stop signs, and so forth on the internet. I agree with much of it, until it goes off into wildly wrong legal assertions. Too many people fall for the wishful […]
Designed to Fail: Speed Zoning Policies
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “The [accident] involvement rate was minimum at a speed that was usually 5 or 10 miles per hour more than the average speed on the study sections.” — David Solomon (noted transportation researcher) You may have heard of the “85th percentile rule” for setting […]
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