By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Conflict of interest — a set of circumstances that creates a risk that professional judgement or actions regarding a primary interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest. (Wikipedia quoting Dennis Thompson) You’ve seen the standard figures on pedestrian safety in the news or on a blog. This […]
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Life During Wartime
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock, we blended with the crowd” — Talking Heads, “Life During Wartime” Did you notice the Soviet attack on Massachusetts last winter? It was snowing, as sometimes happens in February in New England, and the governor didn’t want people driving. (He is car-dependent […]
Down With Safety
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Nonanswer — An answer that is so vague or noncommittal as to be worthless (Wiktionary) I’m sick of hearing about safety. I’m sick of hearing lobbyists described as safety experts. I’m also sick of hearing supposed professionals invoke safety as if it were a magic spell. Today’s example comes […]
Which Speed Limit Do You Prefer?
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Now the first of December was covered in snow, and slow was the Turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston — not James Taylor Those aren’t quite the lyrics to “Sweet Baby James,” but they should be. A ritual of winter in Massachusetts is the radio announcement “State police have reduced […]
Whose Fault Is It, Anyway?
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Internet tough guy — somebody who boasts online of dire consequences, usually violent, for anybody who crosses him, but is probably an obese video game addict living in his mother’s basement in real life If you’ve talked driving on the ‘net you have probably met an internet tough guy. […]
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