By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!” — Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Unreliability and you Suppose you hit a red light and it never turns green as long as you wait. You can sit there forever, or you can run the red. A ticket will be in the mail. You […]
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Making The Rules For Making The Rules
July 16, 2013 • 0 Comments • John Carr, NMA, Red-Light Cameras, Speed Limits, Traffic Tickets, Yellow Light Duration
Watch As I Make This Standard Disappear
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?” — Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury My city ended its moratorium on illegal stop signs. I suspect what happened is, the new city engineer in Newton learned a trick from his counterpart next door […]
The Driver Strikes Back? (Part 2)
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “Il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres.” — Voltaire, Candide I have a dream. It involves ruined men and crying children and massive tax increases. There are a few thousand mayors, DPW commissioners, traffic engineers, and other state and municipal employees […]
The Drivers Strike Back? (Part 1)
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. — Dr. Laurence J. Peter Standards and You Imagine you bought some land in the country. It’s beautiful — right on the water — if a bit rocky. The inspector says it’s probably not buildable and you need a site […]
Take a Closer Look—Part 2
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” — The Wizard of Oz Last time I gave some examples where engineers didn’t even bother to make excuses. They wrote a deficient report and hoped nobody would notice. Often you’ll get a report that tries to explain. Here’s something […]
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