As I wrote last month, a new Massachusetts law allows cities to create speed traps. Chicopee is about to be the first city to pass an ordinance in response to this law. A city councilor justified reducing speed limits on two streets: “They are used as cut-through streets.” So Chicopee speed limits are meant to […]
116 Blog Posts From the MASSACHUSETTS Tag
Is hitting the wrong pedal a crime?
Last spring there was an unusual fatal crash in my area. Two people were run over by a car. The unusual part was, they were inside a restaurant at the time. So the incident got more coverage than usual. This week, the driver was arraigned on motor vehicle homicide charges. Based on the coverage the […]
Another day, another octagon
A four way stop appeared at an intersection I use regularly, Lexington and Beech in Belmont, Massachusetts. I wondered, “should I stop?” That I had to ask shows how confrontational the relationship between government and drivers is. Most stop signs are posted for nuisance value. View Larger Map The town engineer says there’s a reason […]
Boston’s commissioner of propaganda speaks
On the radio I heard three false and misleading statements attributed to the Boston Transportation Commissioner. I was tempted to call them lies, but she’s an MBA, not a PE, so she doesn’t have an ethical duty to know what she’s talking about. And she doesn’t. The person in charge of traffic safety in Boston […]
Ignore this sign
Ignore every speed limit sign in Massachusetts. The governor just signed a bill repealing state oversight over municipal speed limits. Cities were sick of having the rules get in the way of speed traps. If you were pretending speed limit signs mean anything, stop. Under old law, municipal speed limits were supposed to be posted […]
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