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 […]
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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. […]
Overruling the Rules
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Ultra vires — an act under color of authority but beyond the legal authority granted to a person or administrative agency Having an interest in traffic laws and signs, I am in the minority that reads road signs. I see “TRUCKS USE LEFT LANE.” “END LEFT LANE PROHIBITION.” “BICYCLES […]
Fake Experts and the Reporters Who Love Them
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Reductio ad absurdum — proving a proposition false by showing that it leads to false or absurd results. Today’s filler masquerading as news Linda Finarelli is a lazy reporter. I don’t mean to pick on her in particular. She has plenty of company. But her report on Pennsylvania’s speed […]
The Fortieth Anniversary of the NMSL: Reverberations from a Failed Federal Act
December 3, 2013 • 0 Comments • Fuel, Gary Biller, NMA, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, Traffic Congestion
By Gary Biller, NMA President If I could travel back in time to change just one event to benefit motorists and highway safety, it would be 1974 to prevent the enactment of the 55 mph National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL). While the United States still may not have attained the driving freedoms and safety of […]
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