There is often tension between the driving majority and the few who have the ear of town officials. The majority asks for 35 mph speed limits, and is outvoted by a handful who demand 25 and ask why they can’t have 15. The Massachusetts legislature recently gave control to the latter group, except in towns […]
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We can’t stop here, this is fly country
They’re called face flies. They look like house flies, to which they are closely related. True to their name, they kept landing on my face as I drove out of Texas. Does NHTSA count that as distracted driving? I don’t think there’s a box on reporting forms for flies. The evidence tends to disappear as […]
What “25” really means
“Boston drivers will have to slow down a little,” wrote the Patch reporter. No, we won’t. That’s one of the stock phrases reporters use that gets on my nerves, because it reflects a basic misunderstanding of how speed limits work. Ben Parker from WBZ got the lead right — “drivers will be told to slow […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: December 12, 2016
December 12, 2016 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, TheNewspaper, Traffic Tickets
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –License Plate Tracking Legal in VA –Quebec Strikes down Speed Cams –More Sun Visor Stickers in your future Friday, December 9, 2016 Washington Appeals Court Convicts Kiddie Pool Motorcyclist Washington state’s second highest court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a speeding motorcyclist who attempted to get away from police […]
Five for fining
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh pulled a Trump — he said something outrageous and the media ate it up. He claimed that changing “30” to “25” in the ordinance books would save pedestrians by slowing traffic. New York City tried that and it didn’t save pedestrians. It raised revenue. Long before the failure of “Vision Zero,” […]
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