By Mark Raborn, NMA Louisiana Member For many years, my work has required me to travel extensively on Louisiana roads. During that time, I have noticed more and more traffic enforcement personnel seemingly eager to accost citizens for the slightest traffic infraction. In my opinion, traffic policing has degenerated from public servant to state-sponsored public […]
486 Blog Posts From the Speed Limits Tag
What Do You Mean, I Look Fast?
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist We reported last year that the Ohio Supreme Court considered a police officer’s visual estimate of speed sufficiently accurate to uphold a conviction for speeding. A law overturning that ruling went into effect September 30.
Warning: Pay No Attention To This Message
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist “One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.” — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Massachusetts has a problem with variable message signs. The problem is, the signs don’t […]
Do You Know How They Set Speed Limits?
If you’re a regular reader of this website, then you probably are familiar with the correct way to set speed limits. It’s also likely that you know that in many parts of the country, local and state officials tend to ignore the traffic engineering science and instead focus on doing whatever protects their speeding ticket […]
Life in the Slow Fast Lane
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist In the ’80s, when most cars were slow, you could drive fast and mostly get away with it. Or at least you could do it and (usually) not risk a beating — or a shooting. True, you’d get a ticket if you got caught. But speeding wasn’t all that big […]
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