As I was trying to explain to an uncaring Connecticut police chief that his speed limit cut to deter commuter traffic wasn’t legal, a city in Georgia was fixing a speed trap. Why the difference? Georgia police need a state permit to use radar, and the DOT will revoke a city’s radar permit if it […]
If you speed we’ll smash your car
I just read one of those “how did anybody think that was a good idea?” stories. A DPW director explained the strange design of a city street. It was designed to make speeding drivers crash. And it has. Planting trees to form a canopy over the road is traffic calming. A stop sign forest is […]
Paying for injustice
I mentioned previously how Massachusetts charges you a fee for a mock trial where there are no witnesses and the defendant is presumed guilty. Now I explain why that is literally true. A decade ago the legislature noticed the high number of people contesting traffic tickets and saw a revenue opportunity. They added a fee […]
To really f— things up requires an IT contractor
Connecticut DMV switched to a new computer system last year, so don’t be surprised if you get arrested. Hartford Courant reports. The computer revokes registration quickly and efficiently on its own, while humans have to wade through paperwork and argue with the computer to reinstate registrations. To add to the trouble, the new system didn’t […]
Spotting illegal speed limits in Connecticut
Connecticut is probably the easiest state to find out if a speed limit is legal. The DOT isn’t good at setting speed limits, but does a good job of publishing them. Here is the list of every speed limit in the state: http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?a=1394&q=259540. If the road isn’t on the list, the speed limit is 55. […]
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