The Massachusetts Attorney General released a boring press release recently. Not her fault. Not every story can have rabid weasels loose in a car full of clowns. This one was about contract fraud and false claims.
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Do as I say, not as I do
I’ve written about revenue-based enforcement. Now the most common other kind. Yes, there is another kind. Where the usual speed traps are basically highway robbery, these are more like decimation. I call it “squeaky wheel” enforcement, from the old saying “the squeaky wheel gets the grease.” Residents say, “I want you to punish nonresidents using […]
The other revenue traps
Contrary to popular opinion, not all traffic enforcement is highway robbery. Some of it isn’t even about money, but today I’m writing about money. Specifically, the other two kinds of revenue-based enforcement. We’ve all heard about traditional highway robbery, where governments try to fund themselves from ticket revenue, usually by running speed traps. In the […]
The automatic excuse generator
One of the important jobs of a government traffic engineer is coming up with excuses for low speed limits. I call this the “public relations engineer” role. Now the Federal Highway Administration has an automatic excuse generator. I saw it in action when I read a story about a speed limit change in rural New […]
More from the “missing the point” department
A resident of La Jolla, California persuaded the traffic board to block a speed limit increase on the grounds that the legally required measurement of the speed of free-flowing traffic measured the speed of free-flowing traffic. To avoid biasing results of a routine speed survey the city turned off speed feedback signs. That’s what they’re […]
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