MassDOT would like to ignore your opinion on the condition of the Massachusetts Turnpike. If the Turnpike is in good condition, tolls are eliminated next year. Of course tolls aren’t going away. This is the kind of public hearing where officials have made up their mind but are legally obliged to let people speak theirs. […]
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Why post an illegal speed limit?
A trial starting this week shows why authorities set low speed limits. So the prosecutor can stand up and say, “he was going 50 in a 30 zone.” The driver was on a parkway with an illegal speed limit. But I repeat myself. All the parkways around Boston have illegal speed limits. The agency in […]
Carmel, Indiana got too greedy
Carmel, Indiana passed a law telling drivers to pay traffic fines to the city instead of the state. Carmel just got smacked down by a state appeals court, and is facing a class action suit. What Carmel did was pass an ordinance with a section saying (insert state vehicle code here). That made every state […]
Asymmetric warfare
Massachusetts is moving towards digital traffic tickets, allowing police to fill out a ticket in seconds instead of minutes. You can plead guilty on the spot. I understand why they want to do this, but having some friction in the system is important. Shouldn’t it take at least a few minutes to charge you $1,000 […]
Does your state shut down speed traps?
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 […]
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