John Basler was going double the speed limit at more than double the BAC limit when he hit another car head on. Both women in the other car died. Why isn’t he serving five years for manslaughter? Because officers from the Massachusetts State Police crash unit said he was sober and the other driver was […]
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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 […]
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,” […]
A peaceful, easy feeling
The Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts showed his contempt for the people recently. Faced with overwhelming evidence that everybody thinks the speed limit too low — “It’s not just teenagers. It’s moms, it’s dads, it’s senior citizens.” — he asked police to write more tickets and is working with the City Council to create even more […]
Pot makes police paranoid
As I predicted last spring, the campaign against recreational marijuana in Massachusetts is warning of the danger to police running speed traps. It’s an emotional plea from people who have no idea what they are talking about. In Colorado, where pot is legal de jure, and California, where it is legal de facto, fatalities track […]
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