By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Last November, Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray was out surveying storm damage when his car hit black ice on I-190 and slid off the road. It was just an accident. He was sober and obeying the speed limit and police agreed there was nothing he could have done. Some […]
485 Blog Posts From the Speed Limits Tag
A Powerful Case By Law Enforcement For Safe And Realistic Speed Limits
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of Driving Freedoms, the NMA’s quarterly member newsletter. The Michigan State Police get it. Not only do they get it, the MSP are instrumental in advocating for it with their state legislators. “It” is the setting of speed limits based on the 85th percentile principle, something […]
Speed Limit 50 Except When We Don’t Like It
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Vermont speed law is simpler than most. The speed limit is 50 except as posted following an engineering and traffic investigation. (23 VSA 1007, 1081) City officials in Burlington decided the law does not align with their wishes. They decreed the speed limit in town is 25 mph except […]
Speed Up For The Children?
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Last time I suggested we were barking up the wrong tree by quoting statistics for car-pedestrian crash survivability. A 1995 article in the British Medical Journal asked how often people were hurt by cars. “How dangerous is the street?” is a more interesting question than “how dangerous is the […]
It’s Time For Traffic Law Reform
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 […]
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