Providence in RI put in lower speed limits city wide with lower speed limits still near schools. They also put in traffic cameras to enforce it, which themselves got tangled in legal issues. I will say, it only takes a ticket or two to change your local driving. The speed limit thing is good, but if it's never enforced it sort of becomes
guidance and not law.
My suburban town has the 25 mph limit unless otherwise posted, but people routinely speed through neighborhoods. I also see people go around stopped school busses at an alarmingly high rate. I would need to dig for the data, which I won't, but it feels like enforcement of traffic violations is very limited.
Worcester drivers drive where, how, and as fast as they want. Cops fail to do much about it. Those flashing “your speed is” signs are hardly a deterrent. When have you ever seen a radar trap - other than Mill Street a few weeks back? Never. Too much actual work involved.
Providence in RI put in lower speed limits city wide with lower speed limits still near schools. They also put in traffic cameras to enforce it, which themselves got tangled in legal issues. I will say, it only takes a ticket or two to change your local driving. The speed limit thing is good, but if it's never enforced it sort of becomes
guidance and not law.
My suburban town has the 25 mph limit unless otherwise posted, but people routinely speed through neighborhoods. I also see people go around stopped school busses at an alarmingly high rate. I would need to dig for the data, which I won't, but it feels like enforcement of traffic violations is very limited.
Worcester drivers drive where, how, and as fast as they want. Cops fail to do much about it. Those flashing “your speed is” signs are hardly a deterrent. When have you ever seen a radar trap - other than Mill Street a few weeks back? Never. Too much actual work involved.