Nota bene! All of my quotes of PMc are verbatim and contained within brackets {}to set them apart from quotes of third parties and from my own.

PMc writes: { I believe that the major problem with the enforcement system is it's allowing enforcement graces. How can you expect motorists to respect and comply with a speed limit that you don't enforce?}

The major problem with the traffic enforcement system is that it has morphed into a revenue collection system – at which it is very good – but has essentially zero effect on measurable traffic safety improvements. We have instances where enforcement efforts have intensified and where they have attenuated, all with no discernible effect of key measures of traffic safety, which, empirically, appear to operate independently of enforcement effort or focus.

Why is this so? In my judgment, it is because enforcement concentrates on the wrong behavior, eschewing the dangerous for the easy and the profitable. Texas DPS was forced to disclose certain performance data by a federal court. In one year (2000?) they issued just over 1 million citations

First, a note about my name change. James Young was already taken on the Intense Debate site so I had to modify my screen name but be assured that I remain steadfast in my opposition to the faux academic excuses used by some to oppose progress in traffic engineering and safety. Speaking of names and phony stances, we have been plagued with the ignorant ranting of an anti-speed cabal plant with the puerile name Phil McKrackin. One can only wonder when his friends Jack Mehoff, Mike Hunt and Mysha Long will join in his ignorant diatribes.

PMc has the unfortunate habit of incorrectly parsing paragraphs, sentences and even single words to the point where he makes the original author’s argument mean something completely different. Then, of course, he attacks the straw man in classic academic dishonesty.

Caution: his stunning ignorance degrades this entire site.