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Man fined for criticizing govt using science, without a license

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james_s:
I dunno, the inspector didn't ask if I lived there or not and I didn't volunteer that information. I did quality work, it was up to code and passed the inspection and I didn't charge money for it, did it for pizza and beer. What justification could there be for citing me in that case beyond another revenue source for the government? I think they're a little more reasonable up here in my area, at least for now. If they start citing people for this sort of thing, it will just drive it all under the radar. Easier to not get a permit at all than to risk getting in trouble. Couldn't reasonably avoid the permit for such an extensive job though, I had to upgrade the whole meter base and mast from end to end to go to the standard 200A service.

Raj:
Well, at least in India, there's a term for guys that can do an engineer's work. That term is ' juggadi ':p
Maybe English should adopt this kind of term too.

Raj:
As far as I know and what I think,it's not the engineers who are supposed to choose a delay for the lights, an engineer would get instruction from the municipality and civil architects, to create a street light with so and so long delays. He could give a suggestion but the ultimate decision isn't his

Raj:

--- Quote from: Hero999 on April 27, 2017, 08:36:17 am ---
--- Quote from: james_s on April 26, 2017, 09:26:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: brucehoult on April 26, 2017, 08:55:41 pm ---I made the comment about being legally allowed to stop.

Of course emergency stops in the middle of the road for little apparent reason might not be prudent. Especially if you're a motorcyclist, as I am (with around half a million km behind me). I keep an eye on who is behind me, and if anyone is closer than I'm comfortable with I pull over and let them past. And then if they drive slower in front of me than they did behind me (surprisingly often) I overtake them again and repeat as many times as necessary until they damn well stop being stupid.

I've been in cars that have been rear-ended twice. Both times as a passenger with the same driver.

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I used to work with a guy who had a prosthetic leg due to some idiot running a red light while he was on a motorcycle. That and having been rear ended a number of times in my car has been enough to keep me from getting a motorcycle though they look like a lot of fun. Some days it just feels like the universe is trying to kill me.

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Talking of red lights.

As a motorcyclist myself, I often get frustrated because my bike is too small for some traffic lights to detect. This means that I sometimes have to run a red, otherwise wait indefinitely because it will never turn green. I had to do this last night at some temporary lights. I'd been waiting there for over 5 minutes, there was nothing coming the other way and a queue of traffic was building up behind me. In the end I preceded with caution. When I got through the lights and checked my rear view mirror the other side was red too!

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You could attach magnets under your bike to get detected.... Go Google it

retrolefty:

--- Quote from: Raj on May 04, 2017, 10:29:34 am ---As far as I know and what I think,it's not the engineers who are supposed to choose a delay for the lights, an engineer would get instruction from the municipality and civil architects, to create a street light with so and so long delays. He could give a suggestion but the ultimate decision isn't his

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 More importantly there must (should) be a timing standard for the town, so should be codified in local law or regulation (50 different State laws, sorry that's how it works in US) such that all intersection lights use the same timings for the same posted speed roads.

 I've noticed that the timing is dynamic and on-demand for some major expressways in my area, giving timing preference in commute direction and time of day. Whoever writes the PLC code for the lights must get the timing specifications from the 'customer', it's not a software designer decision.

 This is in reality a PLC software issue not a EE decision.


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