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Man fined for criticizing govt using science, without a license
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brucehoult:

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--- Quote from: MarkS on April 26, 2017, 09:14:18 am ---I just cannot practice as such.

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So an important question: does this constitute practice?

(I would think not: he isn't being paid for it!)

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He's not being paid for it and moreover no action of any kind has been taken as a result of his claims.

He is merely drawing his calculations to the attention of the licenced engineers for verification or refutation. It is up to them to decide whether or not to take any remedial action with respect to the traffic lights.
coppice:

--- Quote from: NANDBlog on April 26, 2017, 05:36:36 pm ---Since my diploma said exactly that, made by a official institute, having the right to declare that I'm an engineer. I swore the oath at the first school year opening ceremony. It's kinda big deal, the university usually has our President invited. So, you say, other countries dont do this?

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Globally, this is a very unusual practice.
rstofer:

--- Quote from: brucehoult on April 26, 2017, 05:36:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on April 26, 2017, 08:02:25 am ---https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/man-fined-dollar500-for-crime-of-writing-i-am-an-engineer-in-an-email-to-the-government
 :palm:

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He mentions turning, but there is also a problem if you pull out of a parking space near a traffic light and enter the intersection at low speed just as the lights go amber. Most cars don't have sufficient acceleration to exit the intersection before the red.

This can also happen if the intersection exit is blocked and you want to enter it, as you should.

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In most states, if you enter on yellow, you're good.  OTOH, if you get stuck in the intersection after the light turns red, you're blocking an intersections and that isn't allowed.  So, you need to enter on yellow and not get stuck.  Accelerating to get into the crossing on the yellow is also an offense.

That's why the chart linked earlier shows a constant speed.

One thing the red light cameras did is cause more rear end collisions.  Nobody wanted to chance a ticket so they jammed on the brakes when the light turned yellow.  The car behind didn't...
james_s:
As much as I hate it when a bunch of cars stream through a red light, the cameras really did cause more problems than they solved. The final thing that turned me fully against them is when a citizens initiative was drafted to shut then down in a city near me and a representative was quoted as saying "we need the revenue". Ok so they're not about safety, they're about revenue, and coupled with the significantly increased rates of rear end collisions they're just an all around bad idea. In the 20 some years I've been driving I've never hit anything, never had a ticket, never even so much as a parking ticket, but I've lost count of the number of times I've been rear ended. It's frustrating beyond belief.
mtdoc:

--- Quote from: james_s on April 26, 2017, 06:10:50 pm --- In the 20 some years I've been driving I've never hit anything, never had a ticket, never even so much as a parking ticket, but I've lost count of the number of times I've been rear ended. It's frustrating beyond belief.

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We all know that correlation != causation, but still, you might want to consider the possibility that there is some cause and effect relationship there.  :) 
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