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{ Monthly Archives } July 2010

Is threatening punishment really the best way to get people to slow down in work zones?

I’ve been doing a lot of driving recently, and since it is the summer (aka orange barrel season), I’ve driven through a lot of work zones.  All highway work zones have one thing in common: they have a set of signs that (it seems to me) are designed to induce drivers to slow down.  Slowing [...]

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2010 07 29 rwash Unusual Examples of Mechanisms Comments (0)

Update

It has been a while, but a lot has happened in my life.   The biggest thing that happened is that I got a new job.   Starting August 15th, I will be an assistant professor (tenure-track) at Michigan State University.  I have a joint appointment in the Department of Telecommunications, Information Studies, and Media, [...]

2010 07 26 rwash Announcements Comments (0)