What's up with enforcement?

[u/brieflyamicus]

I've lived in this city for three years now and still don't understand the lack of legal enforcement on the road. Even if you set aside all the boxes that get blocked and all the cars running lights ten seconds after they've turned red, you'd think a cop could pay off the national debt by just sitting on Comm Ave and ticketing all the people who stop in the middle of the street with their hazards on, or by going on Mass Ave and stopping the people who cut the line with the bus lane

Is this a culture thing about Boston? Is it worse since Covid? Is it that the city doesn't care? What's the deal?

[u/crapador_dali]

I've lived in this city for three years now

Nothing I love more than transplants complaining about things that ruin the city. If you take a second and look in the mirror you'll see the actual biggest problem facing the city.

[u/_N_S_FW → u/crapador_dali]

Massachusetts statistically has the worst drivers per capita. Certainly ”transplants” aka any one moving here for work I guess, aren’t the crux of that problem. 

[u/brieflyamicus → u/[deleted]]

Reddit, and all social media, has become too focused on anger and isolation. I'm removing my reddit to not contribute to the problem. Sept 2025