The Brief · opinion & analysis
Somebody should read these bills. We did.
Our tracker watches thousands of traffic bills across eight states, every day. The Brief is where we argue about what they mean — sourced to the record, linked to the statute, and never legal advice.
ExplainerSeptember 19, 20266 minYour Out-of-State Ticket Follows You Home. Usually.Two interstate compacts decide what an out-of-state ticket does to your license, and the membership lists everyone republishes are stale. What lands at home, state by state, from the compacts' own documents.OpinionSeptember 12, 20265 minNew York Wants a Governor on Your Gas PedalNew York's new super-speeder law skips the fine and goes for the throttle. What the NYC pilot actually does, and why the statewide version stalled.OpinionSeptember 11, 20265 minIllinois Found a Speed Limiter Drivers Might Actually ChooseNew York forces the speed limiter as punishment. Illinois is offering it as a deal: keep driving after a suspension for $30 a month. Same hardware, opposite philosophy.AnalysisSeptember 11, 20265 minWhy School-Zone Speed Cameras Keep Beating Their CriticsFlorida and Georgia both tried to rein in school-zone cameras in 2026. Both bills died. The economics of automated enforcement explain why.