Official Detour New Rome brochure
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House Bill 24
A bill making its way through the Ohio house, introduced by the Larry Wolpert,
the representative in New Rome's disrict. This bill would outlaw villages
that fail to meet minimum standards of government and services.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=125_HB_24
State Auditor's Report on New Rome, May 2002
http://auditsearch.auditor.state.oh.us/RPIE/PDF/approve/village_of_new_rome_01-franklin.pdf
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. A great read. "The village
expended....82% of its General Fund Budget to support a police force whose
primary purpose appears to be writing traffic tickets."
American Civil Liberties Union
http://archive.aclu.org/library/fighting_police_abuse.html
This is for police abuse complaints to the ACLU
National Motorists Association
http://www.motorists.org
Advocating, Protecting, and Representing the Rights of North American Motorists
Ohio Department of Transportation
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/
-Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (OMUTCD)
- This is what sets standards on traffic control and such though there is no
online version. You can buy one for approximately 22 bucks.
-Info regarding height and such is pictured in Figure
S-2 Residential and Business signing. The verbiage is on 2E-4.
Ohio Revised Code
http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com/revisedcode/
-4511.11 Uniformity of traffic control devices
Department of Justice Grant to New Rome Police
This one is disgusting. A federal grant given to New Rome in 1998
so they could beef up their traffic control enforcement. Remember this
when filling out your 1040 this year. You never know where the money will
end up.
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/copsumma/g5098006.htm
The Columbus Dispatch Wheels of Justice Series
An outstanding series. First rate. New Rome featured
prominently.
http://www.dispatch.com/news/special/wheelsofjustice/wheelsofjustice.html
Statistics about New Rome
http://n8sfc.com/nr.html
Federal High Administration
Contacts with questions about the MUTCD -
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/com-techexperts.htm
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) -
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/kno-millennium_06.14.01.htm
-Section 2A-21 talks about sign Height and such
Unconstitutional
At Any Speed Great article on the ticket racket
When
in (New) Rome
Paging
Harry Truman Another article mentioning New Rome.
Great
summary of New Rome on About.com
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