Though Cox never claimed, nor has he been accused of claiming he is an engineer, Lacy thought the report "appears to be engineering-level work" by a non licensed person. So, in other words, the report was too good for a plain citizen to do, and for this he must be punished, apparently.
As a result of Lacy's petty jealousies, David Cox is being investigated, and his free speech is being trampled.
Links at: http://thoughtsbysteve.blogspot.com/2011/02/kevin-j-lacy-nc-state-traffic-engineer.html
And at: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/02/03/964781/citizen-activist-grates-on-state.html
Transportation Mobility and Safety Director Mr. Eugene Conti [Lacy's boss] State Traffic Engineer J. Kevin Lacy (919)773-2800
jklacy@ncdot.gov gconti@ncdot.gov
Wonder if traffic engineer Kevin J. Lacy has any financial incentive to install more camera’s?
Would not be the first time.
I can’t believe a person without the required “pedigree” would even attempt to use Calculus random or statistical probabilities.
FIFO
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In my, thankfully short, time in NC I can say this is completely typical of state employees. Well, the ones who aren’t too lazy to whine. In fact the entire place borders on worthless. The electorate seems happy w/ it all though. High taxes, low freedoms and a never ending parade of corrupt officials/police to prosecute. They have the govt they deserve.
This sounds like an abuse of power, and not just on Lacy's part. The licensing board is overstepping their bounds. Bunch of bureaucrats.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_89C/GS_89C-3.html
Practice of engineering. –
a. Any service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience, in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such services or creative work as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, and design of engineering works and systems, planning the use of land and water, engineering surveys, and the observation of construction for the purposes of assuring compliance with drawings and specifications, including the consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, and design for either private or public use, in connection with any utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, work systems, projects, and industrial or consumer products or equipment of a mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic or thermal nature, insofar as they involve safeguarding life, health or property, and including such other professional services as may be necessary to the planning, progress and completion of any engineering services.
A person shall be construed to practice or offer to practice engineering, within the meaning and intent of this Chapter, who practices any branch of the profession of engineering; or who, by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or in any other way represents the person to be a professional engineer, or through the use of some other title implies that the person is a professional engineer or that the person is licensed under this Chapter; or who holds the person out as able to perform, or who does perform any engineering service or work not exempted by this Chapter, or any other service designated by the practitioner which is recognized as engineering.
b. The term “practice of engineering” shall not be construed to permit the location, description, establishment or reestablishment of property lines or descriptions of land boundaries for conveyance. The term does not include the assessment of an underground storage tank required by applicable rules at closure or change in service unless there has been a discharge or release of the product from the tank.
I Think Kevin will have a hard time proving that “we need more stop light because of traffic here, here, and HERE” requires much more than Driver Ed. Good luck on your next job, Kev!
OH, and yes, they can take my title of Nuclear Engineer from my cold dead Naval Reactor Operator hands when I scram to the big Reactor in the sky!
Yep...you need to have a license to practice engineering, same as law, accounting, medicine. Most of the time the state boards for engineering do nothing. Since they almost never do their job, and basically never have, folks are surprised when they hear about engineering licensing.
Does it mean you know everything? No. An engineer is not supposed to practice outside of their experience and expertise.
It’s the way it is, for better or worse. My biggest beef with it is not the licensing practice itself - it’s easy, but the fact that you have to go through it in every state you wish to practice.
Theoretically, a Mexican Engineer can practice in every state in the US - because they have reciprocity by federal treaty under NAFTA, but an American has to jump through far more hoops.
Sounds like the State Engineer is using his position/connections in government to harass a guy who made him look bad. If the work was engineering-level and good, the State Engineer should have offered to stamp it and pass it on for consideration. That’s what any reasonable person would have done with a concerned citizen who knew what they were doing. Problem solved.