[antiRepublicrat]

Don't show too much intelligence in your complaints to your overlords, they may decide to punish you.

[sionnsar]

"Cox has not been accused of claiming that he is an engineer. But Lacy says he filed the complaint because the report "appears to be engineering-level work" by someone who is not licensed as a professional engineer.

God forbid you could ever do skilled work, without a license.

Overlords indeed.

[KarlInOhio]

Andrew L. Ritter, executive director of the engineers licensing board, said it will take three or four months to investigate Lacy's allegation against Cox. He said there is a potential for violation if DOT and the public were misled by "engineering-quality work"- even if the authors did not claim to be engineers.

If you don't do it in crayon you are subject to arrest.

[icwhatudo]

So in a nutshell, a really smart guy put together really good plans on how a red light was needed at an intersection. The plans were so good they looked like they were done by a licensed engineer, so now the city is going after the man because he did such good work but is not a licensed engineer.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Why does the state have the right to "license" engineers anyway?

There are national boards that prove their qualifications.

The ONLY reason for the state to "license" any professional is so they can take some of their money.

[Seruzawa]

Demand that the city engineer be cashiered for malfeasance.

[RobRoy]

After reading it I scrolled to the top expecting the publication to be The Onion or Scrappleface. I’m stunned.

[FateAmenableToChange]

The backstory is possibly that an engineer — possibly one connected with a firm that does a lot of work for DOT, or even with the firm that did the DOT’s study in this case — did do the report as a favor for the association. Cox might have put his name on it to preserve the engineer’s anonymity.

Or maybe they just copied the methodology of the DOT’s engineer’s work after sitting around and picking out the flaws over a few beers. A lot of reports like this can be attacked by picking apart the assumptions.

Or maybe they really are that good.

It’s still sick. If I have a heart attack, I sincerely hope that the good samaritan who does the CPR on me is good enough to get cited to the AMA for doing work that resembles the quality of an actual doctor or EMT too closely.

[Free Vulcan]

The convolution of logic here is beyond the pale. We need a RICO type law for this kind of stuff.

[editor-surveyor]

This is pure bullshit.

Unless you did the work for compensation that is tangible, no license is required.

[starlifter]

Ummmmmmmm.............

WTF???!!!!

He's being investigated because he's too smart for his own good!