If it turns out there is an engineer lurking in the background, then HE is the one at risk here, not the residents.
Why? Who gives a crap if "Uncle Bill" or "Cousin Joe" said, "If you want get this report right, then you need to do
A, B, and
C."
We're talking a farkin' Traffic Study, not how to build the Sears Tower.
It took less then 1 second for google to spit this out after I typed in "How to do a Traffic Study"
http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/pubs/traffichandbook/(note the helpful Data Sheets and Tally forms in the Appendixes)
So I spend a night or three reading this, then take the time to actually do the study and/or teach other folks in the neighborhood what to do, use my mad computer skillz to produce a slick looking report, and I've now violated guild law.
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.
"We don't take the side of the DOT," Ritter said. "What's best for the public is what we'll find."
FARK THAT. I'm all for tar, feathers, pitchforks and let the revolution begin !!!