Engineering without a license?
In a recent Richmond Times Dispatch article, writer and commentator George Will sited a legal case in Oregon where a graduate engineer was fined for voicing opinions about how long traffic lights stayed yellow as they transitioned from green to red. This was in response to what he believed was an unjust red-light camera traffic ticket his wife received. In his rants, he sighted his engineering education as his credibility. The Oregon authorities refuted his arguments claiming he was not an authority because he lacked a “Professional Engineers" license and therefore investigated him and ultimately fined him $500 for expressing opinions.

This may shock those who labored to receive an engineering degree. So what difference does it make having a P.E. license? It simply represents that the individual is “competent “in the subject  and as a PE is sufficiently knowledgeable, capable and fit to render a design that could affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public, satisfactory. Licensing requirements in most states extend to landscape architects, architecture, engineers, land surveyors and landscape architects. In my book I include typical requirements for obtaining a P.E. license.

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