NYC penalizes drivers for “blocking the box”; Boston next?

- photo courtesy of Wikipedia One of the most-annoying things that happen when you’re driving is coming up on an intersection where your path is blocked by cars going perpendicular to you. You can’t move, they can’t move, tempers flare, guns are drawn … we’ve all been there. New York City instituted a new regulation a decade ago that penalized drivers who “blocked the box” by adding “two points” to the offenders’ car insurance premiums. It seemed to work. Until drivers got lazy and ignored