Tag: ALPR

Law Enforcement is Using License Plate Readers to “Grid” Entire Neighborhoods

By guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #554 from August 2019. If you would like to receive our weekly Email Newsletter, please join the NMA today and help us fight automated license plate readers or ALPRs wherever they might be. Since April 2020, guest writer […]

Contact Tracing in the Time of COVID-19 Crisis

Written by Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director with Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog The Street Surveillance Watch Blog comes to you biweekly on the National Motorists Association Blog. If you have comments or suggestions, write a comment after this blog or contact us at nma@motorists.org. Contact Tracing in the Time of COVID-19 Crisis Disturbing surveillance trends […]

The History of License Plates: Evolution & Development

The license plate has become so ubiquitous in our everyday lives that we rarely stop to think how and why it was invented, when the need for it arose, and where it first appeared. Rarely do we stop to consider the role of the license plate in our life, how it helps keep us safe, […]

How Auto Security Systems Can Track Down Stolen Cars

No one thinks they’ll be the victim of a skilled car thief until it’s too late. Suddenly, you’re stuck in a panic, wondering who has taken your vehicle and what their illicit plans are. In 2018, the National Insurance Crime Bureau stated as many as 7,000 vehicles were stolen in some of the highest-theft states. […]

Driving in America—Are We There Yet?

By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Motorist advocates have many choices to make when it comes to fighting for rights. Trends change and either becomes complicated or simplified just because an elected official says “Enough!” Case in point: Texas Governor Greg Abbott vowed when he was running for governor in 2018 that he would like […]

The Panopticon Expands: Distracted Driving Cams+

Precedent always becomes practice. Having established as legitimate the use of cameras to robotically ticket people for “speeding” and “running” red lights — timed to go red quickly, to ensnare as many drivers as possible — it was only a matter of time before the principle to include automatically ticketing people for using their cell […]

ATE Racket Report for November 25, 2019

Curated by Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: The ATE Racket Report will be taking a vacation next week, December 2, 2019 and will return again on December 9, 2019. The ATE Racket Report is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. We want to bring the issues of automated traffic enforcement to our […]