UPDATE – Car ‘Kill Switch’ House Vote Fails To Remove
By Lauren Fix I’m fired up and you should be too! I recently covered what was snuck inside the recently passed $1.2 trillion 1,100 page infrastructure bill. It is a proposal to have a lockout device to be installed in all new cars. This is no joke and has already passed in Congress and the […]
US Cops to Become Brain Scanning Marijuana Detectors
By Joe Cadillic, publisher of the MassPrivatel Blog Editor’s Note: The day after Joe published this piece on his blog, Wired.com came out with a story about another company trying to do the same thing. The piece was entitled: Driving While Baked? Inside the High-Tech Quest to Find Out. Joe has given the NMA permission […]
The Best Satire Mirrors Reality: NMA E-Newsletter #680
Omeleto released a video in March 2021 that describes a utopian society where citizens are programmed to spy on each other. It is brilliant and disturbing. One vignette depicts a man blowing desperately into a breathalyzer device telescoping from the steering wheel of his vehicle to start it. The developers were prescient. Later that same […]
Will DUI Laws Change With Self-Driving Vehicles?
Self-driving cars have seen rapid advancement and adoption in the US over the past several years. Many new vehicles already include features like automatic brakes and parking. It comes as no surprise, then, that General Motors, Ford and other automakers are investing in fully autonomous vehicles, following Tesla’s lead.” Of course, these new developments within […]
What to do if Police pull you over (in Florida and Everywhere Else): Steps and Actions to Take
By Attorney George Lorenzo Flashing blue lights and a loud siren are coming up behind you, an indication that the police officer wants you to stop the car. No matter what the reason, being pulled over can be a stressful situation that can escalate quickly if you don’t know what to do. There are many […]
Open Letter to the Boston City Council: Privacy Concerns about Boston’s Facial Recognition Ban
By Joe Cadillic, writer/editor of the MassPrivatel Blog and Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The first part of today’s NMA Street Surveillance Watch Blog first appeared on Joe’s MassPrivatel Blog on July 14, 12020. Open letter to the Boston City Council: Privacy Concerns about Boston’s Facial Recognition Ban. I commend the Boston City Council for […]
Driving in America turns a Corner
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director I have been writing and curating this blog for the past two years and believe the content that we bring forth from our archives, guest posts, and new information is relevant to what is happening with motorists’ rights today. Every now and then, I will be writing a different […]
Legal Cannabis and Driving: 5 Things to Know
Once upon a time, there were no laws against driving under the influence of alcohol. There were no regulations or parameters that people had to follow. Moreover, there was not even an agreement among people that alcohol-impaired driving or what was the acceptable amount to drink while being behind the wheel. Now we teach everybody […]
Vision Zero Invasion of the Car Itself
This post first appeared as the NMA E-Newsletter #532 in March 2019. In three years, all new cars and light-trucks purchased in EU countries will be required to include standard price-increasing features that will change how motorists drive. Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection voted in February to approve […]
New 2019 Rules for Ontario, Canadian Roads Frustrating for Drivers
Distracted Driving and testing for impaired and drunk driving are just a few of the laws that have recently been enacted in Canada and many Canadian drivers and civil rights advocates are not happy. Distracted Driving Since January 1, 2019, stricter rules regarding driver care on the roads came into force in the province of […]