“Driver Performance”
By Eric Peters, NMA Member and Syndicated Columnist You may have heard that about two years from now — less than that, actually — new cars will be required to be outfitted with “technology” to thwart “impaired” driving. What you ought to read is the language of the edicts, which states that the “technology” will […]
Not so Fast and very Furious–More Government Controls on your Vehicle
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach You may not be aware of this, but the infrastructure bill that passed in 2021 includes speed regulations on all vehicles. Yes, that bill that no one reads! We did talk about breathalyzers and how those are being installed by 2026. That will change the way you drive your […]
Cars to be Equipped with “In-Air” Alcohol Detection Systems that Test the Breath of Everyone
By Joe Cadillic, founder of the MassPrivatel Blog Big Brother will soon be able to stop a person from driving their car if it detects any alcohol in their breath. The Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety, Inc.(ACTS) and the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) program have created an open source “in-air” alcohol detection system for […]
Will Car Owners Be Forced To Breathe Into A Breathalyzer To Start Their Vehicles?
By guest writer Joe Cadillic, of the MassPrivatel Blog Editor’s Note: Even though the Moving Forward Act was passed on July 1, 2020, by the US House of Representatives, Senate leader Mitch McConnel has already stated the bill is dead on arrival. So much was thrown into the over 2,000 page bill, including many ‘safety’ […]
Automotive Pre-emption
New cars do lots of things cars didn’t do in the past, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Convenience has its merits. But what about pre-emption? Cars once did as they were told by their owners and no more. If you didn’t want the doors to lock or the lights to come on, they didn’t […]
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 […]
War on Cars Watch for November 27, 2019
The War on Cars Watch is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. The War on Cars Watch focuses on road diets, traffic calming and programs such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets as well as studies, court cases, and other news that affect motorists. Special commentary from NMA California Member Michael Jabbra is […]
War on Cars Watch for November 6, 2019
The War on Cars Watch is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. The War on Cars Watch focuses on road diets, traffic calming and programs such as Vision Zero and Complete Streets as well as studies, court cases, and other news that affect motorists. Special commentary from NMA California Member Michael Jabbra is […]
NMA Principle Number 7: Motorists’ rights that keep pace with technological advances
The Driving in America Blog was started a year ago to bring more information to those who are beginning their journey as motorists’ rights advocates. Over the next several months, I will be working with each of the seven NMA principles to give readers of this weekly blog some idea of what we all are working towards […]
Parenting for Profit
Cars are supposed to transport us — not parent us. The government disagrees, of course. That’s not new. Uncle has been working hard to parent grown adults since at least the 1960s, when it first got into the saaaafety business. Which of course is really the control business — and that business is as old […]