6 Ways to Improve Your Child Safety in a Car
As a parent, it is your duty to do whatever you can in order to secure the safety of your offspring. One of the most challenging safety endeavors concerns child safety in a motor vehicle. No matter if you drive your kids to school every day or enjoy occasional family road trips, it is of […]
CES 2019—The Newest Trends and Developments for the Things We Drive
Whether we can attend or not, many of us enjoy the second week of January because it is time for the yearly Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) in Las Vegas. CES is not just for computers, TVs and phones but more and more—visions for the car of the future. There are two big trends that […]
When Will People Realize Distracted Driving Isn’t Worth the Cost?
By Attorney George Lorenzo, Guest Writer Earlier this month, five students and two adults were taken to a Tampa hospital after a distracted driver struck students and parents while they waited at a school bus stop. Three of the children are 6 years old, and the eldest is 12. According to news sources: “In the […]
What Was Car Safety Like in the 20th Century?
Similar to air travel, many believe the “Golden Age” of automobiles passed by us. It’s simply a lazy take to reminisce about cars built decades ago and say everything was built better back then based on nostalgia. It’s natural to let out some ooh’s and ahh’s when we see classic cars speed past us on […]
6 Reasons Why Parents Should Negotiate Driving Rules with College Students
Most college freshmen are very happy to leave their parent’s house and enjoy their freedom. But the problem is that they tend to forget that college life is not only about new opportunities, but also about responsibilities. While senior students are more responsible and independent in making important decisions, the first year students still need […]
College Students & Distracted Driving
When you are a student at college, you strongly believe that you are mature, full of energy, independent and experienced enough in lots of spheres. You usually live separately from your parents and nobody controls you. Your life is full of adventures, studying, parties and hobbies. You need to be mobile, so driving must be […]
To Record or Not to Record, That is the Question: NMA E-Newsletter #512
An interesting phenomenon is being reported by some members. Police officers approaching their vehicles during routine traffic stops are asking an opening question different than the traditional, “Do you know why I stopped you?” Rather, in this day of rising popularity of dashcams and the ubiquitous presence of smartphones, the opening query is just as […]
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 […]
No more Policymaking by Procurement
Privacy Groups and Cities fight back against Pervasive Surveillance This article first appeared in the NMA Foundation quarterly magazine Driving Freedoms Summer 2018. With no checks and balances, local law enforcement should not be spying on citizens. A number of cities, with the help of privacy groups and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), are […]
Streaming Video Now a Type of Distracted Driving in Georgia
From Georgia Car Accident Attorney Scott Campbell of Shiver Hamilton. Texting and talking on the phone while driving are the two types of distracted driving most people probably think of when they hear the term. However, just about anything that can be done on a smartphone is now considered distracted driving in Georgia. As of […]