New Technology Will Use AI Speed Cameras That Can ‘Spy Inside’ Your Car
By Lauren Fix Technology is great! Except when it’s used to control and monitor everything we do. And now new AI speed cameras are being installed on roads that will be able to spy inside our cars. These new cameras are set to be rolled out across the U.S. to catch motorists using mobile phones […]
Are Autonomous Trucks a Solution to the Driver Shortage?
By Jack Shaw, Syndicated Columnist The trucking industry faces a global driver shortage, so it has turned to autonomous trucks to close the gap. These self-driving commercial vehicles demonstrate the sector’s future, and the next few years will significantly determine their staying power as logistics professionals equip autonomous fleets. The International Road Transport Union (IRU) […]
If “Safety” Really Mattered
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA weekly E-Newsletter #716 from October 2022. In several objective ways, new cars are less “safe” than cars built decades ago. A strong statement. One that probably seems ridiculous, too, given all the “safety” features new cars have that old cars did not, and the fact that new […]
Highway Deaths in Rural America
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #714 in September 2022. The Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a study called America’s Rural Roads: Beautiful and Deadly earlier this month. Researchers found that between 2016 and 2020, 40 percent of US traffic deaths occurred on rural roads. A total of 85,002 […]
Best Ways to Avoid a Car Accident in Atlanta
By Guest writer Donald W. Singleton, GA Attorney Despite the fact that driving may seem like a mundane task, it is possible to be involved in a serious accident at any moment. Approximately six million car accidents occurred last year, with 2.9 million injuries and 42,643 deaths, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. […]
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 […]
The Signs Are There
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in June 2022 as E-Newsletter #700. If you would like to subscribe to the NMA’s weekly one-topic newsletter, click here. How ironic is it that, for all the special-interest handwringing about speed being the primary cause of traffic fatalities, distractions on the road draw […]
If “Safety” Really Mattered: NMA E-Newsletter #716
By guest writer Eric Peters In several objective ways, new cars are less “safe” than cars built decades ago. A strong statement. One that probably seems ridiculous, too, given all the “safety” features new cars have that old cars did not, and the fact that new vehicles must pass a battery of crash tests before […]
Highway Deaths in Rural America: NMA E-Newsletter #714
The Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a study called America’s Rural Roads: Beautiful and Deadly earlier this month. Researchers found that between 2016 and 2020, 40 percent of US traffic deaths occurred on rural roads. A total of 85,002 people died in rural areas during the five-year study period—nearly half of all traffic deaths across the country. This […]
Driver Courtesy Month 2022 Begins!
The National Motorists Association presents Driver Courtesy Month 2022 during September and this year we have something spectacular for you! The NMA’s Driver Education Committee along with freelance animator John Weeden developed 15 animations that depict various areas of driver courtesy. If you would like to check them out all at once, click here. Over […]