Tag: DRIVER EDUCATION

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 […]

Community Speed Watch: Is it Snitching or Driver Education? NMA E-Newsletter #713

Green Bay, Wisconsin Police Department recently announced that it has partnered with the Green Bay Neighborhood Associations to start a ‘Community Speed Watch.’ The department hopes that the program will bring more awareness to speeding. Lt. Nate Allen added, “One of our number one complaints in the city of Green Bay is traffic and the way people […]

Driver Courtesy Month September 2022: NMA E-Newsletter #712

You have probably seen those signs on large trucks that ask, “How is my Driving?” The National Motorists Association’s Driving Courtesy Month 2022 is like that–a way to think about your own driving in, we hope, a fun, and straightforward way. We can all use a tune-up every once in a while. This year, the National Office […]

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 […]

How Driving Age and Norms Vary Throughout the World

At what age are you able to receive your driver’s license? What might it look like to drive on a road in another part of the world? How do people drive, and how does it vary from our own experience here in the United States? The laws and traffic regulations surrounding driving throughout the world […]

Fueling the Fire: NMA E-Newsletter #710

The creativity of members in finding new ways to support the NMA never ceases to amaze. There are the traditional and very important tax-deductible cash donations made year-round to our nonprofit organization that help fund various advocacy programs. But some individuals go above and beyond the call of duty to promote the NMA, and we […]

ADAS Accidents—A Perfect Storm Towards the Car of the Future?: NMA E-Newsletter #709

Automakers and safety advocates have pushed for more Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) on new vehicles for years. But is this burgeoning technology safe? A June National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report indicated that over 400 accidents have occurred in the past year directly due to the failure or inappropriate use of ADAS. Those […]

A Former Truck Driver’s Perspective on Whether 18-year-olds Should Drive Big Rigs

By NMA Arkansas Member Thomas Beckett Editor’s Note: Last Friday, featured Should 18-year-olds Drive Big Rigs, and in response to this newsletter that originally appeared in March 2022, here is a counterpoint from the perspective of a long-time commercial driver that first appeared on the NMA Blog in April 2022. I come to this discussion […]

Should 18-year-olds Drive a Big Rig?

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in February 2022 as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #685. If you would like to become a subscriber to our Sunday one-topic newsletter, click HERE. The minimum age to obtain a commercial driver’s license and drive a tractor-trailer within state boundaries is 18 in all states. Federal guidelines require the driver […]