Driving a Semi-Truck vs. Driving a Car: What Are the Main Differences?
By Martin Banks Semi-trucks and passenger cars are two major ways to get from point A to point B. Your typical sedan requires only a standard driver’s license, whereas driving an 18-wheeler mandates a commercial driver’s license because they’re more complicated. What makes these automobiles distinct and how are they similar? While size is the […]
National Transportation Safety Board Calls For Speed-Limiting in Cars
By Lauren Fix We have played this game before. And we have won. Now it’s time to play it once more and we need your support! The NTSB urged 17 automakers to install intelligent speed-assistance technology in all new vehicles that, at a minimum, warns a driver when the vehicle is speeding. The National Transportation […]
Low-Level Traffic Fines: A Slippery Slope to Civil Court: NMA E-Newsletter #730
On January 1st, Nevada became the latest state to remove the threat of a criminal charge for motorists who can’t pay fines for minor traffic violations. The new law has downgraded these minor infractions from criminal misdemeanors to civil violations with civil penalties. This change only applies to low-level traffic tickets, not to tickets like reckless […]
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 […]
How to Make Your Teen’s Driving Lesson More Engaging
It’s likely hard to believe that your teenager is all grown up and driving. While this milestone can be exciting, it can also be dangerous. Getting out on the road with your teen for the first time might be a frightening experience for both of you. However, the best way to ensure they’re paying attention […]
Is a DUI a Criminal Offense in the State of Georgia?
By guest writer Attorney Donald W. Singleton Driving under the influence (DUI) is a serious offense that carries severe penalties in every state. In some cases, it can even become a felony charge. However, there are different levels of offenses and each one leads to different consequences. A person convicted of DUI could face jail […]
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 […]
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 […]
Retesting All Drivers–Make the Roads Safer!
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach Unless you’re never near a road, then this affects you! More people are driving now than ever in history, even with the rising cost of vehicles and gas prices. There are more crashes, more fatalities, more dangerous maneuvers, more road rage, more of all the bad things that come […]
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 […]