NMA Reboot: New Jersey’s Troubled Red-Light Camera Program May be on the Way Out
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: Good news. New Jersey’s red-light camera program may be terminated at the end of this year. The chairman of the state Senate Transportation Committee recently announced that his committee will not consider legislation to […]
NMA Reboot: Recording Police—Legal but Perilous
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: Two weeks ago in Arlington, Texas, police arrested three so-called “cop watchers” who were video recording police while they performed a traffic stop. Two of the observers were arrested for obstructing a highway and […]
NMA Reboot: What a Difference Four Years Can Make
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: Reporters, looking to get to the root causes of the civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, have uncovered a link between the recent tensions and overbearing traffic enforcement targeted mostly toward African-American drivers. Washington Post […]
NMA Reboot: The Conflicting Dynamics of Lane Courtesy
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: Lane Courtesy, the principle of slower traffic yielding the left lane to faster traffic, needs to become ingrained in our driving ethos. A recent article from www.autoinsurancecenter.com describes the many benefits of Lane Courtesy […]
NMA Reboot: Fastest Toll Road Failing Financially
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: Texas’ flagship toll road, SH 130, made news in 2012 for having a posted speed limit of 85 mph, the fastest of any road in the United States. The private operator of the road, […]
NMA Reboot: Chicago’s Red-Light Camera Program—A Long History of Abuse and Indifference
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: The debacle that is the City of Chicago red-light camera program has been making headlines all over the country these days. First, it was a $2 million bribery scandal that led to the federal […]
NMA Reboot: ‘It Can Wait” Campaign Making a Difference
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: Four years after beginning its “It Can Wait” public awareness campaign to end texting while driving, AT&T continues to augment the program with its #X social media push. Since the campaign began more than […]
‘Worst Speed Trap City’ Lives up to Reputation
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: NMA followers and speed trap trackers have no doubt heard of the tiny Texas town of Estelline which has the reputation as one of the most prodigious, if not the most prodigious, speed trap […]
Motorists Must Surrender Biometric Data to Get License
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: The realities of routine, domestic surveillance recently hit home for Dallas Morning News columnist Dave Lieber. Lieber was surprised to learn that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) now requires a full set […]
Devaluing Probable Cause
This weekly post features recent news stories that highlight and update themes previously covered throughout NMA E-Newsletters and Alerts. Editor’s Note: In June 2010, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that an officer standing roadside could visually estimate the speed of a moving vehicle with enough accuracy that said observation could be used as evidence to […]