Red-Light Camera Merry-Go-Round in North Carolina
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared in May 2022 as NMA Weekly Newsletter #694. If you would like to receive the one-topic motorist-related newsletter every Sunday in your inbox, subscribe Here. Red-light cameras have once again been declared unconstitutional in North Carolina. No one is surprised because this is the second time RLCs have been […]
NMA Legislative Roundup – January-June, 2022: NMA E-Newsletter #705
The January through June legislative activity at the state and national levels is complete. It is worth reviewing a report card of bills resolved during the period, motorist-related legislation that we followed. Overall, 38 bills that the NMA supported or opposed met the fate we desired as opposed to 21 that went against our wishes. […]
The USDOT, Speed Cameras, and Automated Corruption
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on February 13, 2022, as a NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #683. It didn’t take long after Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary, introduced his department’s 42-page National Roadway Safety Strategy for people to grasp the importance of a tiny sentence buried in Note 3 on Page 28 of […]
Speed Trap Karma Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #698
Reason.com recently published a list of eleven U.S. towns where their police forces were either disbanded or their autonomy as a governmental entity was dissolved because of an addiction to, and dependence on, ticket revenue. We thought it would be informative to present excerpts from Reason’s article for those cities along with select driver-sourced comments […]
Speed Trap Karma Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #697
Reason.com recently published a list of eleven U.S. towns where their police forces were either disbanded or their autonomy as a governmental entity was dissolved because of an addiction to, and dependence on, ticket revenue. We thought it would be informative to present excerpts from Reason’s article for those cities along with select driver-sourced comments […]
Asset Forfeiture Reporting Obscures Facts and Undermines Transparency: NMA E-Newsletter #695
By Clay Wirestone, a guest columnist for the Kansas Reflector Editor’s Note: The Kansas Reflector recently investigated Kansas’ new database for civil asset forfeiture and found many irregularities. Even though this piece is Kansas-focused, the type of issues Wirestone describes, particularly the lack of accountability and transparency, are traits shared by CAF programs in many […]
Red-Light Camera Merry-Go-Round in North Carolina: NMA E-Newsletter #694
Red-light cameras have once again been declared unconstitutional in North Carolina. No one is surprised because this is the second time RLCs have been declared in violation of state law. Policing for profit, even if it is allegedly designed to benefit the school systems, always has a stench about it. Case in point—the city of Greenville […]
Police Fusion Centers Could Spy on Anyone under the Guise of Crime Fighting
By Joe Cadillic, MassPrivatel Blog A damning report on the Maine Information Analysis Center (MIAC) or Fusion Center, reveals just how intertwined corporate and government surveillance of the public has become. Fusion centers are notoriously secretive about public surveillance and what little we know can be summed up thusly: “Official secrecy, moreover, cloaks fusion centers, so what […]
2021: The Year Transit Failed to Recover Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #688
By Randal O’Toole, writer of The Antiplanner Editor’s Note: Check out Part 1 here that explores what happened with transit before and during the pandemic. The NMA is reprinting with permission this post that first appeared on The Antiplanner website. Transit by Urban Area As of December, transit carried 58 percent of pre-pandemic riders in […]
The Changing Landscape of Speed Limits
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared as the cover story in the Winter 2022 Edition of the National Motorists Association’s quarterly magazine Driving Freedoms. If you would like to receive our magazine, please become a member of the NMA today! Advocating for speed limits based on sound traffic-engineering […]