NMA Newsletter #733: “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!”
By Stewart Price, President, National Motorists Association In the 1976 movie, “Network,” Howard Beale, who plays an agitated news anchor, spouts, “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” As strange as this scene may be, I know firsthand how truly pissed off many of you are. I’ve heard your […]
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 […]
Civil Asset Forfeiture in Indiana Goes Beyond Policing for Profit: NMA E-Newsletter #701
Initially created to take down drug lords, civil asset forfeiture has morphed into an excuse by federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to confiscate cash and other property regardless of whether a person is charged with a crime. The Indiana Supreme Court recently ruled that the government must prove it is ‘entitled’ to keep […]
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 […]
Another Speed Trap Town Gets Caught: NMA E-Newsletter #686
Have you ever gone on a road trip and been caught in a speed trap in some little town in the middle of nowhere? That’s what happened to many motorists who drove through Brookside, Alabama in the last few years. The state’s Appleseed Center of Law and Justice has dubbed this town of 1,200 the […]
Civil Asset Forfeiture—Still as Heinous as Ever
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Fall 2021 edition of NMA’s Driving Freedoms magazine. If you would like to receive this quarterly publication, become a member of the National Motorists Association today! Maine has now joined an illustrious club of states that have abolished civil asset forfeiture […]
Are Speed Limit Signs (or lack thereof) Disrespectful to Drivers?
By Merrill Gehman, an Alaska NMA Member If those who establish, post, and enforce work zone, detour, and other temporary site speed limit signs wonder why so many drivers don’t obey these signs, I can show them a good example. There are a significant number of these sites where drivers are just not respected. Usually, […]
Pay that Red-Light Camera Ticket No Matter What
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as an NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #605 emailed to members in August 2020. If you would like to receive the newsletter, join today the thousands of other active motorists who have made that choice! The Delaware Supreme Court ruled recently that red-light camera ticket fines under $100 cannot be appealed beyond local courts. […]
“Driving While Black” Billboard Shines Light on City Ticket Records
By a Michigan NMA Member Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #602 from July 2020. If you would like to receive the weekly NMA E-Newsletter, join today! On July 6, an electronic billboard appeared along I-96 in Redford Township, Michigan, just east of the city limits of Livonia. It warned drivers leaving […]
Flipping the Stacked Deck against Civil Asset Forfeiture
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as an NMA Weekly Newsletter #594 emailed to members in May 2020. If you would like to receive the newsletter, join today the thousands of other active motorists who have made that choice! There are many forms of legitimized stealing. The government has perfected […]