Tag: REVENUE GENERATION

New Technology Will Use AI Speed Cameras That Can ‘Spy Inside’ Your Car

By Lauren Fix Technology is great! Except when it’s used to control and monitor everything we do. And now new AI speed cameras are being installed on roads that will be able to spy inside our cars. These new cameras are set to be rolled out across the U.S. to catch motorists using mobile phones […]

Automakers Adding Insane Subscription Fees – NO WAY!

By Lauren Fix Would you pay to subscribe to heated seats? Or for the navigation? But it’s already in the car, why pay for it? Automakers think you will. Automakers like BMW, Volvo, General Motors, and Stellantis are eyeballing billions of dollars in revenue from offering a variety of features and services on a subscription […]

NMA E-Newsletter #738: The Revenue-Hungry Rise of Automated Ticketing

By Jay Beeber, Director of Policy & Research   For the past few years, we’ve been monitoring a concerning trend in traffic enforcement: a steady shift towards more and more automated ticketing. Unfortunately, this trend appears to be gaining momentum. In California, we’ve witnessed a surge of bills introduced that attempt to authorize various forms of […]

“The “Pay Per Mile” Scandal: States are Making You Pay BIG TIME!”

By Lauren Fix More toll roads are coming to your state, be prepared as states begin to convert highway, roads and street into toll lanes.  You will have to pay for every mile driven. Governments are trying to tax us in to submission to take mass transit. Who does this really hurt, service workers, landscapers, plumbers […]

Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting—a Member Responds: NMA Newsletter #729

By Don Bain, NMA Oregon Member  Editor’s Note: Don submitted these comments to the NMA National Office in response to Newsletter #724 Taking the Politics Out of Speed Limit Setting. While sound from an engineering perspective, there’s an inherent challenge with speed surveys and the 85% percentile speed point: establishing and documenting what “free-flowing conditions” are, […]

Red-Light Cameras Turned Off in Greenville, NC—At Least for Now!: NMA E-Newsletter #727

If there ever was a system that says ‘taxation by citation,’ the North Carolina red-light camera system is it. A little background. In March 2022 the North Carolina State Court of Appeals ruled that Greenville’s red-light camera program was unconstitutional but not because of the cameras themselves. Under the state’s RLC citation scheme, expenses from […]

Lime Turns E-Scooters into Micromobility Surveillance Platforms

By Joe Cadillic, founder of Politically Incorrect News on Substack Under the guise of public safety, Lime’s E-scooters could soon be recording everyone and everything they see. A recent article in TechCrunch revealed that Lime’s advanced rider assistance technology (ARAT) will be using a camera to detect when riders are on sidewalks. “At a Lime event in Paris, the […]