ATE Racket Report for November 4, 2019
Curated by Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director The ATE Racket Report is a weekly feature of the NMA blog. We want to bring the issues of automated traffic enforcement to our supporters in a more coherent up-to-date fashion. We love to hear from you about the report. Please feel free to comment below the […]
Bicycle Idaho Stops are Not Safe for Any Road User
This post first appeared in September 2018 as NMA E-Newsletter #504. Since 1982, Idaho has been the only state that has allowed bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and stoplights as stop signs. No other state passed a similar law until 2017. Delaware now has a similar law on its book and the Idaho […]
Vehicles and Motorcycles – How to Safely Share the Road
When roads are clear, motorcyclists are ready to hit the road. This means that drivers of both cars and motorcycles need to be more alert about sharing road space. While motorcyclists have to be extra vigilant when it comes to driving on city roads and highways, car drivers share an equal responsibility to minimize the […]
The Problem of Traffic Cameras in the UK
The traffic cameras in the UK were supposedly installed to increase roadway safety. Whether motorists consider them to be a positive influence or a negative one, they’re now a fixture on many roadways. Whether you spot them at traffic lights or see them while on the motorway, drivers today have to contend with the fact […]
U.S. Traffic Law History and Why State Laws Are Subordinate
By Chad Dornsife, NMA Nevada Activist and Executive Director of Best Highway Safety Practices Institute This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #542 on June 2, 2019. Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of what Chad half-jokingly refers to as his manifesto, written nearly ten years ago from a federalist point of view. This installment […]
The Northwest Louisiana Transportation Safety Coalition is Making Our Roads Safer
By Joe Kopfler, car accident attorney of Kopfler & Hermann, Attorneys at Law There is a very important organization that helps saves the lives of many in Louisiana, yet very few residents know about it. This is the Northwest Louisiana Transportation Safety Coalition, and they work tirelessly to ensure that Louisiana roads are as safe […]
10 Reasons to Fight against Road Diets in your Community
This list first appeared as a sidebar in the NMA Foundation’s Driving Freedoms Magazine Spring 2019 article All Traffic is Local. You just learned that your city intends to install a road diet on an arterial route you take every day. You are not alone—this now happens regularly all over the country. Here are 10 […]
So Much Auto Tech News—So Little Time April 28, 2019 Edition
Auto Technology seems to be moving at the speed of light and then sometimes it isn’t. Here are a few insights from the past several weeks in the world of Auto Tech. Satellite Cars An opinion piece from Satellite Today suggests that connecting driverless cars is a bit more complicated than first realized. The author […]
Distracted Driving Now Includes Driving with a Pet in Your Lap in Mantua, OH
From Charles Boyk, a Toledo personal injury attorney of Charles E. Boyk Law Offices, LLC. When people hear the term “distracted driving,” they often think it applies to only texting while driving. This is not true, though. In fact, the term refers to anything that takes a driver’s focus off the road. Eating, applying makeup, […]
New York Expands Drug and Alcohol Testing for Bus Drivers
By Joseph Miklos, a New York Car Accident Attorney with the law firm of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C. It would surprise most people to know that under current New York law, individuals that are licensed to operate school buses and certain other types of transportation are not required to undergo random drug testing, and […]