On the 2019 Legislative Agenda–Red-Light Cameras: NMA E-Newsletter #526
January and February are the heart of activity for many state legislative sessions across the country. Red-light cameras (RLCs) have certainly been the focus in a number of states. Bills in Colorado, Florida and Illinois are calling for outright bans. Legislators in Texas want to ban new camera programs while allowing existing installations to finish […]
NMA Principle Number 1: Traffic Safety through Sound Engineering and Real Driver Training
The Driving in America Blog was started a year ago to bring more information to those who are beginning their journey as motorists’ rights advocates. Over the next several months, I will be working with each of the seven NMA principles to give readers of this weekly blog some idea of what we all are […]
The Next Ten Years – Readers’ Edition, Part 2: NMA E-Newsletter #523
In NMA E-Newsletter #520, The Next Ten Years, Jim Walker, Gary Biller, and Steve Carrellas provided their thoughts — limited by the NMA to less than 300 words — on the significant challenges that motorists and the NMA will face over the next decade. We asked readers to chime in with their thoughts and published […]
The Next Ten Years – Readers’ Edition, Part 1: NMA E-Newsletter #522
When we published E-Newsletter #520, The Next Ten Years, on December 30, 2018 with predictions from some NMA and NMA Foundation directors of the challenges that the NMA and motoring public are going to face over the next decade, we encouraged readers to provide their insights. And boy, have you. We currently have enough material […]
Forced Slow Down: Road Diet Vocabulary for Neophytes
This article first appeared in Driving Freedoms Fall 2018. Changing speed limits is not the only way cities try to slow down traffic. Around the country, motorists face numerous obstacles that attempt to restrict traffic flow even beyond the street’s stated speed limit. According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a classic road diet is […]
How to Fight School Bus Stop Arm Camera Programs in Your City
In 2014, Texas NMA Member Ted Levitt had the opportunity to advocate against school bus stop arm cameras and school zone speed cameras in a county adjacent to his. With this written testimony (that he also read at the meeting), he was able to help convince the county commissioners to NOT install the cameras after […]
How to Stop Being the Silent Majority!
This article first appeared as the cover story in the NMA Foundation’s quarterly magazine Driving Freedoms Fall 2017! You probably joined the NMA because of its mission to protect drivers’ rights; or because you believe deeply in one or more of the issues we advocate. That makes you unique, an exception among the 88 percent […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: September 17, 2018
Today is the final edition of TheNewspaper.com Roundup. Instead, the NMA encourages you to subscribe to our newest email subscription called Driving News Daily which will feature Tech and Car of the Future News Monday – Friday. In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! In IL, Fed Court Rules Bankruptcy Requires Return of Seized Cars State Farm […]
Pushing Coercion of Motorists to the Edge of Legality: NMA E-Newsletter #505
Two states, Arizona and Virginia, require some measure of due process when issuing photo tickets: To be considered a valid citation, the summons must either be handed directly to the accused by a process server or the target must otherwise acknowledge receipt. Without that proof of being served it can’t be verified to the court […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: September 10, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! NJ Lawmakers reintroduce Anti-Photo Ticketing Bill IIHS Fakes Speed Limit Study Results IA Supremes Split on Speed Cams Friday, September 7, 2018 New Jersey Lawmakers Reintroduce Anti-Photo Ticketing Bill A bipartisan group of New Jersey state senators want to protect Garden State motorists from speed cameras and red-light cameras operating […]